QUICK! Can you name this player?

madds

Hi - a friend of mine has just posted a pic of this player but for the life of me I can't place him. Any one know his name?

Dave_The_Sheep

The picture would be useful.

gifted

The invisible man?

BBDBB

Is it Jamie Heaslip doing the unseen work?

HeidiHeidi

Tommy Bowe

(in the hope that someone might post a pic of him)

madds

sorry, was posting from a phone and had to switch to laptop! pic attached to first post.

sarciegit

Conrad smith

BBDBB

Is it Conrad Smith?

HeidiHeidi

Ah feck, it's not Tommy Bowe :mad:

trout

Conrad Smith ... or one of the Healy-Rae's

Nah, it's Conrad Smith for sure

bmwguy

100% Conrad Smith from New Zealand, great player

nehe milner skudder

worlds best 13.
the player o driscoll never bettered.


double world champion Conrad "snakey" Smith

madds

Thanks lads, it is Conrad Smith, currently (or was until 15 minutes ago) in the Ballsbridge Hotel.

Buer

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

the player o driscoll never faced until well after his peak.

Cleared that one up.

nehe milner skudder

Buer wrote: »

Cleared that one up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoKq_6Z_6Q

skinned.

one year before grand slam season.

pickarooney

Ee, that be Conrad Smith of Pau. Or as they call it in Yorkshire, T'Pau.

CatFromHue

It's Ma'a Nonu

Buer

Which was well after his best. BOD never got near the level of 2000-2006 again in terms of attacking play and acceleration.

2007-08 was the worst season of his career probably. That was the year he ended up going to Enda McNulty and didn't score once. He was much better in 2009 but a totally different player.


Two best 13s of modern times but they never met one another near their peak powers.

Ronan O'Gara

Flipper22

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

skinned.

one year before grand slam season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1F3Xm1Cco0

Flipper22

Buer wrote: »

Which was well after his best. BOD never got near the level of 2000-2006 again in terms of attacking play and acceleration.

2007-08 was the worst season of his career probably. That was the year he ended up going to Enda McNulty and didn't score once. He was much better in 2009 but a totally different player.


Two best 13s of modern times but they never met one another near their peak powers.

I think he scored against the wallabies summer 08. Great try actually. Leamy regathered a box kick from our 22, Kearney with a great offload to set Bowe free, who put BOD over.

Yeah_Right

Tana just shepherds BOD to the inside so he could meet the GOAT (Richie).

Yeah_Right

madds wrote: »

Hi - a friend of mine has just posted a pic of this player but for the life of me I can't place him. Any one know his name?

Is it wrong that I looked at that pic and thought that Conrad must have been hanging out with Samson Lee.

rsh118

He's some fella Conrad. Chatted to him once or twice and really seems like as normal a guy as you meet.

A lot in NZ rugby like him too, thanks to how close most All Blacks are to their club roots.

Pink Fairy

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Tommy Bowe

(in the hope that someone might post a pic of him)

This do?

nehe milner skudder

Flipper22 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1F3Xm1Cco0

conrad smith isn't on the pitch?

twinytwo

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoKq_6Z_6Q

skinned.

one year before grand slam season.

2008 was the worst year for him form wise... many were questioning if he was finished at the time.

Then he came back.... and the rest is history

Flipper22

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

conrad smith isn't on the pitch?

I know that. At that point he couldn't get ahead of Umaga. BOD skins Umaga. Therefore BOD was better than Smith.

:pac:

Yeah_Right

Flipper22 wrote: »

I know that. At that point he couldn't get ahead of Umaga. BOD skins Umaga. Therefore BOD was better than Smith.

:pac:

Nice try Smith wasn't even a professional rugby player when that game was played.

bilston

Flipper22 wrote: »

I know that. At that point he couldn't get ahead of Umaga. BOD skins Umaga. Therefore BOD was better than Smith.

:pac:

Conrad Smith may still have been at school then!

Nevertheless thank you for reminding me of a great try. That was a great match. McCaw's debut IIRC amd Ireland were 14 points up 10 minutes into the second half.

RedemptionZ

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoKq_6Z_6Q

skinned.

one year before grand slam season.

To be fair, he fooled him rather than skinning him.