Comments on: Why are we still comparing Wilkinson and Cipriani?

By: Vic Drover

Vic Drover — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:24:40 +0000

Can't mention Cips without Wilco.

By: Thomas Rooney

Thomas Rooney — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:47:02 +0000

Excellent article. How come you haven’t updated the blog for a
while? Please drop me an email as there is something I would like
to run by you. Thanks a lot, Thomas

By: Andy P

Andy P — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:53:47 +0000

It’s the same the whole world over……… Bored with the same old
arguments on my beloved Wasps’ unofficial message board,
I wandered over the pond to visit your excellent site, I
haven’t had a look for a while and thought I’d find some fresh and
possibly insightful threads. What do I find? The Wilkinson/Cipriani
debate! I know Vic, you tried to disguise it by posing the question
“why are we having the debate” but you end up having the debate
anyway. What the hell I may as well join in! JW and DC are two of
the most gifted fly halves I have ever had the privilege to see
live. Both have been knocked by injury, Jonny (fortunately for him)
after he’d made his reputation, and Danny (equally unfortunately)
just as he was starting to make his. More importantly however, both
have the capacity to make gnarled old forwards like me wonder
how the hell they just did what they just did. Why are we having
the debate? Because when two or more sports fans are gathered
together we discuss who’s the greatest, whatever sport you pick
“it’s the law”. These two are scrapping for one of the most
prestigious prizes in our game, the England 10 shirt, they are
undoubted superstars and it’s our duty to argue over who’s the
best. Danny Cipriani, no question! Unfortunately while the existing
England management stays in place I fear that you will only ever
see one of them in an England 10 shirt. Martin Johnson is stuck in
2003, no doubt an attractive place to be for a World Cup winning
captain but not a great starting point for building a team to win
it again in 2011. But that’s another thread I came here to
avoid……. Oh, by the way, two more things; 1) there are no other
fly halves in England at the moment 2) Andy Goode!!!! do me a
favour

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:05:12 +0000

I have a rugby blog called http://5metrescrum.com and i was wondering if you want to swap links with my site

thank you

By: Josh Houston

Josh Houston — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:04 +0000

Yes, everyone knows your man-crush on Andy Goode, but he’s no
#10.

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:25:19 +0000

I don't know about Cips returning to the fold. I still like Andy Goode.

By: Scrumhalf Connection

Scrumhalf Connection — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:23:17 +0000

Wilkinson will always be a God in rugby and I hope that he can stay
injury free long enough to make an impact! I agree with everyone
else, Cipriani is good, but he is not Wilkinson…and he will be
the #10 someday!

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:11:28 +0000

Ya, Wilco was a rare bird to be sure. If he can last 12 or 24 months, maybe even go the NEW in 2011, he will likely get knighted!

5000 fans showed up for his first training session with Toulon.

By: Josh Houston

Josh Houston — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:47:25 +0000

Either one of these guys is an improvement over Andy Gooode though.
Cipriani got hyped up because he played extremely well for the
Wasps. Excelling in club rugby is no indicator of success in test
rugby as we’ve seen before. While Ronan O’Gara has had an excellent
career with Ireland, he’s never really played the way he does when
he puts on the red shirt of Munster. Martin Johnson holds grudges
and he clearly has one with Cipriani. I don’t see Wilco’s fitness,
or body for that matter, holding up to stay in test rugby. Cipriani
will eventually be the #10, but he’ll never be Wilkinson. Wilkinson
was a special player that you don’t see very often.