Athilnaur
Arch Winning (36)
Yes, it is a touch unfair, I admit. Still, I think we have to maintain a position of agnosticism - at the very least - on whether O'Connor would have been able to stop Ranger had he been in Kirchner's place above.
You may, I don't. O'Connor missed 4 tackles all Super Rugby, and the Ranger incident was one of them. Four.
I'll agree it is possible that even with no injury Ranger would have bumped him off, Ranger is superb at bumping guys, but O'Connor is no slouch on D. And he deserves a lot of credit for taking that hit.