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  • CrucialC Crucial

    @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

    George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

    Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

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    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

    @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

    George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

    Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

    I said exactly this and I didn’t get as many upvotes

    #stink

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    • MN5M MN5

      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

      @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

      George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

      Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

      I said exactly this and I didn’t get as many upvotes

      #stink

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      @MN5 said in Top Ferners underrated players:

      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

      @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

      George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

      Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

      I said exactly this and I didn’t get as many upvotes

      #stink

      But you diluted the observation by mentioning Zac Guilford.

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      • CrucialC Crucial

        @MN5 said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

        Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

        I said exactly this and I didn’t get as many upvotes

        #stink

        But you diluted the observation by mentioning Zac Guilford.

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        @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        @MN5 said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        @sparky said in Top Ferners underrated players:

        George Bridge, gets a lot of stick on here, sure he's not Jonah Lomu or Doug Howlett, but he is a Test quality winger and rated No 1 in NZ by his peers.

        Kind of like Caleb Ralph then?

        I said exactly this and I didn’t get as many upvotes

        #stink

        But you diluted the observation by mentioning Zac Guilford.

        A pisshead who stole precious caps off others? I also mentioned a white guy who looked like a sheep

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        • CrucialC Crucial

          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

          A genuine second five-eighth.

          Say whaaat ?

          You mean a genuine inside centre?

          This is still a New Zealand forum?

          The name used is relevant to the style of player.

          A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

          A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

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          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

          For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

          A genuine second five-eighth.

          Say whaaat ?

          You mean a genuine inside centre?

          This is still a New Zealand forum?

          The name used is relevant to the style of player.

          A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

          A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

          Nah.

          Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

          It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

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          • CrucialC Crucial

            @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

            A genuine second five-eighth.

            Say whaaat ?

            You mean a genuine inside centre?

            This is still a New Zealand forum?

            The name used is relevant to the style of player.

            A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

            A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

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            @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

            For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

            A genuine second five-eighth.

            Say whaaat ?

            You mean a genuine inside centre?

            This is still a New Zealand forum?

            The name used is relevant to the style of player.

            A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

            A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

            And a centre is Goodhue playing 13. There is no inside or outside.

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              #69

              Read the title of this thread as ‘Top Ferners underrated’..was then expecting to be tagged here, so yeah kinda disappointed and relieved at the same time.

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              • boobooB booboo

                @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                A genuine second five-eighth.

                Say whaaat ?

                You mean a genuine inside centre?

                This is still a New Zealand forum?

                The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                Nah.

                Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

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                #70

                @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                A genuine second five-eighth.

                Say whaaat ?

                You mean a genuine inside centre?

                This is still a New Zealand forum?

                The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                Nah.

                Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

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                • CrucialC Crucial

                  @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                  A genuine second five-eighth.

                  Say whaaat ?

                  You mean a genuine inside centre?

                  This is still a New Zealand forum?

                  The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                  A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                  A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                  Nah.

                  Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                  It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                  I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                  I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                  Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                  A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                  I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

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                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                  For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                  A genuine second five-eighth.

                  Say whaaat ?

                  You mean a genuine inside centre?

                  This is still a New Zealand forum?

                  The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                  A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                  A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                  Nah.

                  Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                  It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                  I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                  I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                  Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                  A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                  I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                  Pom

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                  • boobooB booboo

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                    A genuine second five-eighth.

                    Say whaaat ?

                    You mean a genuine inside centre?

                    This is still a New Zealand forum?

                    The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                    A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                    A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                    Nah.

                    Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                    It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                    I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                    I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                    Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                    A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                    I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                    Pom

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                    @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                    For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                    A genuine second five-eighth.

                    Say whaaat ?

                    You mean a genuine inside centre?

                    This is still a New Zealand forum?

                    The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                    A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                    A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                    Nah.

                    Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                    It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                    I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                    I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                    Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                    A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                    I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                    Pom

                    Wrong. Poms believe that all backs, including the 2nd 5 and centre, exist to tackle and chase after the first 5's kicks 😉

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                    • canefanC canefan

                      @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                      A genuine second five-eighth.

                      Say whaaat ?

                      You mean a genuine inside centre?

                      This is still a New Zealand forum?

                      The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                      A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                      A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                      Nah.

                      Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                      It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                      I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                      I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                      Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                      A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                      I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                      Pom

                      Wrong. Poms believe that all backs, including the 2nd 5 and centre, exist to tackle and chase after the first 5's kicks 😉

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                      @canefan said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                      For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                      A genuine second five-eighth.

                      Say whaaat ?

                      You mean a genuine inside centre?

                      This is still a New Zealand forum?

                      The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                      A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                      A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                      Nah.

                      Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                      It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                      I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                      I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                      Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                      A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                      I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                      Pom

                      Wrong. Poms believe that all backs, including the 2nd 5 and centre, exist to tackle and chase after the first 5's kicks 😉

                      Fly half

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                      • VirgilV Virgil

                        Read the title of this thread as ‘Top Ferners underrated’..was then expecting to be tagged here, so yeah kinda disappointed and relieved at the same time.

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                        @Virgil said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                        Read the title of this thread as ‘Top Ferners underrated’..was then expecting to be tagged here, so yeah kinda disappointed and relived at the same time.

                        You’ll always have a place in my heart Virg. It takes a special kind of nerd to organise the fernies like you did.

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                        • boobooB booboo

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                          A genuine second five-eighth.

                          Say whaaat ?

                          You mean a genuine inside centre?

                          This is still a New Zealand forum?

                          The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                          A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                          A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                          Nah.

                          Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                          It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                          I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                          I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                          Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                          A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                          I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                          Pom

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                          @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @booboo said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                          For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                          A genuine second five-eighth.

