Rugby Forum Awards Nominations

Size=everything

Hey, was thinking we could do what the lads in the soccerforum do for a bit of a fun

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: thehighground

Most likely to be banned in 2010: aidric

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: thehighground

Services to Connacht Rugby : Zippy

Best Newcomer: Justind

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: Goose81

Thread of the Year: The Nuture of Talent in Ireland - Leinster dominated, Why?
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055597902&highlight=fridayswell


Rant of the Year: A Perfect Tackle
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055763273&highlight=fridayswell


Post of the Year: Thomond2006
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60374312&postcount=1


RTE coverage moment of the year: ?


Funniest Moment: ScrubsfanChris' Shocking revelation
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635584


Added :

Most improved Poster : Thomond2006

laugh

Size=everything wrote: »

Best IRFU undercover agent: Justind

FYP

Size=everything

Size=everything wrote: »

Poster Who Left too Early: Dakota Colossal Stadium

Im back but thanks for the nomination,I would nominate rugbyfanatic for the poster who left to early,I dont think hes even banned anymore.He just doesnt come in here.

Also most improved poster Thomond2006.His knowledge of the game is so far ahead of what it was when he first joined its remarkable.I cant find some of his original posts but they would even make him laugh.He is now a top quality poster imo.

[Jackass]

Dakota Colossal Stadium wrote: »

Also most improved poster Thomond2006.His knowledge of the game is so far ahead of what it was when he first joined its remarkable.I cant find some of his original posts but they would even make him laugh.He is now a top quality poster imo.

Agreed, love Thomonds posts and his knowledge has now far surpassed mine at least (not that that's any great achievement!! ), on more than one occasion I've found myself thinking "Fair play, wouldn't have a clue about that!".


Cheers for the nomination by the way Size=everything!!

thehighground

Wow, I'm seriously flattered with two nominations.

If there is one thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about. Apologies to Oscar Wilde.

Size=everything

Dakota Colossal Stadium wrote: »

Also most improved poster Thomond2006.His knowledge of the game is so far ahead of what it was when he first joined its remarkable.I cant find some of his original posts but they would even make him laugh.He is now a top quality poster imo.

I'd agree actually

mikedragon32

Best Newcomer: Cronin_J - purely for starting one of the more interesting/helpful threads of the year: So... I started playing rugby...

Size=everything

Can people try and answer all catergories instead of one or two!!

GymJim

Bah was gunning for "Best Newcomer" or "Services to Connacht" I'd like to nominate myself for the "Lived with the Lions" award

But seriously as a newbie from March of this year really enjoyed a thoroughly outstanding year on and off the field. Quality forum with knowledgeable posters and intelligent debate (for the most part) :rolleyes:.

Special thanks to justind for his undercover work

GymJim

Size=everything wrote: »

Hey, was thinking we could do what the lads in the soccerforum do for a bit of a fun

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: thehighground

Most likely to be banned in 2010: aidric

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: thehighground

Services to Connacht Rugby : Zippy

Best Newcomer: Justind

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: Dakota Colossal Stadium

Thread of the Year: The Nuture of Talent in Ireland - Leinster dominated, Why?
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055597902&highlight=fridayswell


Rant of the Year: A Perfect Tackle
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055763273&highlight=fridayswell


Post of the Year: Thomond2006
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60374312&postcount=1


RTE coverage moment of the year: ?


Funniest Moment: ScrubsfanChris' Shocking revelation
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635584


Added :

Most improved Poster : Thomond2006

+1 on all except newcomer. Cronin_J scoops this in my mind with "So I started playing rugby..." thread.

thomond2006

Chuffed by the nominations lads. Really appreciate it. :)

Best mod: Toomevara Des

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: Amabokke

Most likely to be banned in 2010: wixfjord

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: thehighground

Services to Connacht Rugby : Zzippy

Best Newcomer: Risteard

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: Juvenal (miss his match previews so much)

Thread of the Year: The Nuture of Talent in Ireland - Leinster dominated, Why?
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthrea...ht=fridayswell


Rant of the Year: A Perfect Tackle
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthrea...ht=fridayswell


Post of the Year: Juvenal, Ireland vs Wales
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055514575&highlight=Wales+Ireland

RTE coverage moment of the year: Hooky: "My thinking on this match would make Gethsemini look like Butlins".


