I really don't buy into this argument that discounting Meli's Grand Final blunders (easily making him the biggest liability in SL history) somehow makes him a good player.
Clearly, people have lost sight of the fact that we play rugby to WIN the Grand Final. Looking good mid season with a few tries under your belt and then sabotaging EVERYTHING YOU'VE YEARNED FOR at Old Trafford in the most spectacularly calamitous way possible really doesn't float my boat.
The Australians figured Meli out very early in his career and were only too willing to offload him onto any old mug with a few quid to spend.