                          Say whaaat ?

                          You mean a genuine inside centre?

                          This is still a New Zealand forum?

                          The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                          A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                          A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                          Nah.

                          Your classic NZ crash ball 2nd 5/8 is like a Macrae or Osborne or Taylor.

                          It's only recently when we've been playing 2 x 10s that people have adapted the term to having a second first 5/8.

                          I don't like the term 'inside centre' really either but was using it to differentiate the 12 from 13 when playing two 'centres as opposed to two 'five-eights'.
                          I disagree about the crash ball 12. That is a reasonably modern usage of the position in NZ.
                          Our 12 was usually either a second playmaker type (a 'second' first five) like DC, Mauger, McAllister etc or a stepper with distribution skills like Little.
                          A 'genuine' second-five IMO plays to the origin of the name. One of the five-eighths that link the half to the three-quarters and is backup to the 10.
                          I don't see Faiane as a classic second-five, more a running, distributing centre.

                          Pom

                          Pom's don't even use the term Five-eight. It was a kiwi coined phrase decades ago.
                          As the game has changed so has the role of the 12.
                          In NZ the classic (i.e. traditional) style 12 is not the current model like Faiane/ALB/Goodhue etc
                          Nonu was an exception to the rule in that when he moved to 12 it was for line bending but over time he developed a much wider range of skills.
                          We refer to 12 and 13 as the Centres do we not?

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                            @Virgil said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                            Read the title of this thread as ‘Top Ferners underrated’..was then expecting to be tagged here, so yeah kinda disappointed and relived at the same time.

                            You’ll always have a place in my heart Virg. It takes a special kind of nerd to organise the fernies like you did.

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                            @MN5 said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                            @Virgil said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                            Read the title of this thread as ‘Top Ferners underrated’..was then expecting to be tagged here, so yeah kinda disappointed and relived at the same time.

                            You’ll always have a place in my heart Virg. It takes a special kind of nerd to organise the fernies like you did.

                            Way things are going might be a 2nd set of Fernies coming up.

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                            • WingerW Winger

                              @cgrant said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                              1. Ben May. I just don't understand the hate for this long serving prop. Stupid penalties at times but solid in most phases.
                              2. Jamie Booth. He's been excellent for the Canes this year.
                              3. Ollie Norris. Not a single word on him after the Chiefs games in which he took part. Was OK against Lomax last Saturday. Remember he has just turned 20 so definitely a promising youngster.
                              4. Ah Kuoi. In my view, he was the best Chiefs player in their tight five this year.
                              5. Dillon Hunt. Consistently very good for the Landers. Better than Kirifi who does not know how to make a pass but who has the love of most Ferners.

                              I must have missed the hate for Ben May. Hes been almost a key player for the Canes with the injuries etc.
                              Ah Kuoi. Hes young still. And he made the team then was injured. But looked promising for wellington last year

                              Another Canes player that is often underrated is Goosen. Fast and a good defender and 1st rate decision making

                              Re Prinsep. He was poorish in the first two losses but was much better as the team improved

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                              @Winger still don’t rate Princep as a super player but I agree with the other comments

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                                @Winger still don’t rate Princep as a super player but I agree with the other comments

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                                @raznomore said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                @Winger still don’t rate Princep as a super player but I agree with the other comments

                                Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane ( not Cory ) springs to mind

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                                • CrucialC Crucial

                                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                                  A genuine second five-eighth.

                                  Say whaaat ?

                                  You mean a genuine inside centre?

                                  This is still a New Zealand forum?

                                  The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                                  A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                                  A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

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                                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                  For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                                  A genuine second five-eighth.

                                  Say whaaat ?

                                  You mean a genuine inside centre?

                                  This is still a New Zealand forum?

                                  The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                                  A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                                  A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                                  Goodhue is out of position - he's a centre. Laumape doesn't have the skillset. You might want to watch TJ Faiane's game.

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                                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                                    A genuine second five-eighth.

                                    Say whaaat ?

                                    You mean a genuine inside centre?

                                    This is still a New Zealand forum?

                                    The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                                    A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                                    A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                                    Goodhue is out of position - he's a centre. Laumape doesn't have the skillset. You might want to watch TJ Faiane's game.

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                                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @Crucial said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @antipodean said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    @ACT-Crusader said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                    For what it’s worth, I didn’t really rate TJ Faiane but the positive difference to the Blues set up and play was very noticeable when he was on the field as opposed to when he was out.

                                    A genuine second five-eighth.

                                    Say whaaat ?

                                    You mean a genuine inside centre?

                                    This is still a New Zealand forum?

                                    The name used is relevant to the style of player.

                                    A genuine second five is like when DC wore 12

                                    A centre is like Laumape, Goodhue or Faiane.

                                    Goodhue is out of position - he's a centre. Laumape doesn't have the skillset. You might want to watch TJ Faiane's game.

                                    Fair enough. I probably hold my view of him because I haven't noticed him doing much as a 'second controller'. I will watch out for it.

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                                      Don't understand the Bridge hate. He's Ben Smith in the early days. I never saw Caleb Ralph score tries like Bridge does either..

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                                      • raznomoreR raznomore

                                        Don't understand the Bridge hate. He's Ben Smith in the early days. I never saw Caleb Ralph score tries like Bridge does either..

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                                        @raznomore said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                        Don't understand the Bridge hate. He's Ben Smith in the early days. I never saw Caleb Ralph score tries like Bridge does either..

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                                          @raznomore said in Top Ferners underrated players:

                                          Don't understand the Bridge hate. He's Ben Smith in the early days. I never saw Caleb Ralph score tries like Bridge does either..

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                                          @MN5 what a video of blockbusting tries against elite teams.

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