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Rugby Championship: New Zealand - Australia (25/08/2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="Colombia" data-source="post: 522692" data-attributes="member: 63025"><p>As you acknowledge yourself McCaw has lost a step or two, I feel while still obviously test standard he's just not the world class force he once was (understandable given his age and caps). While never the best kicker Carter used to be a lethal attacker, consistently stepping the first defender and offloading, we just don't see that from him any more. The two are just not what they were, father time catches up with all players and I would not be surprised to see them being phased out in the next 12 months. </p><p></p><p>As to Cruden, he's a great prospect but needs to bring more maturity to his decision-making to become a world class 10. Like most post-WC test nations, NZ are in a transitional phase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Colombia, post: 522692, member: 63025"] As you acknowledge yourself McCaw has lost a step or two, I feel while still obviously test standard he's just not the world class force he once was (understandable given his age and caps). While never the best kicker Carter used to be a lethal attacker, consistently stepping the first defender and offloading, we just don't see that from him any more. The two are just not what they were, father time catches up with all players and I would not be surprised to see them being phased out in the next 12 months. As to Cruden, he's a great prospect but needs to bring more maturity to his decision-making to become a world class 10. Like most post-WC test nations, NZ are in a transitional phase. [/QUOTE]
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