World & NZ Rugby Awards 2018
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@nepia said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
I expect Steve Tew and some of his cronies are probably sitting there thinking we should probably have an overall mens award too moving forward rather than sitting around congratulating themselves on being PC.
They created the National team and coach award for the first time so I'm sure NZR will make more changes in the future.
I would have voted for Sam Whitelock for the Kel Tremain but he didn't even make the final cut!
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@stargazer said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@antipodean It's not odd that he was nominated, but he wasn't the only one bringing a team back to the top, and winning back-to-back titles in Super Rugby should have topped it IMO.
Only if you view everything through crusaders tinted glasses like you do.
Alama took a team that was getting thrashed by North Harbour just last season to beating Canterbury twice, and dropping only one game.
It was a remarkable turnaround and he deserves the plaudits.
Razor has done very well with Crusaders, much better than Blackadder, but he took a good team to a very good team in a very weak competition.
Mitre 10 is a lower standard, but there isn’t as much variability between teams. No Aussies to thrash for example.
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@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@stargazer said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@antipodean It's not odd that he was nominated, but he wasn't the only one bringing a team back to the top, and winning back-to-back titles in Super Rugby should have topped it IMO.
Only if you view everything through crusaders tinted glasses like you do.
Alama took a team that was getting thrashed by North Harbour just last season to beating Canterbury twice, and dropping only one game.
It was a remarkable turnaround and he deserves the plaudits.
Razor has done very well with Crusaders, much better than Blackadder, but he took a good team to a very good team in a very weak competition.
Mitre 10 is a lower standard, but there isn’t as much variability between teams. No Aussies to thrash for example.
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
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@stargazer said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@stargazer said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@antipodean It's not odd that he was nominated, but he wasn't the only one bringing a team back to the top, and winning back-to-back titles in Super Rugby should have topped it IMO.
Only if you view everything through crusaders tinted glasses like you do.
Alama took a team that was getting thrashed by North Harbour just last season to beating Canterbury twice, and dropping only one game.
It was a remarkable turnaround and he deserves the plaudits.
Razor has done very well with Crusaders, much better than Blackadder, but he took a good team to a very good team in a very weak competition.
Mitre 10 is a lower standard, but there isn’t as much variability between teams. No Aussies to thrash for example.
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
To be fair, it's been hard to see through those for quite some time due to all the cracks!
I agree with @Kirwan Much easier to take a good team and culture and keep them going a second year than sweep up the bones off the floor and then go and win the comp
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Individual awards in a team game are stupid anyway
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@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
That’s 2018 Champion Auckland glasses to you pal
Errrr Premiership Auckland Glasses, The Champion ones are Red Yellow and Black
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@hooroo said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
That’s 2018 Champion Auckland glasses to you pal
Errrr Premiership Auckland Glasses, The Champion ones are Red Yellow and Black
this whole post offends me
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@hooroo said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
That’s 2018 Champion Auckland glasses to you pal
Errrr Premiership Auckland Glasses, The Champion ones are Red Yellow and Black
I didn’t say Championship dickhead
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@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@hooroo said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
@kirwan said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
Says someone who looks at everything through Acukland and Blues tinted glasses.
That’s 2018 Champion Auckland glasses to you pal
Errrr Premiership Auckland Glasses, The Champion ones are Red Yellow and Black
I didn’t say Championship dickhead
I know. Just wanted to remind everyone that Waikato won the best loser comp
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@hooroo said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
I agree with @Kirwan Much easier to take a good team and culture and keep them going a second year than sweep up the bones off the floor and then go and win the comp
Alama took a basket case team that was on the verge of relegation, rebuilt from the ground up, and managed to get a team spirit and resilience instilled that hasn't been sighted in Auckland teams for decades. Not only that, they won respect from the generally disinterested public. An amazing achievement.
It was a lower level than Super. However, I'd argue there were a few coaches who could win the comp with the Super cattle that the Crusaders had. By comparison, I don't know if other coaches would have been able to achieve what the Auckland coaches did, in teh time they had, with the players they had.
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@bovidae talk back is full of people suggesting there should be a male and female award rather than the Tremain one being for both.
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@taniwharugby I seem to remember that the Kel Tremain Memorial used to be awarded to one of the winners of the other individual categories on the night, and they never publically announced the nominees prior to the awards evening. A bit like the Halberg supreme award.
So have a male and female POTY award, and together with the other winners (SR, M10 Cup, Tom French), one of them wins the overall award.
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Clone Army Hypothetical:
XV Brodies vs XV Sextons.
Who wins?
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@salacious-crumb Brodie’s for sure
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Just to clarify, who was AB player of the year? Or wasn't there one?
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New Zealand Rugby Players' Association Awards
Men's Player of the Year - Codie Taylor
Women's Player of the Year - Kendra Cocksedge
Men's 7s Player of the Year - Vilimoni Koroi
Women's 7s Player of the Year - Michaela Blyde
Super Rugby Player of the Year - Richie Mo'unga
Mitre 10 Cup Player of the Year - TJ Faiane
Young Player of the Year - Dalton Papali'i
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12178596
