Remember in the summer when we lost Salvi the uproar on here..
Myself and a couple of other posters stated O'Connor was an improvement but the negativity was rife..
In ONE game in my opinion he showed more than Salvi did in his whole time here..Yes Salvi is great over the ball & defensively but I always felt he offered little else
O'Connor is the link between back and forwards and will go on to become one of Tigers greatest ever modern 7's..
Some may call this post hugely premature given he has played one game but I for one am exceptionally happy to have him over Salvi..thanks all that brought him here the good times are really coming back
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Will S wrote:We are all jumping to the conclusion that he would want to play for England. I hope he does but has he ever said he would entertain the option?
Not according to Cockers. Playing for England never mentioned during contract talks, although maybe he noticed how things went with TTTE when he found out he was England qualified. Cockers was not a happy bunny.
RagingBull wrote:TBF some people didn't or couldn't watch Super and ITM.
If they did they would have seen his talent.
And also TBF the 2015 super rugby season was his breakout year.
Ever the reasonable RB this is a valid point...
One thing I found weird watching this is he seemed big over there and taller than most bar the locks..yet on Friday he seemed small compared to the behemoths that play up here..
RagingBull wrote:O'Connor is on record as saying he wants to play for England and Cockers is on record saying he is England quality (although does that say much).
So prob a good bet that England is on the agenda.
Pretty sad that our backrow going towards the 2016 November internationals should be:
8. Hughes 7. O'Connor 6. Ewers
None of which are really English...Sad times but that would be some unit may only be lacking in the lineout perhaps..
RagingBull wrote:TBF some people didn't or couldn't watch Super and ITM.
If they did they would have seen his talent.
And also TBF the 2015 super rugby season was his breakout year.
Ever the reasonable RB this is a valid point...
One thing I found weird watching this is he seemed big over there and taller than most bar the locks..yet on Friday he seemed small compared to the behemoths that play up here..
Yep I was expecting a taller chap - went back over clips and the average player over there must be slightly smaller. The obsession with size started here with Geoff Cooke AFAIR and is true of SA certainly as well.
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