Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021)
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From the Halberg Awards Decade Champion ceremony on Wednesday, 24 March 2021:
Winner of the Sport New Zealand Leadership Award: Johanna Wood (football).
Emerging Talent Athlete of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 Gareth Kean (swimming), 2011 Jacko Gill (athletics), 2012 Lydia Ko (golf), 2013 Gabrielle Fa’amausili (swimming), 2014 Regan Gough (cycling), 2015 Eliza McCartney (athletics), 2016 Campbell Stewart (cycling), 2017 Ellesse Andrews (cycling), 2018 Maddison-Lee Wesche (athletics), 2019 Alice Robinson (ski racing).
Winner: Lydia Ko
Para Athlete of the Decade (Category introduced in 2011)
Finalists: 2011 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming), 2012 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming), 2013 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming), 2014 Mary Fisher (Para swimming), 2015 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming), 2016 Liam Malone (Para athletics), 2017 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming), 2018 Adam Hall (Para alpine skiing), 2019 Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming).
Winner: Sophie Pascoe
Coach of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 Ricki Herbert (football), 2011 Sir Graham Henry (rugby), 2012 Richard (Dick) Tonks (rowing), 2013 Sir Steve Hansen (rugby), 2014 Anthony Peden (cycling), 2015 Sir Steve Hansen (rugby), 2016 Gordon Walker (canoe racing), 2017 Gordon Walker (canoe racing), 2018 Gordon Walker (canoe racing), 2019 Dame Noeline Taurua (netball).
Winner: Gordon Walker
Sportsman of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 Richie McCaw (rugby), 2011 Richie McCaw (rugby), 2012 Mahe Drysdale (rowing), 2013 Scott Dixon (motorsport), 2014 Brendon McCullum (cricket), 2015 Kane Williamson (cricket), 2016 Mahe Drysdale (rowing), 2017 Tom Walsh (athletics), 2018 Tom Walsh (athletics), 2019 Israel Adesanya (mixed martial arts).
Winner: Richie McCaw
Sportswoman of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 Dame Valerie Adams (athletics), 2011 Dame Valerie Adams (athletics), 2012 Dame Valerie Adams (athletics), 2013 Lydia Ko (golf), 2014 Lydia Ko (golf), 2015 Lydia Ko (golf), 2016 Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), 2017 Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), 2018 Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), 2019 Lisa Carrington (canoe racing).
Winner: Lisa Carrington
Team of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 All Whites (football), 2011 All Blacks (rugby), 2012 Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing), 2013 All Blacks (rugby), 2014 Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing), 2015 All Blacks (rugby), 2016 Men’s 49er, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (yachting), 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand (yachting), 2018 Black Ferns Sevens (rugby), 2019 Silver Ferns (netball).
Winners: Hamish Bond and Eric Murray
New Zealand’s Favourite Sporting Moment of the Decade
Finalists: 2010 All Whites (football), 2011 All Blacks (rugby), 2012 Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan (rowing), 2013 Black Sox (softball), 2014 Brendon McCullum (cricket), 2015 Grant Elliott (cricket), 2016 Eliza McCartney (athletics), 2017 Mitchell Hunt (rugby), 2018 Anna Leat (football), 2019 Silver Ferns (netball).
Winners: Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan
Halberg Award Decade Champion (supreme award)
Finalists: 2010 All Whites (football), 2011 All Blacks (rugby), 2012 Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing), 2013 Lydia Ko (golf), 2014 Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing), 2015 All Blacks (rugby), 2016 Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand (yachting), 2018 Tom Walsh (athletics), 2019 Silver Ferns (netball).
Winners: Hamish Bond and Eric Murray
About the event itself: https://www.halbergawards.co.nz/news/isps-handa-halberg-awards-to-honour-decade-champions/
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@stargazer interesting that Bond an Murray only won Team of the Decade twice yet the AB's won it thrice.
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Reading that reminded me the All Whites won it in 2010 for three draws. 11yrs on and I am still annoyed (cc: grumpy old man thread).
