Would-be hardmen thread
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@rotated said in Would-be hardmen thread:
@junior said in Would-be hardmen thread:
@rotated said in Would-be hardmen thread:
There is a former Reds and Australian hooker, not been mentioned yet who surely deserves this designation.
Foley?
Sean Hardman.
A bit too subtle thereā¦
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@sparky said in Would-be hardmen thread:
French Rugby hardmen
Pascal Ondarts
Gerald Cholley
Eric Champ
Adelatif Benazzi
Olivier Magne
Jean Condom
Jerome Thion
Serge Betsen
Thierry DusautoirFrench flair had always been allied to French granite.
Abdelatif Benazzi was outstanding in play, vigorous, involved and mobile; scary big and genuinely tough, fearless, at a time when there were plenty of contenders for that title. I used enjoy watching him, especially taking the ball up - he loved the hard work.
Thierry Dusautoir was a talented player with the perfect temperament for captain - all class. He was not recognised enough for his superiority over others at open side, a bit like the indifference shown to Sir Richie. It was self evident that a powerful block resisted recognition of these exceptional players, in favour of a couple of blokes from the Southern Hemisphere who were "over represented"
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@mick-gold-coast-qld Benazzi was a proper legend. One of my GOATs for sure. Pelous was great too but was always going to be tough to follow Benazzi.
Couple interesting takes on this thread
Def missing Troy Flavellā¦Simon Shawā¦and I reckon a warranted special mention for Lavanini too 
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@sparky said in Would-be hardmen thread:
French Rugby hardmen
Pascal Ondarts
Gerald Cholley
Eric Champ
Adelatif Benazzi
Olivier Magne
Jean Condom
Jerome Thion
Serge Betsen
Thierry DusautoirFrench flair had always been allied to French granite.
He was great on the burst
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@mn5 said in Would-be hardmen thread:
Martin Johnson punched Justin Marshall from behind ( to be fair possibly knew what kind of commentator he would become ) and stood on Marty Leslies throat. Dirty, dirty fucker
That doesnāt count because JM called him a stupid Cnut to his face.
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@pakman said in Would-be hardmen thread:
@mn5 said in Would-be hardmen thread:
Martin Johnson punched Justin Marshall from behind ( to be fair possibly knew what kind of commentator he would become ) and stood on Marty Leslies throat. Dirty, dirty fucker
That doesnāt count because JM called him a stupid Cnut to his face.
And to be fair, if Justin Marshall was standing next you and you had the chance to thump the piston wristed gibbon of course you would.
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@mantissanet said in Would-be hardmen thread:
Couple interesting takes on this thread
Def missing Troy Flavellā¦Simon Shawā¦and I reckon a warranted special mention for Lavanini too Love the way Shaw studiously stays away from the retaliatory action when the Black forwards start taking exception to what he did and lets his team-mates bear the brunt of it. What a pistonwristedgibbon.
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@mn5 said in Would-be hardmen thread:
@sparky said in Would-be hardmen thread:
French Rugby hardmen
Pascal Ondarts
Gerald Cholley
Eric Champ
Adelatif Benazzi
Olivier Magne
Jean Condom
Jerome Thion
Serge Betsen
Thierry DusautoirFrench flair had always been allied to French granite.
He was great on the burst
You could stretch him to the limit but he'd never break.
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@victor-meldrew said in Would-be hardmen thread:
@mantissanet said in Would-be hardmen thread:
Couple interesting takes on this thread
Def missing Troy Flavellā¦Simon Shawā¦and I reckon a warranted special mention for Lavanini too Love the way Shaw studiously stays away from the retaliatory action when the Black forwards start taking exception to what he did and lets his team-mates bear the brunt of it. What a pistonwristedgibbon.
Well, in his defence itās pretty hard to step over a big pile of bodies in his way.
I do love how Spencer always got involved though, he was never afraid to have a crack, I liked when he took a few swings at that bearded SA lock who hit him with a head high back in the day.
A āfight for lifeā bout between Spencer and Merhts would be ridiculously one sided.
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@tim said in Would-be hardmen thread:
Players who try to look hard, or talk a big game, but fall short. Bonus points for cheap shots and picking on halfbacks.
Some nominations:
Ali Williams
Dominic Bird
Michael Brial
Nathan Grey
Bakkies Botha
Ellis Genge
Kyle Sinckler
James Haskell
Shannon FrizzellMust have missed his name first time roundā¦ā¦isnāt he more a case of a guy who wasnāt as aggressive as he could have/should have been ? A slightly too gentle giant ?
