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[booboo]

The Nominees for the best scrum holderer-togtherers and lineout jumpy uppy-downy types are (in no particular order):

THORN, Brad NZL
Pros

• harder than granite and the consummate professionate.
  
• caused supporters to invent new word: Professionate. Defintion: professional and passionate.

Cons

• None listed

MATFIELD, Victor RSA
Pros

• The standard
  
• but still one of the better locks on display at the RWC despite being “long past his best”

Cons

• “long past his best” although still one of the better locks on display at the RWC

CHARTERIS, Luke WAL
Pros

• Superb since the WC warm up matches. On top of his core duties his tackle count was phenomenal

Cons

• None listed

HORWILL, James AUS
Pros

• led the Aussies to the 3N and didn't have a shoddy world cup either.

Cons

• None listed

WHITELOCK, Sam NZL
Pros

• Kept out Ali, Boric, and everyone else to become first choice partner to Thorn.
  
• Beat all his bros to becoming a full blown AB
  
• Saders season - well, bits of it.
  
• Great first name.

Cons

• None listed

O'CALLAGHAN Donncha IRE
Pros

• Demonstrated the very definition of "Tight Forward Play" against Aussie.
  
• Lineout option

Cons

• They are greater as a sum(with O’CONNELL) than alone.
  
• Perhaps not wonderful carrier

O'CONNELL, Paul IRE
Pros

• Demonstrated the very definition of "Tight Forward Play" against Aussie.
  
• Lineout option

Cons

• They are greater as a sum(with O’CALLAGHAN) than alone.
  
• Perhaps not wonderful carrier

BEKKER, Andries RSA
Pros

• big tall.

Cons

• Injured
  
• Nominator (Bartman J ) really couldn’t tell him apart from Danie Roussouw

ROUSSOW, Danie RSA
Pros

• plays loose forward
  
• played heaps of RWC with Botha injured
  
• pretty powerful.

Cons

• second stringer to Botha, Matfield & Bekker
  
• Nominator (Bartman J ) really couldn’t tell him apart from Andires Bekker

NALLET, Lionel FRA
Pros

• Along with Thorn, the best lock at the World Cup.
  
• French lineout was superb
  
• he's a beast in the tight stuff
  
• Hell of a player.

Cons

• None listed

Edited by booboo, 07 December 2011 - 08:39 AM.

[rico#1]

James Horwill is mentioned under Luke Charteris' profile....is he supposed to be part of the poll?

[booboo]

Oh bugger ... I'll see if I can redo ...

[booboo]

Fixed now. If you wanted to vote for Horwill let me know.