Funniest Moment: Brian O'Driscoll look-a-like: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055748595&highlight=Brian+O%27Driscoll

irishbucsfan

thomond2006 wrote: »

Poster Who Left too Early: Juvenal (miss his match previews so much)

+ A million

Best Poster: anon joe

Most Biased Poster: Amabokke, with thehigherground a close second

Most likely to be banned in 2010: aidric

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: Old Dakota Colossal Stadium or size=everything muahahaha controversy
Services to Connacht Rugby : edit - actually, zippy can have it

Best Newcomer: No nomination

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: No nomination

Thread of the Year: The one with Declan Kidney bias
no bothered looking for url, you all know which one it is


Rant of the Year: No nomination


Post of the Year: Thomond2006
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60374312&postcount=1
Oh lawdy, I agree

RTE coverage moment of the year: George hook - Tommy Bowe has no pace (not strictly this year, but warrants a mention)


Funniest Moment: ScrubsfanChris' Shocking revelation
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635584


Most improved Poster : New Dakota Colossal Stadium - seems to have been neutered, whats up with that

PhatPiggins

Munster poster who should have been born in Dublin: Thomond2006


Rugbyfanatic gets the nominations for most disruptive, most likely to argue over the colour of a brown paper bag, most likely to be banned again, most biased poster and most likely to be arrested for stalking BOD.

mikedragon32

Size=everything wrote: »

Can people try and answer all catergories instead of one or two!!

Sorry... I agreed with the rest of your nominations so only offered my differing opinion. If you like, I can copy and past your OP!

thehighground

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Munster poster who should have been born in Dublin: Thomond2006


Rugbyfanatic gets the nominations for most disruptive, most likely to argue over the colour of a brown paper bag, most likely to be banned again, most biased poster and most likely to be arrested for stalking BOD.

I think Thomond2006 is Jonathan Sexton's Love Child. He actually put him into a World XV yesterday which was a bit tough on Dan Carter

Its a toss up between Rugby Fanatic & Size=Everything for the most disruptive .... etc.

Size=everything

thehighground wrote: »

I think Thomond2006 is Jonathan Sexton's Love Child. He actually put him into a World XV yesterday which was a bit tough on Dan Carter

Its a toss up between Rugby Fanatic & Size=Everything for the most disruptive .... etc.

Whats your nominations then?

Size=everything

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Sorry... I agreed with the rest of your nominations so only offered my differing opinion. If you like, I can copy and past your OP!

No thats ok

_blank_

[Mod hat on]

OK folks, I'm prepared to run with this.

But, if anyone uses it as a chance to get in sly digs, then it will be shut down.

And so help me, if it turns into a RoG vs Sexton debate then I'll ask for the forum to be shut

[/Mod hat off]

thomond2006 wrote: »

Best mod: Toomevara

thomond2006 banned, permanent.

Dude, seriously? After all I did for you?

siltirocker

Zzippy = Connacht?!?!

Bullsh1t
haha! just kidding!

thomond2006

Des wrote: »

thomond2006 banned, permanent.

Dude, seriously? After all I did for you?

Edited.

/Awaits permanent ban from Toomevara.

Aidric

Size=everything wrote: »

Most likely to be banned in 2010: aidric

Deleted User wrote: »

Most likely to be banned in 2010: aidric

Wut? Seriously.

thomond2006

Could a mod sticky this thread?

toomevara

thomond2006 wrote: »

Edited.

/Awaits permanent ban from Toomevara.

How Fickle...be assured my revenge will be exquisitely subtle.....

bleg

pfft

Sangre

Who was the poster who constantly defended Quinlan's gouge pleaing 'let him have a fair hearing!' etc.,?

_blank_

OK lads, I'd just like to point out that it would be most excellently groovy if this whole thing was taken in the spirit it is most certainly meant.

