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How about this scenario, time up on the clock and you're 4 points down and in your own 10 metre line with possession. Which halfback do you want, DuPont or Smith? DuPont might sneak a 60 metre run in. But you're definitely sure that Smith will get the other 14 players in his team involved. His quic...

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How about this scenario, time up on the clock and you're 4 points down and in your own 10 metre line with possession. Which halfback do you want, DuPont or Smith? DuPont might sneak a 60 metre run in. But you're definitely sure that Smith will get the other 14 players in his team involved. His quic...

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Faf is overrated. I think so too. Would you rather have Faf or Antoine? Antoine all day for me. Would you rather have Faf or Aaron? Aaron all day for me. Maybe depends on the team the scrum half is playing in? Do they thrive off a quick decisive passing scrum half or if that makes no difference, a ...

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Faf is overrated. I think so too. Would you rather have Faf or Antoine? Antoine all day for me. Would you rather have Faf or Aaron? Aaron all day for me. Maybe depends on the team the scrum half is playing in? Do they thrive off a quick decisive passing scrum half or if that makes no difference, a ...

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The Native wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:36 pm Faf is overrated.

Agree

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I think DuPont is the perfect archetype of what a halfback/scrum half should be. Smiths problem is he is always the smallest guy on the pitch. Agree or disagree? I funnily disagree with that. Dupont is one of kind, not someone I would actually model at first if I were a "normal" guy who wants to be...

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I would think that the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, Argentinians, and the Italians would only be too pleased if DuPont stood down from international rugby for three years. I think they would actually be even more pleased if he played for them, particularly the English who would love to have him (a...

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One thing’s for sure, TJ Perenara has probably played his last test for the All Blacks. To me he's the most similar player to Dupont... just nowhere near as good... Really? Dupont is small nuggetty and zippy and muscular. TJ is not Similar style though... both feel like they could play any position...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:23 am On current form? Sure. Let's see if he has the longevity of excellence that Smith has delivered.

https://youtu.be/xCZ1q8eYH_Y
https://youtu.be/IoPJa-WwwQw

That was 4 and 5 years ago.
Seems like he's still doing that now, only difference being mostly that he has now better teammates.

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If you're thinking as a one off test, DuPont might be better. But the greater the number of tests the more I would prefer Smith. That's because a ball running halfback whilst devastating in one test, can be defended against and targeted. Smith on the other hand, provides his contribution before the...

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He probably is. A more interesting question is, has Ntamack risen to become the top number 10 in world rugby? I don't know but he seems to be the most composed one, that's for sure. Attacking wise though, despite the fantastic attacking performance he had against NZ, I would still rate the likes of...

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If you're thinking as a one off test, DuPont might be better. But the greater the number of tests the more I would prefer Smith. That's because a ball running halfback whilst devastating in one test, can be defended against and targeted. Smith on the other hand, provides his contribution before the...

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I think DuPont is the perfect archetype of what a halfback/scrum half should be. Smiths problem is he is always the smallest guy on the pitch. Agree or disagree? I funnily disagree with that. Dupont is one of kind, not someone I would actually model at first if I were a "normal" guy who wants to be...

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A nice video I found on YouTube which shows DuPont's best plays of the year....and that's only with France:

https://youtu.be/ujnVFa39-uA

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Not a rugby player but a rugby podcaster but I find Christina Mahon f**king hot

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He is lucky Le Garrec is injured. He would have been on the bench for the 6N. Is he a serious challenger, and is he the real deal Dupont - Couilloud - Lucu - Serin and Le Garec... and don't forget young Leo Colly. We have insane depth at 9 even if Dupont is head and shoulders above the rest. As lon...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:46 am Whatever, but Fozzie shouldn't have subbed Smith.

Dont forget the circumstances (Smith arriving in Europe just one week before without having played any single game for 3 months).
Any sensible coach would have subbed him at that point instead of risking an injury for one of his best players.

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I think Smith was the better of the two halfbacks. The ABs lost coz they subbed Smith. Smith was probably the best pure 9 as often but he was not anywhere close to have the same impact in the game as DuPont. Dupont is so much more than a simple world class 9.... Dupont played well but the ABs had t...

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I think Smith was the better of the two halfbacks. The ABs lost coz they subbed Smith. Smith was probably the best pure 9 as often but he was not anywhere close to have the same impact in the game as DuPont. Dupont is so much more than a simple world class 9.... Dupont played well but the ABs had t...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:27 am I think Smith was the better of the two halfbacks. The ABs lost coz they subbed Smith.

Smith was probably the best pure 9 as often but he was not anywhere close to have the same impact in the game as DuPont.
Dupont is so much more than a simple world class 9....

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https://mobile.twitter.com/OptaJonny/status/1462813283291914240 8 - @Dupont9A beat eight defenders against New Zealand, the most by any player in the final weekend of the @autumnnations series; in fact, only @CheslinKolbe has beaten more defenders in a match against the @AllBlacks since Opta have r...

