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Lee Grant said:
Good to hear that opinion from somebody close to French rugby. The mental failures you mention were in relation to his goal kicking in big games at the end of the season, but his general good play never varied.

I wouldn't say that Brock is the best flyhalf in France, but he is a couple of levels better than Traille, who started against the Wallabies, but so are a couple at his own club, and 4 or 5 in others. And that's just the French guys. I'd have only Trinh-Duc and Wizniewski ahead of James in the Top14 and a couple at the same level.

It would be a bad move for Warwick to go to Paris though I can see why Cheika would want him. They are a highly paid rabble at SF and the quixotic President doesn't help a lot. They need some cooler heads at the club but Warwick fits well into his niche at Munster and he could get tripped up in the dance of the galacticos.

I bet that Cheika is reassessing his move there too about now as Max Guazzini will be badgering him for better results. Meantime Ewen MacKenzie, who couldn't get away from Guazzini quickly enough, will be feeling some empathy for his fellow Randwick man.

Larno would have seen more of D'Arcy for Ulster than I have, but I haven't been that impressed in the games I have seen. He took over at fullback only when young Smith was hurt but he's been a bit untidy at the back in some games. Also, those lovely timed runs he can do are not coming off though, to be fair, ball-runners are not looking to offload to him as much as they would at Manly.

Henjak is playing well as he did last year when he was actually permitted to play for Toulon. He should get more game time next year if he is still at the club as their no. 1 scrummie, Mignoni the old French half back, is retiring. That's provided they don't get a galactico after the RWC.

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Your kind with Trinh Duc... never really liked this guy. I would prefer him to play in a top team to check if he is a real game leader but before our national team became as good as Belgium, I tought he was the weak link. I'm a big fan of Wisniewski (maybe coz I support the Racing) but he has some defensive weaknesses. And Brock James, despite being small, is pretty good. I forgot Wilko was playing in France so maybe James is not the best. And Traille is not a fly half, he would be better with the H20 jersey.

For the moment no news about a scrum half reinforcement in Toulon. Henjak problem is being extra-national but he is stronger than Cibray. Maybe the president will make a move on Fourie du Preez.
 
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sudrugby said:
1. Your kind with Trinh Duc..

2. For the moment no news about a scrum half reinforcement in Toulon. Henjak problem is being extra-national but he is stronger than Cibray. Maybe the president will make a move on Fourie du Preez.
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1. I am a very kind man. My wife says I'm kind of a weirdo, but what does she know?

I see your point about FTD and that he's hard to assess in a lesser team; but Montpellier was running 2nd after 13 rounds the last I looked; so that kite doesn't fly so high any more. The thing is: we get the Top14 on ESPN in Australia but the Montpellier games aren't shown a lot, yet I get to see Toulouse so often I could name their best team without looking them up. Of course, I am remembering now that, on another channel, we see the French teams, like ST, who qualified for the Heineken Cup when those games are on. Montpellier is not in that; maybe next year.

2. Every other president will be after FdP also and whatever they pay it will be money well spent.
 
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