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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3573241, member: 8215"] I'm pretty sure he was denied a try, ONCE, because the play was so slow to get to him that he had to slow down before he even got the ball, so his defender caught up to him and tackled him just after he received the pass. He's no whippet but he was never super fast anyway. He got his rep because he could drag 3 defenders and still get the ball down while his whole body was out, and because he could drag Dylan Walker for 30 metres... Everyone, myself included, was impressed that Arthars made those breaks in the grand final, and I'm not knocking him in the slightest (or suggesting he doesn't deserve his shot over Oates), but Oates has been punching kick-return line breaks for 10 years by pushing between defenders, his lack of elite speed has never been an issue. [/QUOTE]

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