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Rawlinson named Most Valuable Player
Tuesday November 08 2005
All Black selection looms in 2006
North Harbour lock Greg Rawlinson, who was high on Springbok coach Jake White's shopping list for 2005, was on Tuesday named the Most Valuable Player in this year's Air New Zealand NPC.
Rawlinson, who has turned down the offer to join the Springboks in order to try and play for the All Blacks, becomes eligible for New Zealand selection in 2006.
He is rated just as highly by All Black coach Graham Henry as he is by White and it seems his All Black selection is a foregone conclusion. His selection as the NPC MVP is indicative of how highly he is rated in New Zealand.
The MVP competition was run by Air New Zealand throughout the 2005 season, with rugby writers from 27 provinces across the country rating the performance of players in all three divisions of the Air New Zealand NPC each week.
The rugby writers awarded points to a team's top three players in each game (three points for best, two points for second and one point for third) to come up with the best players from each of the 27 Provincial Unions.
Rawlinson finished the season on 13 points, joint second with Otago's Josh Blackie and Northland's Tim Dow. Top place in Division One went to Taranaki's Chris Masoe on 15.
The top finisher in the Air New Zealand NPC Division Two competition was Marlborough's Mark Stewart, who toured Fiji with the New Zealand Divisional XV last week, while Craig Tansley of Horowhenua Kapiti and Daniel Alofa of King Country were joint top points-scorers in Division Three.
Air New Zealand asked sports broadcaster and judge Murray Deaker to assess the merits of all the 27 provincial winners before picking an overall winner.
In making his decision, Deaker said Rawlinson had an outstanding season with North Harbour.
As the MVP for 2005, Rawlinson wins a return Pacific Class trip for two flying Air New Zealand to either the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti or Tonga.
The 27 provincial winners each win domestic travel prizes from Air New Zealand.
Tuesday November 08 2005
All Black selection looms in 2006
North Harbour lock Greg Rawlinson, who was high on Springbok coach Jake White's shopping list for 2005, was on Tuesday named the Most Valuable Player in this year's Air New Zealand NPC.
Rawlinson, who has turned down the offer to join the Springboks in order to try and play for the All Blacks, becomes eligible for New Zealand selection in 2006.
He is rated just as highly by All Black coach Graham Henry as he is by White and it seems his All Black selection is a foregone conclusion. His selection as the NPC MVP is indicative of how highly he is rated in New Zealand.
The MVP competition was run by Air New Zealand throughout the 2005 season, with rugby writers from 27 provinces across the country rating the performance of players in all three divisions of the Air New Zealand NPC each week.
The rugby writers awarded points to a team's top three players in each game (three points for best, two points for second and one point for third) to come up with the best players from each of the 27 Provincial Unions.
Rawlinson finished the season on 13 points, joint second with Otago's Josh Blackie and Northland's Tim Dow. Top place in Division One went to Taranaki's Chris Masoe on 15.
The top finisher in the Air New Zealand NPC Division Two competition was Marlborough's Mark Stewart, who toured Fiji with the New Zealand Divisional XV last week, while Craig Tansley of Horowhenua Kapiti and Daniel Alofa of King Country were joint top points-scorers in Division Three.
Air New Zealand asked sports broadcaster and judge Murray Deaker to assess the merits of all the 27 provincial winners before picking an overall winner.
In making his decision, Deaker said Rawlinson had an outstanding season with North Harbour.
As the MVP for 2005, Rawlinson wins a return Pacific Class trip for two flying Air New Zealand to either the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti or Tonga.
The 27 provincial winners each win domestic travel prizes from Air New Zealand.