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I think Tier 1 rugby in the Northern Hemisphere is in rude health after the Autumn series. The 6 nations is going to be compelling viewing with 5 teams with a real chance to win. It may come down to bonus points to decide the eventual winner. Anyhow, this is my team of the series from the North 1 P...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:09 pm What did Nelson Mandela Macron say to the team?

Nothing very interesting, he tried to give them advices about how to prepare for big occasions by talking about his own experience when he prepared for the French presidential elections 4 years ago.

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Ummm. I still know a little French, I was pretty fluent back in the day, but what does "La France et Les Francais, on va baisser le pantalon" mean? I mean, as a figure of speech, what is the intent? Because if I translate literally, it doesn't sound to me like "we're going to win on Saturday, lads....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_QqubUlWs (at 8min45) For those who don't understand french : "The ABs don't respect us, they don't consider us as true rugby players as them. Antoine (Dupont), you drive them crazy....you drive them crazy cause you've been nominated for the IRB player of the year ...

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Do you agree? In term of ball retention, variety and precision of their attacking sets, they really remind me a lot the great 98/2001 Oz team. No. That team had Gregan and Larkham at halfback. Ireland haven't had anyone playing in either of those positions within light-years of their class let alon...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_QqubUlWs (at 8min45) For those who don't understand french : "The ABs don't respect us, they don't consider us as true rugby players as them. Antoine (Dupont), you drive them crazy....you drive them crazy cause you've been nominated for the IRB player of the year a...

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I don't think they were that good beating the ABs. They did however outmuscled the ABs especially defending. Once Havili got hit a few times he just started going sideways and bracing for contact. It meant the ABs attack couldn't get going. Well, their ball retention and attacking sets in term of p...

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Been here before with Ireland. If they dont get smashed down to earth with a few pastings over next year we will talk I never said Ireland were at the same level as this great Oz team, I was just saying that their style of play reminded me a lot this Oz team, particularly in term of ball retention ...

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Do you agree?
In term of ball retention, variety and precision of their attacking sets, they really remind me a lot the great 98/2001 Oz team.

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The key is avoiding NZ at all costs. To do that we need to beat the Boks as NZ will beat France. Tall order either way. Odds against us France at home is just as tough as a match against this current NZ team. Do we think this NZ team will be the same one taking the field in 2 years? You could ask t...

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When the All Blacks and Wallabies select overseas players it will widen the gap again. Not really. It’ll just empty out their domestic comps even more than they already have been. Yeah it's not as if this tour was a great advertisement, was it? The problem with Australian rugby is that we have to d...

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They then beat the reigning world champions, and number 1 ranked side... twice. Including one that was a fair hiding. I dont get it. Why do the NH not rate the Aus team? A lot of the poor performance in Europe was driven by the shenanigans that went on right before they boarded the plane. Kerevi, M...

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For you, La Soule: https://mobile.twitter.com/OptaJonny/status/1462813283291914240 @Dupont9A beat eight defenders against New Zealand, the most by any player in the final weekend of the @autumnnations series; in fact, only @CheslinKolbe has beaten more defenders in a match against the @AllBlacks sin...

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No way Ardie Savea should be in this Autumn team based on this series of matches, excellent player that he is. Either France’s Gregory Alldritt or Ireland’s Jack Conan. Also hooker possibly Ireland’s Ronan Kelleher. One of the standouts of the series. We've not watched the same games then cause in ...

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A.Smith exchanging jerseys with the future WPOTY :thumbup: DuPont is obviously worthy but I wouldn't rely on it given it's a fan vote and most fans are your dreaded "Angloes" :) The "Dreaded angloes" have been wanking off about DuPont for 2 years at least. He's a super game changer and reads the ga...

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And Dupont should not be in that team. Yeah, Ben Youngs deserved it more probably :lol: :lol: :lol: Some french fans are really becoming to act like spoiled brats when it comes to Dupont (cause yeah, you're far from being the only french fan to have been disappointed by Dupont in those AIs as i've ...

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Think Porter deserves a spot or at the very least an honourable mention. Him and Furlong were wrecking balls. I'd probably have Curry in for Savea as well. Grand team apart from that. Not having any of SA frontrowers would have been a travesty i think considering how ridiculously dominant they've b...

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And Dupont should not be in that team. Yeah, Ben Youngs deserved it more probably :lol: :lol: :lol: Some french fans are really becoming to act like spoiled brats when it comes to Dupont (cause yeah, you're far from being the only french fan to have been disappointed by Dupont in those AIs as i've ...

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There is still a gap, but it's closing. The NH sides obviously landed some big blows this year. But for my 2c, they have to do that consistently over a decade before we can say, "the gap has closed". The reality is that even with Australia out of form (or unfortunately, more like "the new normal" f...

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