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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 216871"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Sep 6 2008, 02:33 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=346192" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>I guess you missed Lee Byrne's 'classy emergence' last season where his enormous boot and solidness under the high ball ensured us a 6N Grand Slam, then?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>ah but forgive my misgivings about run-of-the-mill welsh players playing well as the juggernaut starts rolling. Hook embodies this. There's a difference than an average player playing well because his team is on a roll (ie. Byrne) and someone with obvious permanent class (ie. Williams, Henson).</p><p></p><p>I may be completely wrong about him, but I suspect that if you put Byrne in a Lions shirt with a horrible scoreline against the Boks then I don't see him standing up to be counted.</p><p></p><p>Now, there is of course Kearney or Fitzgerald, but I'm yet to be convinced they'll cause a team like SA any problems. Now, if only they were still around and in form, Robinson, Lewsey and Gareth Thomas are the only recent British fullbacks I'd put in this category...</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 216871"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Sep 6 2008, 02:33 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=346192']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I guess you missed Lee Byrne's 'classy emergence' last season where his enormous boot and solidness under the high ball ensured us a 6N Grand Slam, then? [/b][/quote] ah but forgive my misgivings about run-of-the-mill welsh players playing well as the juggernaut starts rolling. Hook embodies this. There's a difference than an average player playing well because his team is on a roll (ie. Byrne) and someone with obvious permanent class (ie. Williams, Henson). I may be completely wrong about him, but I suspect that if you put Byrne in a Lions shirt with a horrible scoreline against the Boks then I don't see him standing up to be counted. Now, there is of course Kearney or Fitzgerald, but I'm yet to be convinced they'll cause a team like SA any problems. Now, if only they were still around and in form, Robinson, Lewsey and Gareth Thomas are the only recent British fullbacks I'd put in this category... [/QUOTE]
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