NZ and World Rugby Awards 2020
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Wales onLine went with 10 AB's adding Kaino, Read, Coles, Smith and savea but dropping Nonu and Whitelock for Owen Farrell and Alun Wynn Jones
Ben Smith (NZL); George North (WAL), Jonathan Davies (WAL), Owen Farrell (ENG), Julian Savea (NZL); Dan Carter (NZL), Aaron Smith (NZL); Tendai Mtawarira (RSA), Dane Coles (NZL), Owen Franks (NZL), Brodie Retallick (NZL), Alun Wyn Jones (WAL), Jerome Kaino (NZL), Richie McCaw (NZL), Kieran Read (NZL)
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@dogmeat I'm actually all good with AWJ, hell of a player over a very long time
dropping Nonu is retarded
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@mariner4life said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2020:
@dogmeat I'm actually all good with AWJ, hell of a player over a very long time
dropping Nonu is retarded
Yeah I agree with AWJ, keep Nonu and that looks closer to my one kiwi eye. But North?
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@mariner4life yeah I think there are a few players who you could swap in and out and not be overly worried about, I'm a big Whitelock fan, so he'd be a go to for me, but if AWJ had been named I wouldnt have been worried.
Agree, no way you dont play Nonu, his last couple of years he was practically peerless at 12, and pushed himself up into the argument with Tim Horan as the GOAT 12.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2020:
@mariner4life yeah I think there are a few players who you could swap in and out and not be overly worried about, I'm a big Whitelock fan, so he'd be a go to for me, but if AWJ had been named I wouldnt have been worried.
Agree, no way you dont play Nonu, his last couple of years he was practically peerless at 12, and pushed himself up into the argument with Tim Horan as the GOAT 12.
i could have typed this post, agree completely
George North and the Irish should be gooooorn
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This year’s awards will be presented in a made-for-TV special on Sky this Thursday 17 December at 7.30pm.
Full list of nominees:
Sky TV Fans Try of the Year
Neria Fomai (Hawke’s Bay)
Jack Jones (Christ’s College)
Bethel Lutele-Malasia (Napier Boys’ High School)New Zealand Referee of the Year
Mike Fraser (Wellington)
Ben O’Keeffe (Horowhenua Kapiti)
Paul Williams (Taranaki)Charles Monro Rugby Volunteer of the Year
Jane Chamberlain (Horowhenua Kapiti)
Allen Grainger (Waikato)
Scott Kahle (Bay of Plenty)NZRPA Kirk Award
Announced on the nightSteinlager Salver
Announced on the nightDuane Monkley Medal (Mitre 10 Cup Player of the Year)
Folau Fakatava (Hawke’s Bay)
Salesi Rayasi (Auckland)
Kaleb Trask (Bay of Plenty)Fiao’o Faamausili Medal (Farah Palmer Cup Player of the Year)
Chelsea Alley (Waikato)
Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury)
Stacey Fluhler (Waikato)ASB National Coach of the Year
Andrew Goodman and Clarke Dermody ( Ta$man)
Mark Ozich (Hawke’s Bay)
Scott Robertson (Crusaders)
James Semple (Waikato FPC)ASB New Zealand Coach of the Year
Allan Bunting and Cory Sweeney (Black Ferns Sevens)
Ian Foster (All Blacks)
Clark Laidlaw (All Blacks Sevens)
Glenn Moore (Black Ferns)
Clayton McMillian (Maori All Blacks)Investec Super Rugby Player of the Year
Jordie Barrett (Taranaki, Hurricanes)
Richie Mo’unga (Canterbury, Crusader)
Aaron Smith (Manawatu, Highlanders)
Patrick Tuipulotu (Auckland, Blues)Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year
Ash Dixon (Ngāti Tahinga, Hawke’s Bay)
Stacey Fluhler (Tuhoe/Te Arawa, Waikato)
Aaron Smith (Ngāti Kahungunu, Manawatu)Richard Crawshaw Memorial All Blacks Sevens Player of the Year
Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty)
Tim Mikkelson (Waikato)
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (North Harbour)Black Ferns Sevens Player of the Year
Kelly Brazier (Bay of Plenty)
Stacey Fluhler (Waikato)
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Northland)Black Ferns Player of the Year
Chelsea Alley (Waikato)
Kendra Cocksedge (Canterbury)
Kennedy Simon (Waikato)All Blacks Player of the Year
Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
Dane Coles (Wellington)
Aaron Smith (Manawatu)Adidas National Team of the Year
Crusaders
Hawke’s Bay
Canterbury (FPC)
Ta$manAdidas New Zealand Team of the Year
All Blacks
All Blacks Sevens
Black Ferns
Black Ferns Sevens
Maori All BlacksKelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year
Announced on the nighthttps://www.allblacks.com/news/nominees-announced-for-2020-asb-rugby-awards
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@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2020:
ASB New Zealand Coach of the Year
Allan Bunting and Cory Sweeney (Black Ferns Sevens)
Ian Foster (All Blacks)
Clark Laidlaw (All Blacks Sevens)
Glenn Moore (Black Ferns)
Clayton McMillian (Maori All Blacks)Fuck I hope Foster wins... the meltdown here will be glorious to watch.
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@Kruse I've never laughed so hard when I saw his name in that list!
The All Blacks 7s and Black Ferns 7s coaches have won World Series titles this year, so should be the frontrunners.
The AB7s won 3 from 6 tournaments. Only in Sydney they didn't win a medal.The BF7s won 4 from 5 tournaments. Only in Glendale (USA) they won bronze. So the BF7s had the best year.
Moore: no Black Ferns tests, this year.
McMillan: only one MABs game, which they won.Foster: a very mixed bag.
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My picks would be:
try: I already know who won
ref:
WilliamsDM medal:
I'd pick Fakatava, of course, but I think Rayasi will win.FF medal:
FluhlerCoach:
I'd pick Ozich, but I think it will be Goodman and Dermody (Robertson already won in 2019)SR:
Mo'unga, but already won in 2019, so they'll probably pick JordieMaori:
Dixon (he's been overlooked for years)AB7s:
I have no ideaBF7s:
FluhlerBFs:
CocksedgeABs:
SmithNat team:
Of course, Hawke's Bay, but I think they'll pick Ta$man men or Canterbury women.NZ Team:
BF7sKel Tremain:
A Smith -
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@KiwiMurph said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2020:
Pleased to see Fakatava win - thought the points system was going to hurt him (i.e. Dixon taking points off of him).
i think it's hilarious it went to a reserve grade player
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are they not an actual awards ceremony or are all the award winners sprinting up to get thier award and going straight back to thier seats?
