Andrew Hore named NZ player of the year

[munross]

Link:http://www.supersport.co.za/rugby/article....0&id=280538


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Injured All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore was named as New Zealand's player of the year for 2008 on Thursday.

Hore also won the award as New Zealand's best player in this season's Super 14, helping erase some of the disappointment of missing the All Blacks' unbeaten tour of Britain and Ireland after injuring his ankle playing against Australia in Hong Kong.

The All Blacks were named as team of the year after winning the Tri-Nations and completing the 'grand slam' against the home unions while Graham Henry won the coach's award. The New Zealand Rugby Union also presented the first six of more than 400 caps to players who represented the All Blacks between the second world war and the mid 1990s.

New Zealand abandoned the idea of awarding caps to players on their test debuts after 1945 but decided to reintroduce the practice in 1997 and award caps to all the players who missed out.

One player from each of the six decades were given their caps on Thursday with the rest to be handed out next year.[/b]

Well done Hore :bravo:

 

[jawmalawm24]

He deserves it too it's about time someone from the front row has been given some recognition and he's a Wellington Hurricanes player too woohoo go the canes!!!!

 

[nam97]

For a year which has arguably been some of the All Blacks players' best season, that is a massive effort by Hore. To beat out contenders like Muliaina, Nonu, McCaw, Williams and Weepu (for example) is incredible. Well done indeed, considering he also missed the entire end of year tour!

 

[Gay-Guy]

Haha I still have not forgiven him for losing the ball in the tackle in the final seconds of NZ's RWC campaign.



His only redemption would be to be in the team that wins 2011.

 

[Flux]

Now he's going to win Taranaki the ANC, mark my words.

B-)

 

[ninjja]

Deserved. He's definately playing the rugby of his life atm