Quote: MattyB "Over the course of a third of a season Amos Roberts was playing better rugby than Barba until the rugby posts more or less ended his career.'"
That doesn't stack up at all, Amos Roberts average per season was 11 tries 7 try assists and 54 tackle busts, at the moment Barba is on 8 tries 7 try assists and 45 tackle busts and thats only in his first 7 games this season with still another 23 + games to play.
If Barba maintains form he will surpass Roberts 2.4 years achievements in his first full season.
I think you are getting mixed up with Richards not Roberts, Pat Richards was playing great rugby and had more influence than what Roberts could muster.