Listening to the media this week you would swear big Dev was up there with Johnno, John Eales, Mark Andrews and Iain Jones in terms of second row greats. A useful beanpole is all I ever classed him as.
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One thing you need to remember . In Ireland absence adds at least 50% to a sportspersonās ability .
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Yeah but he is a great long stick to beat Irish rugby with. Thatās all that matters.
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The so-called āBill Cooper Effectā
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A fit Big Dev would be an addition to the Ireland squad. Sadly over the last 9-10 months, heās been a shell of the player he was, with an accumulation of injuries.
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At 6ā10, his only logical move now is to the world of grass court tennis
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The giraffe myth and grass court tennis has been well and truly debunked.
You have been watching Leinster closely?
I for a long time thought toners talent was being tall, but the past two years he was the mainstay of that pack, and had improved beyond recognition. I think heās been shabbily treated here, worse again to be dropped for a foreign mercenary.
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Hes barely played in 2019
Franno just highlighting on the Last Word there how Ireland are already taking 5 players with varying levels of injury clouds hanging over them. As you said, you just couldnāt take Big Dev whoās barely played in 2019.
Past two years mate 2017 - 18
Ah ok. So disregarding his most recent injury blighted year. Makes sense I guess for a 33 year old player in a physical sport
If youāre happy basking in some bizarre reflection of a team constructed with mercenary foreigners, good enough mate. Iād have picked toner any day of the week. Did the South African lad play against England?
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Chester William, fourth member of South Africa World Cup winning XV from 1995 to pass away, aged 49. Heart attack.
RIP
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Very sad news. Chester was a great example of how rugby unites people, his family were inspired to pick up the oval ball in 1981 by the visiting Irish team. R.I.P.
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He was an icon to the blacks in 95.
Strawman alert. At no point have I endorsed the selection of Kleyn. Id have picked Toner too. But there are plenty valid reasons not to
But you arent really interested in anything other than frothing about project players
Errol Tobias was the first black player to play for the Springboks in that 1981 series against Ireland. Testament as well to the unseen work that the likes of Slatts did in the townships on British Lions tours.
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