Light-hearted and not too serious.

Thanks

Des, on behalf of the Rugby Mod Team

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Most improved Poster : New Dakota Colossal Stadium - seems to have been neutered, whats up with that

When your team starts winning everything else becomes trivial.I tend to laugh at things rather than replying.

ScrubsfanChris

Size=everything wrote: »

Funniest Moment: ScrubsfanChris' Shocking revelation
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635584

Aw man......... I knew this would come back to haunt me, I was bored ok

I'd like to side thomond2006 on this one:

thomond2006 wrote: »

Funniest Moment: Brian O'Driscoll look-a-like: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055748595&highlight=Brian+O%27Driscoll

chupacabra

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: I respect all your opinions enough to know that bias comes with the territory. We are all biased in some way afterall :P

Most likely to be banned in 2010: RugbyFanatic again

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: thehighground or Size=Everything

Services to Connacht Rugby : Michael Bradley :pac: (really Zzippy)

Best Newcomer: Risteard

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke (cant argue here, still waiting for his opinions on the ireland vs SA game )

Poster Who Left too Early: Juvenal, miss his match threads

Thread of the Year: So i started playing rugby...

RTE coverage moment of the year: Their montage for the England Ireland game at the six nations

Conveniently uploaded by yours truly

Funniest Moment: Size=Everything giving himself thread of the year :pac:

Most improved Poster : Chupacabra :pac: i like to think my posting has improved a bit

thomond2006

*Bump*

Chucky the tree

I have to disagree with all the people bigging up the new goose, I found the older one far more enjoyable. I miss his aggro drunken rants.

juvenal

Hi folks,

I appreciate the shout out here, I happened across the thread the other day and realised that it's been almost six months since I've posted on boards.

I'll ramble off-topic for a moment, and give you an update. Obviously I was a fairly regular poster here in rugby forum and other fora around the place, which was partly due to the fact that I was unemployed for over three months. It was a fairly stressful time for both myself and the OH, but we got through it and I was lucky enough to get involved with a businessman here who was in the process of opening a new pub & restaurant. I got heavily involved in the preparation and finalising the opening of the business, and after a lot of hard work and a lot of red tape we opened our doors at the end of June. Since then he's encouraged me to become more and more involved in the overall project to the point where I'm managing the business on his behalf (he also has another existing restaurant which he runs). The hours have been very long, but I still thoroughly enjoy it and it is very rewarding both financially on a personal level to watch the business grow and see the fruits of our labour.

I know how difficult it can be in current times to hold down a job, and the three months being out of work were a humbling time and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. (I remember things were so tight that we were debating whether we could afford to go out and pay the $20 cover for the Wales v Ireland match:() Thankfully things have turned around for us, and we recently got engaged and are planning on taking the plunge next August. Now that the business has settled down and I'm not clocking 70 hours a week, I look forward to having a bit more time to browse here and continue to contribute to the forum.

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the members, and hopefully the next few weekends will be as successful for Irish rugby as 2009 was.

Cheers,

J

Back OT;

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: thehighground

Most likely to be banned in 2010: rugbyfanatic

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: thehighground

Best Newcomer: no nomination

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: no nomination

Post of the Year: GiftofGab- http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055748595&highlight=Brian+O%27Driscoll

toomevara

juvenal wrote: »

Hi folks,

I appreciate the shout out here, I happened across the thread the other day and realised that it's been almost six months since I've posted on boards.

Any chance of a few fancy match threads this weekend? Really miss 'em....;)

Risteard

O.K. I haven't been around here very long so wasn't going to vote but a certain poster keeps badgering me to so here:

Best Poster: Jackass

Most Biased Poster: Everyone's biased whether they mean to be or not, and some to varying degrees. I don't know.

Most likely to be banned in 2010: Don't know

Most Successful Sh*t Stirrer: Don't know

Services to Connacht Rugby : Don't know

Best Newcomer: Don't know

Poster Who Always Defends The Indefensible: Amabokke

Poster Who Left too Early: Don't know

Thread of the Year: Kidney's Munster Bias

Rant of the Year: Don't know.


