Bowe named 6 Nations Player of the Championship

athtrasna

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/2010/0325/1224267089902.html

Congrats to Bowe on this!! Pleasantly surprised, thought it was going to go to Harinordoquy (who would also have deserved it)

Over 50% of the vote is massive!!

efb

Splitting the French vote was the key! Hurrah!

athtrasna

Yeah, four French players, Bowe and Shane Williams being the top six did mean the French players suffered due to the success of the team....oh well

http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/16484.php

Podge_irl

Harinordoquy was a bit robbed in fairness. I get the general impression that Irish people seem to enjoy taking online votes a bit too seriously! They always seem to win these things.

efb

And then we complain about broadband penetration...

Sure you hardly need fibre optic cable to vote on online polls...

BoarHunter

who votes for this ? sounds a bit like Eurovision joke to me :rolleyes:

thomond2006

Congrats to Tommy but Imanol has been robbed.

Risteard

Conrats to Bowe but a blind man could see Harinordoquy was Player of the Championship.

crashplan

Congrats to Bowe. Joint top try scorer too.

BoarHunter

well, when you see the results of the previous years you see that i might be always the same people voting

dcmu

In fairness, Harinordoquy was playing off the back of a very good team. Bowe managed to excel despite playing for a mediocre team. A grander effort, in that regard.

thehighground

BoarHunter wrote: »

well, when you see the results of the previous years you see that i might be always the same people voting

The fact that BOD & Bowe seem to be very popular (Lions?) across the water would also help. I bet if Harinordoquy played his rugby in England, he would do a lot better.

Amazing though - BOD got 30% of the vote last year and Bowe got 50% this year.

By the way, I see Bowe is the chef in the next episode of The Restaurant on RTE next week.

Singing now cooking! Bowe is some chancer alright:D

BoarHunter

2010 - Tommy Bowe
2009 – Brian O’Driscoll
2008 – Shane Williams
2007 – Brian O’Driscoll
2006 – Brian O’Driscoll

:rolleyes: i mean i can tell you next year player of the tournament will the in form irish player.

If keith earles had been a nominee, he might have finished second .

PhatPiggins

BoarHunter wrote: »

2010 - Tommy Bowe
2009 – Brian O’Driscoll
2008 – Shane Williams
2007 – Brian O’Driscoll
2006 – Brian O’Driscoll

:rolleyes: i mean i can tell you next year player of the tournament will the in form irish player.

If keith earles had been a nominee, he might have finished second .

Did you bother to vote? Did the majority of frence fans bother or did they just shrug their gallic shoulders and exclaim "nous sommes les meilleurs, nous ne devons pas voter" and then piss and moan when, like you, when a french man didn't win?

BoarHunter

i'm not annoyed by the result and i didn't bother voting for this. i'm just saying that the result is funny and doesn't reflect the reality.

bowe is a good player and had a good 6 N.

durkadurka

Podge_irl wrote: »

Harinordoquy was a bit robbed in fairness. I get the general impression that Irish people seem to enjoy taking online votes a bit too seriously! They always seem to win these things.

+1 bigtime

28064212

You realise it wasn't weighted by total country population? If anything, Ireland are at a distinct disadvantage. What it really shows is the public perception of the difference between backs and forwards. Bowe was the best back throughout the tournament, and many of the people voting don't see or care about the work Harinordoquy did, just about the flashy tries. I probably would have given it to Harinordoquy, but not by much, and those were definitely the top two players of the tournament.

Clearly, the IRB method of using an expert panel to pick the player of the year is the best way to do it, which is why last year's award went to O'Dris.... wait, nevermind

sock puppet

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Did you bother to vote? Did the majority of frence fans bother or did they just shrug their gallic shoulders and exclaim "nous sommes les meilleurs, nous ne devons pas voter" and then piss and moan when, like you, when a french man didn't win?

Come on it's not a competition. French people, like the majority of fans I suspect, didn't vote because they didn't care.

murphym7

Holy god folks - can we just be happy for Bowe at being voted the 6N player of the championship witout disecting it and pissing on it.

Congrat's Tommy - well done. (see, easy)

thomond2006

murphym7 wrote: »

Holy god folks - can we just be happy for Bowe at being voted the 6N player of the championship witout disecting it and pissing on it.

If we want to be impartial, then no.

Most of us have congratulated Tommy.

damoz

Congratulations Tommy. Had a good tournament.


But Harinordoquy was the best player.

Spore

I'd be pretty embarrassed if I was Tommy Bowe. Harinordoquy was by far and away the best player. Public votes are meaningless

Spore

murphym7 wrote: »

Holy god folks - can we just be happy for Bowe at being voted the 6N player of the championship witout disecting it and pissing on it.

No and no again. It would be like congratulating Thierry Henry for 'scoring' against Ireland in the qualifiers - a completely undeserved merit.

danthefan

What a joke. He was not the best player of the tournament, at all. It shouldn't be a public vote imo.

billybigunz

Bit of home nations bias. I rather when juries of experts vote on these things. Online polls always go to the smaller interest groups that care too much.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/6nations.net#trafficstats

Kaizer Sosa

The Irish have done it again...

A bit like "A Nation Once Again" topping the greatest song of all time and Ronnie O'Brien, Juventus topping the greatest player of all time polls.

Tommy, another fantastic season but these but these awards are becoming ludicrous lately.

athtrasna

must confess.... I actually voted for Harinordoquy Still delighted for Bowe though

irishbucsfan

billybigunz wrote: »

I rather when juries of experts vote on these things

So does Richie

Teferi

Congrats to Bowe. He had a smashing tournament.

Noffles

Nice one, playing in Wales seems to be good for him...

thebaz

BoarHunter wrote: »

2010 - Tommy Bowe
2009 – Brian O’Driscoll
2008 – Shane Williams
2007 – Brian O’Driscoll
2006 – Brian O’Driscoll

:rolleyes: i mean i can tell you next year player of the tournament will the in form irish player.

If keith earles had been a nominee, he might have finished second .

Looking at that Thomas O'Leary must have been getting excited - Bowe had a good tournament , but player of the tournament ??????
anyway we shouldn't care about individual prizes - France won what mattered

CJC86

Spore wrote: »

No and no again. It would be like congratulating Thierry Henry for 'scoring' against Ireland in the qualifiers - a completely undeserved merit.

In fairness, Gallas scored the goal...

Aidric

Kaizer Sosa wrote: »

Ronnie O'Brien, Juventus topping the greatest player of all time polls.

Haha,that was a good one.