Pool D - Argentina, France, Georgia, Ireland, Namibia

[Perm]

Mehrtens > Spencer

Agreed.

 

[Perm]

Spencer was a mixed bag, really. He was better than Tony Brown, though.

DWTA.

 

[Perm]

Also Larkham>Spencer.

Easily my friend, easily.

 

[Fiery]

DWTA.

You think Tony Brown was better than Carlos Spencer?

 

[Perm]

You think Tony Brown was better than Carlos Spencer?

Yes.

 

[Fiery]

Yes.

I disagree but fair enough

 

[Perm]

I disagree but fair enough

A fair bit of loyalty sneaking into my judgement there

 

[Fiery]

A fair bit of loyalty sneaking into my judgement there

I gathered that

 

[KennyD]

I liked watching Spencer play, but never saw enough of Tony Brown. Was he similar to Mehrtens?

 

[Perm]

I liked watching Spencer play, but never saw enough of Tony Brown. Was he similar to Mehrtens?

Not really. A dour defender and a decent kicker and distributor, he lacked the attacking capabilities and goal kicking skill of Merhts but was a very good tackler.

 

[cbuts]

Mehrtens > Spencer

Mehrtens was never the starting first five of any succesfull All Black team


96-97 was spencer - BC champs, Tri Nations Champs
98,99,00,01, was Mehrtens - Never held the BC, won 2 Tri Nations.
02,03 was Spencer - Won the BC, Won all Tri Nations

 

[cbuts]

Mehrtens loved to choke and kick down Mat Burkes throat

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Mehrtens played in the 1996 Tri-Nations side, as well as the '95 side that won back the Bledisloe and the 1996 side that had the first ever series victory in South Africa.

 

[cbuts]

so won the bledisloe cup twice, out of how many attempts? was the key pivot in the All Blacks during Australia's greatest reign

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Mehrtens and Spencer both played first five when we lost the Bledisoe in '98. Mehrts wasn't in great form at that time and had a number of injury problems, but NZ had much bigger problems with retirements and Hart's ****ty coaching. I wouldn't pin it on Mehrts myself.

 

[KennyD]

Also, Australia had a very strong side back then, with a very strong backline and forwards who knew what their jobs were.

Always have liked Mehrtens.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, me too. Unflashy so had a tendency to be underrated, but you rarely saw him have a bad game. At his best Carlos was the better player, but you never knew which Spencer was going to turn up.

 

[cbuts]

on the other hand merhts was so one diminsinal that it was easy to deffend

 

[Fiery]

on the other hand merhts was so one diminsinal that it was easy to deffend

Use a spell-check dude

 

[ohtani's jacket]

on the other hand merhts was so one diminsinal that it was easy to deffend

You must've hated Fox.