I'd agree up to a point. Whatever era you play in, the conditions are the same for your peers. BoD has evolved with the game which is what I think sets him apart from others. Geordan Murphy had blinding skill and had it not been for the huge frames of the professional era he probably would have made more of a name for himself.
BoD's numbers are more than impressive, record number of caps, record number of tries scored for any centre in the history of the game, top 6ns try scorer and this is all without counting the number of assists, turnovers and tackles.
As for positions I'd tend to agree with the apples and oranges, different skill sets, physique, role to play in the game.
I think "one of" the all time greats is fair, it puts him up there with Campese, Blanco, JPR, Gibson, Johnson, Wilkinson and yes the great McCaw....I'd say he'd be more than happy with the company!
Why would we put O'Brien at 8 instead of Heaslip???
We finally have 2 specialist 7's O'Mahoney/Henry, Heaslip is the best 8 we have for sure as far as I'm concerned. O'Brien and Ferris for 6 spot.
Let's not forget Jordi Murphy who's making a name for himself also, if only we had the same depth in quality in the centre's!
Oh dear BoD!
well Herman, the confusion at this point is whether or not you're being ironic.
Let's say you're being serious for a sec...
The ref said it was knocked back by white...as far as I can see that's not what happened.
As for the "kick", if you lose control of the ball it doesn't matter what it hits after, a kick is a kick, dropping the ball is dropping the ball.
So at this stage let's just say you were having a laugh....lol good one! ;)
Japanese celebratory swallow dive try goes horribly wrong
the amount of times I prayed for this to happen to Chris Ashton!
9 Months, 4 Weeks ago
The Best Tries scored in Round 6 of Super Rugby 2014
"Who is it Clarkey???"...
10 Months, 4 Days ago
The Top 5 Brian O'Driscoll Moments of All Time
To be honest as much as I was hoping for a mistake from the ABs their passes were flat at best
10 Months, 1 Week ago
The Top 5 Brian O'Driscoll Moments of All Time
I'd agree up to a point. Whatever era you play in, the conditions are the same for your peers. BoD has evolved with the game which is what I think sets him apart from others. Geordan Murphy had blinding skill and had it not been for the huge frames of the professional era he probably would have made more of a name for himself.
BoD's numbers are more than impressive, record number of caps, record number of tries scored for any centre in the history of the game, top 6ns try scorer and this is all without counting the number of assists, turnovers and tackles.
As for positions I'd tend to agree with the apples and oranges, different skill sets, physique, role to play in the game.
I think "one of" the all time greats is fair, it puts him up there with Campese, Blanco, JPR, Gibson, Johnson, Wilkinson and yes the great McCaw....I'd say he'd be more than happy with the company!
10 Months, 1 Week ago
Stephen Ferris returns to rugby with trademark powerful tackle
Why would we put O'Brien at 8 instead of Heaslip???
We finally have 2 specialist 7's O'Mahoney/Henry, Heaslip is the best 8 we have for sure as far as I'm concerned. O'Brien and Ferris for 6 spot.
Let's not forget Jordi Murphy who's making a name for himself also, if only we had the same depth in quality in the centre's!
Oh dear BoD!
10 Months, 1 Week ago
Stephen Ferris returns to rugby with trademark powerful tackle
I think you need to watch it again, player went to ground, perfect timing
10 Months, 1 Week ago
The Best Tries scored in Round 5 of Super Rugby 2014
well Herman, the confusion at this point is whether or not you're being ironic.
Let's say you're being serious for a sec...
The ref said it was knocked back by white...as far as I can see that's not what happened.
As for the "kick", if you lose control of the ball it doesn't matter what it hits after, a kick is a kick, dropping the ball is dropping the ball.
So at this stage let's just say you were having a laugh....lol good one! ;)
10 Months, 1 Week ago
Ireland in pole position after O'Driscoll farewell thrashing of Italy
thank god for google....
10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Ireland in pole position after O'Driscoll farewell thrashing of Italy
would be just like them to pull out their "game of the tournament" right at the end!
Do you reckon ye'll manage Italy in Rome? :)
10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
The Best Tries scored in Round 4 of Super Rugby 2014
yep! couldn't have been much worse really
10 Months, 2 Weeks ago