he's a fine finisher and you certainly have to defend well against him - but I would be interested to see a breakdown of exactly who he has scored all those tries against. my impression is that what he's very good at is punishing weak or demoralised defences, but when he comes up against a well-organised, physical defence he suffers (eg against France).Danthefan wrote:45+ international tries say Shane Williams is a decent winger.
For example, just from looking at his profile on the WRU site, he scored 6 tries in the GS last year, 4 of those came against Scotland and Italy; 6 in the WC, of which 5 came against Canada, Japan and Fiji; in the 2 previous 6N championships he played 7 times and scored 1 try; in '05 2 out of his 3 tries came against Scotland and Italy. That's not to belittle his achievement, and along the way he's scored some great tries against serious opposition, including one of the best I've seen against SA (IIRC) so I'm not saying he shouldn't be in the frame, but think about what he's actually contributed so far this championship - any winger could have dotted down for his 2 tries (again against Scotland and Italy...), and apart from that he hasn't done much except get turned over!