NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022

[Nepia]

@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.

[Bones]

@Nepia weird eh. Lomax, Rieko, Smith all streets ahead.

[Nepia]

@Bones said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:

@Nepia weird eh. Lomax, Rieko, Smith all streets ahead.

Even if we remove those guys and just did halfback even Weber has probably had a better season.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:

DHL Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year
Will Jordan (Crusaders)
Stephen Perofeta (Blues)
Ardie Savea (Hurricanes)

And yet can't get more than 2 minutes on the field.

Only one of the AB players of the year nominees isn't playing more than 30 minutes in the coaches eyes too.

[booboo]

@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:

The other nominees are Ange Capuozzo and Damien Penaud.

But he didn't make the AI XV ?

[booboo]

@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:

Tom French Memorial Māori Player of the Year
Ruahei Demant (Tē Whānau ā Apanui / Te Whakatōhea / Ngāti Awa)
Stacey Fluhler (Ngāi Tūhoe)
TJ Perenara (Ngāti Rangitihi / Te Arawa)

Wouldn't have objected to a nomination for Rieko Ioane

[booboo]

@Stargazer said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2022:

Black Ferns Player of the Year
Ruahei Demant
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Stacey Fluhler
Sarah Hirini

No Ruby? But I'm picking Stacey

[Bones]

@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 Hirini

No Ruby? But I'm picking Stacey

Missed out to a token forward.

[Bovidae]

@booboo I would pick Fluhler too, but expect that Demant will win BF and the Tom French.

[Dan54]

@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.

[Dan54]

@Bones perhaps shows the difference between super and test rugby? I know he didn't get a chance at test level, but even at ABXV level he didn't look a world beater.

[Bovidae]

I'm also surprised that Whitelock is amongst the nominees for All Blacks Player of the Year. If you were picking a lock then that's Barrett. I'd also choose a few others ahead of him.

[ACT Crusader]

@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 Hirini

No Ruby? But I'm picking Stacey

Missed out to a token forward passenger

I think overall from the earlier tests plus RWC, Demant may pip Fluhler.

[Crucial]

Given that Demant won the world award it is hard to see her not getting the NZ one.

[WillieTheWaiter]

@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!

[WillieTheWaiter]

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)

[mikedogz]

Grainger? I played a couple of years at Frankton, he was doing absolutely everything at the time I was there.

[WillieTheWaiter]

@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!

[Stargazer]

NZRPA Player Awards Finalist and Winners Announced

[Bovidae]

There are some surprising nominees and winners amongst that lot.

So Plumtree was right to select PGS in June.