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The All Whites stick out like a sore thumb amongst that lot of World and Olympic champs. People's choice, maybe. No way should they have been considered for the main awards.
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I have no problems with the All Whites being in for greatest moment.
That 93rd minute equaliser against Slovakia lives long as an incredible moment for me.
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Funny how much the judges were off the mark on the emerging talent category.
I would say that Alice Robinson will prove out the best of that bunch. Ko’s candle burned bright and fast. -
@crucial said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Funny how much the judges were off the mark on the emerging talent category.
That list is heavily weighted towards Olympic sports, which means it is harder to succeed. Particularly in swimming and athletics.
It would be interesting to look at the full list of nominees for each year to see who may have fulfilled their promise but didn't win the ultimate award that year.
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@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Bullshit on the moment of the decade.
agree. Couldn't tell you what half the moments were ... but that Elliot 6 into the stands was a sporting experience I'll take to my grave.
Still loved Vettori's cool walk out under pressure. It didn't get on TV, but he wandered out like he was on a garden stroll, just the relaxed calm in a white hot atmosphere. That game was just incredible, a lazarus like comeback for the Caps
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In a decade where the ABs broke the RWC losing streak. Twice, first time ever in a row. Won record percentage of games, and recognised even in US sport circles as the most dominant sports team ever - pretty ridiculous they didn't win. Yeah they went down hill from 17-18, but Bond & Muray were on their way out too.
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@nzzp said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
Bullshit on the moment of the decade.
agree. Couldn't tell you what half the moments were ... but that Elliot 6 into the stands was a sporting experience I'll take to my grave.
Still loved Vettori's cool walk out under pressure. It didn't get on TV, but he wandered out like he was on a garden stroll, just the relaxed calm in a white hot atmosphere. That game was just incredible, a lazarus like comeback for the Caps
Clear no. 2.
Remember 2011 is part of the decade.
It's too easy to bloc vote on these things.
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I have never ever experienced tension and relief at the levels of that 2011 RWC final and one viewing of that fan video showing the game and crowds on the waterfront is the only evidence required to prove that it was undoubtedly the NZ sporting moment of the decade.
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Here is the race. The last 500 m are great to watch but it depends on your subjective definition of "moment".
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The Cohen/Sullivan moment would be my NZ sporting moment of the decade followed closely by Elliot's 6.
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@machpants Bond and Murray - double Olympic Gold, a gazillion world champs and over 70 consecutive wins. Rowing arguably a more global sport than rugby. I don't have any issues with them winning TBH
Sporting moment is the one I have an issue with. Like @nzzp I saw the nominees and immediately thought the Hairy Javelin. Best night ever at Eden Park! (2011 was not enjoyable at all)
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@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
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The fact that Elliott's 6 was in the SF, and not a final, would have counted against it.
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You're all rugby hatrzz
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I’m just going to leave this here now...
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@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.
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@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 injuryDamn, that shit needs a film
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Huge 3 way battle for the Sportswoman of the Decade.
Adams
Adams
Adams
Ko
Ko
Ko
Carrington
Carrington
Carrington
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@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 injuryDamn, that shit needs a better film
FIFY
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@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 injuryDamn, 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
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@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 injuryDamn, 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
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@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 injuryDamn, 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.
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@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 injuryDamn, 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
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@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
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.
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@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
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
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@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
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.
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@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
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
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@rapido said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@mariner4life said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
@booboo said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
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.
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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.
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@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
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@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 injuryDamn, 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.
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@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 injuryDamn, 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
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@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 injuryDamn, 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.
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@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.
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@cyclops said in Halberg Awards Decade Champion (2021):
... a bit like asking whether Brodie Rettalick or Colin Meads would have started at lock if they'd been on the originals tour.
Brodie.
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I thought Grant Elliott's 6 was the best moment by a long way. Like not even close.
I only voted once though so perhaps I have myself to blame.
