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The Nominees for the blindest of siderowers are (in no particular order):

KAINO, Jerome NZL
Pros

• The best guy playing rugby this year
  
• In a team of champions he was always a standout
  
• defence is superb
  
• his attack is both workmanlike and brilliant
  
• he leads by example
  
• “I'm sure I don't need to provide anymore reasons - everyone watched him play this year!”
  
• Stand out performer all year in the world's premiere back row.
  
• Scares competitors with his tackling
  
• offered metres every time he ran the ball.
  
• his tackle on Genia in the Semi final where he picked him and threw him around was a thing of beauty and brings a tear to the eye.
  
• Consistently great. Not often you see those two words together.
  
• Not often you see a player like Kaino.
  
• same semi final, stopping a rampaging Digby Ioane from scoring.
  
• he is going to win this by a landslide, it can't be a poll of 2.
  
• I think Dan Carter has the highest percentage of the vote at 95% one year. I expect Kaino to get above that this year. If not I will go postal .

Cons

• None listed

BONNAIRE, Julien FRA
Pros

• unsung hero of a backrow who were immense in the last 3 weeks of the RWC

Cons

• unsung hero

BURGER, Schalk RSA
Pros

• deserves his annual nomination
  
• was fucking awesome at Super level, and his test form carried on from there
  
• not right in the head
  
• he goes hard for 80 minutes every game.
  
• is a machine

Cons

• it can't be a poll of 2
  
• not right in the head

GORGODZE, Mamuka GEO
Pros

• a dominant player for his team in all the RWC matches
  
• carves it up in Top 14 week in week out.

Cons

• None listed