Chris Ashton

[Rugbygramps]

Evening. Pedant here. Ashton is a very good player and his try scoring achievements in the premiership will never be beaten, which is really worthy of note.
He is however by no definition of the word a legend, and seeing how humble he was in his interviews yesterday he would feel very uncomfortable being called one.

[PIEANDAPINT]

We are not going to fall out over this RG - ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder ‘ ( maybe the wrong analogy ?!) but Aston deserves plaudits not semantics! I think that some Tigers’ fans ‘reluctantly’ accept him because of his past associations but as you say his ( try scoring ) record is never likely to be beaten. In my world that constitutes legendary status.

[wigworth]

We are not going to fall out over this RG - ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder ‘ ( maybe the wrong analogy ?!) but Aston deserves plaudits not semantics! I think that some Tigers’ fans ‘reluctantly’ accept him because of his past associations but as you say his ( try scoring ) record is never likely to be beaten. In my world that constitutes legendary status.

He didn't do half bad during his stint in France either.

[longlivethecrumbie]

I think the crowd spoke for itself yesterday when he clocked 99, 100 and finally 101.

[Rugbygramps]

We are not going to fall out over this RG - ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder ‘ ( maybe the wrong analogy ?!) but Aston deserves plaudits not semantics! I think that some Tigers’ fans ‘reluctantly’ accept him because of his past associations but as you say his ( try scoring ) record is never likely to be beaten. In my world that constitutes legendary status.

He didn't do half bad during his stint in France either.

You’re right didn’t he beak a record while he was with Toulon.
We are getting a little into semantics here very good player, changed the way wingers played in this country, whatever you want to call it his achievements are noteworthy

[sam16111986]

We are not going to fall out over this RG - ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder ‘ ( maybe the wrong analogy ?!) but Aston deserves plaudits not semantics! I think that some Tigers’ fans ‘reluctantly’ accept him because of his past associations but as you say his ( try scoring ) record is never likely to be beaten. In my world that constitutes legendary status.

He didn't do half bad during his stint in France either.

You’re right didn’t he beak a record while he was with Toulon.
We are getting a little into semantics here very good player, changed the way wingers played in this country, whatever you want to call it his achievements are noteworthy

He's won the Premiership three times, the Championship once, European Challenge Cup, European Champions Cup twice, an Anglo-Welsh cup, a Prem Cup and three Six Nations. A great medal selection to go with his personal accolades.

[iceman_19]

I think you can different sorts of “legend” can’t you.

Wilkinson, Johnson, Carter, Edwards - All Time Greats

David Matthews, Paul Dodge, Tom Youngs - club legends

Ashton has the most tries ever in Europe, in the Premiership (first to break a 100), the most in a single season in France. Throw in multiple titles as well, and you cannot deny with a straight face that he’s not a legend of the club game.

[LE18]

We are not going to fall out over this RG - ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder ‘ ( maybe the wrong analogy ?!) but Aston deserves plaudits not semantics! I think that some Tigers’ fans ‘reluctantly’ accept him because of his past associations but as you say his ( try scoring ) record is never likely to be beaten. In my world that constitutes legendary status.

If, as you intimate him being a legend, I bet he would like his name spelled correctly on his head stone.

[PIEANDAPINT]