Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021)

Crucial

I’m just going to leave this here now...

Rancid Schnitzel

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

nzzp

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a film

Rapido

Huge 3 way battle for the Sportswoman of the Decade.

Adams
Adams
Adams
Ko
Ko
Ko
Carrington
Carrington
Carrington
Carrington

MN5

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a better film

FIFY

nzzp

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a better film

FIFY

ha ha, I haven't bothered to watch it. A low budget 'made for TV' doesn't really qualify. That needs some Invictus treatment, but with better rugby in it

MN5

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a better film

FIFY

ha ha, I haven't bothered to watch it. A low budget 'made for TV' doesn't really qualify. That needs some Invictus treatment, but with better rugby in it

I’m on it, any excuse to email Clint about something

nzzp

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a better film

FIFY

ha ha, I haven't bothered to watch it. A low budget 'made for TV' doesn't really qualify. That needs some Invictus treatment, but with better rugby in it

I’m on it, any excuse to email Clint about something

I'm sure he'll love to hear from you.

Again.

MN5

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mn5 said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a better film

FIFY

ha ha, I haven't bothered to watch it. A low budget 'made for TV' doesn't really qualify. That needs some Invictus treatment, but with better rugby in it

I’m on it, any excuse to email Clint about something

I'm sure he'll love to hear from you.

Again.

He’s a busy man, I can’t expect him to reply to all my creepy stalkerish messages

mariner4life

@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@stargazer

Bullshit on the moment of the decade.

Shows how crap public voting is.

as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.

voodoo

@hooroo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was cool to watch again

@Bovidae

That was awesome!

I also have no issue with the All Whites - being (I think) the only team ever to go unbeaten in a WC and not win is a (kinda) cool stat to own!

Pretty hard to separate a lot of these. BB scoring the final try in 2015 will also stand out for me, maybe cos my son was 6 at the time and we were up at 3am watching together - guess that's the silly thing about trying to choose a single moment, everyone experiences these things differently

Rapido

@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@stargazer

Bullshit on the moment of the decade.

Shows how crap public voting is.

as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.

I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.

But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.

mariner4life

@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@stargazer

Bullshit on the moment of the decade.

Shows how crap public voting is.

as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.

I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.

But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.

fair point

No Quarter

@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@stargazer

Bullshit on the moment of the decade.

Shows how crap public voting is.

as a pure moment, the All Whites scoring to put them in to the world Cup, or Grant Elliot hitting that 6 will stand out pretty much forever.

I think it was the Paston penalty save, that just eclipses the Fallon goal (I actually had to think who scored, rather than automatically recalling the penalty). That was 'the' moment.

But, regardless, the qualifying playoff match was in 2009 . Not in this decade.

I was at the game and the atmosphere was like nothing I'd ever experienced before, and since. The crowd went bananas for basically the rest of the match after that save. Still gives me tingles thinking about it.

No Quarter

And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.

Rancid Schnitzel

@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.

It was obviously monumental for the AWs to get to the Cup and you can only play what’s in front of you, but I just consider their qualification draw something of a joke. New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu then Bahrain. Now if they’d had to beat a European or South American side to get in that would be a different story

Chris B.

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a film

Add in that pretty much no NZ sportsman ever suffered a torn adductor - before or since. And for this brief period, we had at least three of them....

Then people went back to having bog standard groin strains.

canefan

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a film

And Beaver running on stinking of whitebait and doing his best Rudy impression with a Jersey two sizes too small, and winning the game for us

Nepia

@canefan said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@rancid-schnitzel said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

@bovidae said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".

That was pretty damn cool, but up there with the ABs in 2011? Nowhere near. Particularly when you consider the stress of the semi-final as well and Carter‘s injury, Donald’s redemption story.

Carter's injury
McCaw's injury
Cruden's injury
Piri's injury pre-final...
Slade's injury

Damn, that shit needs a film

And Beaver running on stinking of whitebait and doing his best Rudy impression with a Jersey two sizes too small, and winning the game for us

Also, Cruden skateboarding around Palmy ... with the weather in that place you have a survival against nature story while skating as well.

Cyclops

@no-quarter said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):

And to all the All Whites haters you are ignoring the obvious fact that draws are far more common in Soccer than any other sport. To go to a World Cup and not drop a game was absolutely phenomenal. I'm still pissed at the cheating Italians, we should have beaten them 1-0 but for their acting.

Don't forget that Italy were the defending world champs. I forget who the competition for team of the year was, but I have no problem with them being finalists and they have a fair argument for overall winner

The halbergs always spark up debate about the relative merits of sports and I've always enjoyed it. I wish we'd celebrate the finalists a bit more rather than fixating an the winners. Even in years with an obvious winner, all of the candidates have achieved amazing things and trying to rask them is a bit like asking whether Brodie Rettalick or Colin Meads would have started at lock if they'd been on the originals tour.

No complaint about the moment of the decade here as sporting spectacles Elliot's 6 and the double sculls finish stand out for me, but ultimately than award is about how an individual reacted to each moment and is going to be personal. It's well suited to a vote to see which moment resonated with the most people.

The Silver Fern

Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021)