NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022
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@Bovidae I can see Demant getting it as she stood out in most games, I was pretty impressed with Fitzpatrick too, but would have no probs who is picked really . Who would of thought that we would have an awrd where Woodman wasn't nominated, just shows how much improvement there has been over the year.
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@Bones said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
@booboo said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
Black Ferns Player of the Year
Ruahei Demant
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Stacey Fluhler
Sarah HiriniNo Ruby? But I'm picking Stacey
Missed out to a token
forwardpassengerI think overall from the earlier tests plus RWC, Demant may pip Fluhler.
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@Nepia said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
TJ Perenara (Ngāti Rangitihi / Te Arawa)
WTF? How on earth did he get a nomination for this award? He's been barely average for most of the year.
Sean Stevenson would have been a decent pick as well, but I suppose he missed quite a lot of super with injury.. and you they probs don't really want to nominate a bloke who wasn't originally picked for AB XV then was their top player!
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also a shameless proud son plug for my old man who's nominated in the volunteer of the year for about the 80th time.. never won it! Bloody deserves it the amount of shit he does is fecking ridiculous!
Charles Monro Rugby Volunteer of the Year
Cathy Charles (Otago)
Andrew Gemmell (Thames Valley)
Allen Grainger (Waikato) -
Grainger? I played a couple of years at Frankton, he was doing absolutely everything at the time I was there.
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@mikedogz said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
Grainger? I played a couple of years at Frankton, he was doing absolutely everything at the time I was there.
yeh. still is. plus a zillion hours on the waikato board stuff, hamilton rugby and chairman of his local community board. serial bloody volunteer!
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@Bovidae said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
There are some surprising nominees and winners amongst that lot.
So Plumtree was right to select PGS in June.
Still some odd nominees in there though - Josh Ioane for Maori player of the year? Even Grace for Super Rugby, he was having an average season up until the the last few matches and the Maori games.
Shaun Stevenson's original omission from the ABXV again under the microscope.
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@Nepia said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
Shaun Stevenson's original omission from the ABXV again under the microscope.
Shaun Stevenson is starting to give me "james lowe will never make the ABs so heads north and becomes an integral part of a good test side" vibes.
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@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
The full list of nominees are:
New Zealand Rugby Referee of the YearBrendon Pickerill (North Harbour)
Fucking seriously?
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@Nepia The nominations and award aren't for Māori Player of the Year. They're for Māori All Blacks Player of the Year, so that suggests it's based on their performance for the Māori All Blacks only. I'd have given that award to Grace or Harmon, but Stevenson is a good choice, too.
I agree PGS and Grace's nomination for SRP Player of the Year are odd, considering they only showed good form in part of the competion. PGS in the wrong part of the competition, too.
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@antipodean said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
The full list of nominees are:
New Zealand Rugby Referee of the YearBrendon Pickerill (North Harbour)
Fucking seriously?
Participation medal.
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@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:
Excellent Winner. One of the great moments (if not the greatest) of the 2023 rugby calendar.
For Kiwi's anyway!
NZRPA Player Awards Finalist and Winners Announced
