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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2438484, member: 2221"] To prevent going in circles again, and because you deserve the courtesy of an answer... My opinion is based on what in my opinion are the most important factors in a Rugby League player. Being able to run over smaller players, albeit handy, is not one of them. I do recognise heaps of attacking potential in Taylor, as well as the fact he has amazing ball control for such a huge man. Unfortunately, that's pretty much where it ends... While Taylor can run havok in the NRL against weaker and slower defenses, he isn't cut out for the "in your face" fabric of Origin. He cannot handle the speed, pressure and the fact that he won't get the opportunities for bullying the small men like he does at club level. He won't put in the hard yards in defense, where he is very sluggish and has little to no lateral movement, besides he won't take a hit-up when the team is in trouble... because 1-it's hard work and 2-doesn't fit the highlight reels. Speaking of which, anyone who pulls the crap he did with that loose ball in NSW's try area in game 2, deserves to be sacked on the spot and marked never to play again! Finally, he has had his apprenticeship in Origin last year, has been on fire at club level pretty much during the whole Origin period (bar the Broncos game) and still dished out mediocrity in every single Origin game he played! Now on Gillett, he has been in horrible form and took that into Origin. Based on that, I can totally understand why many people think he doesn't deserve his spot. But at least, he's not failing at Origin because he can't handle it. He's failing because he is still very raw and in the worst form of his still very short career! He will learn from this, and I think that was the main reason he was kept in the team, to hopefully learn and make his mark in the maroon jersey in the future. Now, I'm not gonna go again into the details of which specific attributes and talents I think each player has over the other, but tell me who of the two players you think was better, more consistent and did more for his team in the first 2 years of their NRL career? That is the only concrete measure you can use to begin to assess which player performs at a higher level. Do not forget that Taylor is playing his fifth NRL season already. Can you convincingly say that Gillett won't be able to pull an 80 minute performance like Taylor's, before his fifth NRL season? [/QUOTE]

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