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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 982498" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Pretty hard to understand what best of the decade really means, and hard to remember ten years!</p><p></p><p>Interesting to see nacewa make someone team, I always rated that guy but never saw him play in Europe. Unlucky after playing 3 minutes for Fiji and the new eligibility rules coming in meaning he couldn't play for the all blacks. Would he have? It's hard to know. A pretty handy reserve for sure.</p><p></p><p>in that vain, tell me this, European viewers, Carl Hayman? Clearly the best in the world in 2007 and prior. What about hence? What about in the last decade? I know he won a top14 , or was it Heineken cup, as captain. So? Is he forgotten because he didn't play internationals in the decade? Or was he not the best?</p><p></p><p>I'll take a stab</p><p></p><p>beast</p><p>Bismark</p><p>Hayman?</p><p>Retallick</p><p>Etzebeth</p><p>Psdt</p><p>Pocock</p><p>Vermeulen</p><p>Smith</p><p>Cruden</p><p>nadolo</p><p>Nonu</p><p>Smith</p><p>Smith</p><p>Dagg</p><p></p><p>yeah mainly all blacks, but, well, but, well, but....</p><p></p><p>Familiarity bias probably, but it's not all that wrong I don't think.</p><p></p><p>I'll just make an all blacks 15, and Then an other 15, to eliminate most bias. </p><p></p><p>Crockett</p><p>Coles</p><p>Hayman</p><p>Retallick</p><p>White lock</p><p>Kaino</p><p>McCaw</p><p>Read</p><p>Smith</p><p>Cruden</p><p>Dagg</p><p>Nonu</p><p>Smith</p><p>Smith</p><p>Barrett</p><p></p><p>vs</p><p></p><p>beast</p><p>Bismarck</p><p>Jones</p><p>Etzebeth</p><p>Psdt</p><p>Warburton</p><p>Pocock</p><p>Vermeulen</p><p>Murray</p><p>Sexton</p><p>Nadolo</p><p>Farrell</p><p>Tuilagi</p><p>North</p><p>Beale</p><p></p><p>Ok so psdt is better in the loose, and Beale peaked at 12, but I was light on options and those two stand out for me along with Warburton and Farrell . Brown another option for 15, maybe Hogg. Itoje for me finished the year as worthy but was too ill disciplined in earlier years. Wyn Jones I never really rated. Lood de jager was always excellent but injury prone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 982498, member: 65365"] Pretty hard to understand what best of the decade really means, and hard to remember ten years! Interesting to see nacewa make someone team, I always rated that guy but never saw him play in Europe. Unlucky after playing 3 minutes for Fiji and the new eligibility rules coming in meaning he couldn’t play for the all blacks. Would he have? It’s hard to know. A pretty handy reserve for sure. in that vain, tell me this, European viewers, Carl Hayman? Clearly the best in the world in 2007 and prior. What about hence? What about in the last decade? I know he won a top14 , or was it Heineken cup, as captain. So? Is he forgotten because he didn’t play internationals in the decade? Or was he not the best? I’ll take a stab beast Bismark Hayman? Retallick Etzebeth Psdt Pocock Vermeulen Smith Cruden nadolo Nonu Smith Smith Dagg yeah mainly all blacks, but, well, but, well, but.... Familiarity bias probably, but it’s not all that wrong I don’t think. I’ll just make an all blacks 15, and Then an other 15, to eliminate most bias. Crockett Coles Hayman Retallick White lock Kaino McCaw Read Smith Cruden Dagg Nonu Smith Smith Barrett vs beast Bismarck Jones Etzebeth Psdt Warburton Pocock Vermeulen Murray Sexton Nadolo Farrell Tuilagi North Beale Ok so psdt is better in the loose, and Beale peaked at 12, but I was light on options and those two stand out for me along with Warburton and Farrell . Brown another option for 15, maybe Hogg. Itoje for me finished the year as worthy but was too ill disciplined in earlier years. Wyn Jones I never really rated. Lood de jager was always excellent but injury prone. [/QUOTE]
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