Quote: ry21 "I'm sure he does get picked out in defence but he also has a winger that does his fair share of tackling, hence he is not doing the work of two in defence. It isn't an excuse for him not creating in attack. It was merely a correction to your post suggesting he does 'nothing'. How does he get picked out yet players like Paul king that got skinned on more than one occasion get away without criticism.'"
Fair point Paul King should never have been so wide and did get skinned twice although he for me has been one of the top performers over the past few weeks and offers us something different from the forwards in that he can pass, the one on sunday from the drop-out was class and blanch should have scored rather than stepping inside again!!!
I understand your point about BJ defending but when he is on song (and when he is hes class) I dont imagine he will have done any less defending than he did on sunday??? Look I dont think any player could have walked away on sunday knowing they had performed but BJ did not seem interested and did not take control at all whereas you look at his opposite rangi chase he was demanding the ball and taking us on and looked a different class in the second half.