Ive been a fan of the dogs since 1998! I have seen teams, players, eras that most here havent over the years. Just something i learnt over time.
in 2004 we had ball breakers like mason, O meley, Ray asotasi, paul rauhihi but these units were offset by players named grimaldi, price, gillies. toilers that came cheap and did the grunt work to allow the ball breakers to shine.
Then u had a guy like reni maitua who was a player that could worm his way into the forwards,backs, wherever needed basically.
playerds who do a bit of grunt and a bit of bash but are neither an expert in none is our downfall, we have plenty. these are like 'all rounders'.
Its why the indian test team doesnt pick capable all rounders, buit specialists, and why they are the greatest team of today and amongst the best of all time!!!