Post of the Year:
Wales v. Ireland Build Up
Wasn't around for it, but read it afterwards.

RTE coverage moment of the year: Probably the Grand Slam Glory program, if that counts.


Funniest Moment: More of a collection of Amabokke's repeated statements to the effect that the Boks would beat us badly.

so not much going on there but I said it at the start.

OldJay

laugh wrote: »

FYP

Oi!
You 'avin' a larf, laugh?

juvenal

toomevara wrote: »

Any chance of a few fancy match threads this weekend? Really miss 'em....;)

Unfortunately I haven't been up to speed on the form and selections over the past couple of months, so I wouldn't do it justice!

We're flying home on Tuesday for 9 days, and hoping to make it to the RDS for the St Stephen's Day derby, I'll churn out one before that round of matches.

Tim Robbins

Some other nominations with a focus on domestic Leinster Rugby...

Best rugby ethos club: Mullingar. Reffed these lads in a game and thought they were exceptionally well behaved bunch of lads.

Best rugby club for spreading the Rugby gospel: Would have to go to Tallaght / Emerald Warriors or Stillorgan. Tallaght was a Rugby free zone a while back and now the game is thriving there. The Warriors bring the game to loads of lads who have never played before and probably wouldn't play and of course Stillorgan get great feedback on how welcoming they are to new players.

Best internet rugby team: Has to be Stillorgan.

Best marked out pitches: Wesley.

Best ref in Leinster (domestic): Tough one, so many to choose from :-)

Size=everything

I'm going to post up a poll in 2 or 3 days time so anyone who wants to make some last minute nominations feel free.

Fox McCloud

Thread of the Year: Dodgiest players to ever rock up in Irish provinces

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055585067

crisco10

Fox McCloud wrote: »

Thread of the Year: Dodgiest players to ever rock up in Irish provinces

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055585067

I would 2nd this. a thread that really had some blasts from the past!

thomond2006

I second what size= said, could ye please nominate in all categories.

thomond2006

What happened to that poll size=

thomond2006

In size's absence, I will post up a new thread with a poll tonight (about 9pm) so ye can vote on the Best Poster, Best Thread, Best Newcomer, Most Improved Poster and Best Post.

I can only do one poll per thread, so the poll will look a bit confusing. Unless there is a way to post a few seperate polls in one thread?

Anyway, feel free to make any last minute nominations for the categories mentioned above.

Cheers,
thomond2006

thehighground

Chucky the tree wrote: »

I have to disagree with all the people bigging up the new goose, I found the older one far more enjoyable. I miss his aggro drunken rants.

I think the old Goose is back - thank god I missed the old Goose as well.

thomond2006

The nominees so far are:

Poster of the Year:

[Jackass]
anonymous joe

Thread of the Year:

Dodgiest players to ever rock up in Irish provinces:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055585067&highlight=Dodgiest+players

Kidney's perceived Munster bias - real or fake?: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055744691&highlight=Kidney+bias

The Nuture of Talent in Ireland - Leinster dominated, Why?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055597902&highlight=Leinster+dominated

So I started playing rugby: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055611380

Newcomer of the Year:

Cronin_J
justind
Risteard

Post of the Year:

Juvenal - Ireland vs Wales preview:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59442152&postcount=1

thomond2006 - To all Leinster fans...
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60374312&postcount=1

GiftofGab - What's BOD up to now?
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63150052&postcount=1

Most Improved Poster of the Year:

chupacabra
thomond2006
"new" Dakota Colossal Stadium (not sure if this counts anymore mind, opinions wanted )







If I have forgotten / missed any nomination, please tell me.

thomond2006

You may notice that all the awards I've gonna post a poll for are positive awards.
I don't think there should be an award for best sh*tstirrer or being bias etc.

Anyway, post some nominations lads!

thomond2006

No takers?

anonymous_joe

I'm against [Jackass]? Bugger. :pac:

gavkm27

Where is Amabokke these days anyway?