The people have spoken! Our polls in 2019 to find the best players to have represented MSP since 1970 saw a total of 2640 votes cast, spread across 11 online polls.
Below are the 'people's choice' A and B teams. First, the A team:
Position
|
Total votes for
that Position |
Top Candidate
|
Votes for that
candidate |
% of total
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Hooker
|
353
|
Kevin Horan
|
138
|
40.7%
|
Props
|
291
|
Brian McGrattan
|
148
|
50.9%
|
Kas Lealamanua
|
147
|
50.5%
|
||
Locks
|
253
|
John Fleming
|
125
|
49.4%
|
Gerard Wilkinson
|
88
|
34.8%
|
||
Flankers
|
292
|
Paul Quinn
|
106
|
36.3%
|
Mike O'Leary
|
87
|
29.8%
|
||
No 8
|
242
|
Victor Vito
|
179
|
76.8%
|
Halfback
|
223
|
Neil Sorenson
|
97
|
44.9%
|
First-five
|
234
|
Fa'atonu Fili
|
142
|
60.7%
|
Second five
|
213
|
Norm Broughton
|
93
|
43.7%
|
Centre
|
171
|
Denis Tocker
|
45
|
26.3%
|
Wings
|
180
|
Lome Fa'atau
|
115
|
63.9%
|
Grant Batty
|
113
|
62.8%
|
||
Fullback
|
188
|
Kelly Rolleston
|
56
|
31.9%
|
Total
|
2640
|
Position
|
B team Selection
|
Votes
|
% Of Total
|
Other Nominees
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Hooker
|
Ged Robinson
|
134
|
39.5%
|
Matt Calvert, Damian Geraghty, Tony Meachen, Luke Mahoney
|
Props
|
Jeff To'omaga-Allen
|
96
|
33.0%
|
Paul Shannon, Tony Duffin, Jon Pothan, Tony Coughlan, Jamie Parkinson, Solomona Sakalia, Arden David-Perrot
|
Brendan Reidy
|
50
|
17.2%
|
||
Locks
|
Bernie Upton
|
85
|
33.6%
|
John Daniell, Richard Denhardt, Matt Egan, Andrew Gallagher, Steve Hinds, Lua Lokotui, Kristian Ormsby, Nick Passi
|
Pat Dunn
|
46
|
18.2%
|
||
Flankers
|
Richard Higgs
|
71
|
24.3%
|
Andy Evans, Steve Mark, Bill Nathan, Isaac O'Connor, Dan Scanlon, Gordon Simpson, Semo Sititi, Maurice Standish
|
Sio Tuiatua
|
57
|
19.5%
|
||
No 8
|
Isaac Feaunati
|
33
|
14.2%
|
Jim Meates, Alex Tulou, John Wootton
|
Halfback
|
Elton Moncrieff
|
46
|
21.3%
|
Anthony Bradshaw, Angus Douglas, Reece Poutawera, Peter Sciascia
|
First five
|
Tu Wyllie
|
73
|
31.2%
|
Grant Cederwall, David Hansen, Alan Henderson, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Billy Te Oka
|
Second five
|
John Schuster
|
81
|
43.7%
|
Trent Eagle, Isaia Petelo, Cliff Rona, John Sullivan, Philip Wanden
|
Centre
|
Phillip Gray
|
30
|
17.5%
|
Robert Gray, Paul Schmidt-Uili, Henry Huriwai, Billy Proctor, Bernie Wanden
|
Wings
|
Wayne Gray
|
42
|
23.3%
|
Mick Cull, Colin Jackson, Damian O'Brien, Ray Rennell, Mark Vincent, Brendan Watt, Chris Welch
|
Mike Buckley
|
19
|
10.6%
|
||
Fullback
|
Murray Tocker
|
49
|
26.1%
|
Billy Collins, Joe Karam, Matt Smith, Apoua Stewart, Andrew Wells
|
The people have spoken! Our polls in 2019 to find the best players to have represented MSP since 1970 saw a total of 2640 votes cast, spread across 11 online polls.
Below are the 'people's choice' A and B teams. First, the A team:
Position | Total votes for that Position | Top Candidate | Votes for that candidate | % of total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hooker | 353 | Kevin Horan | 138 | 40.7% |
Props | 291 | Brian McGrattan | 148 | 50.9% |
Kas Lealamanua | 147 | 50.5% | ||
Locks | 253 | John Fleming | 125 | 49.4% |
Gerard Wilkinson | 88 | 34.8% | ||
Flankers | 292 | Paul Quinn | 106 | 36.3% |
Mike O'Leary | 87 | 29.8% | ||
No 8 | 242 | Victor Vito | 179 | 76.8% |
Halfback | 223 | Neil Sorenson | 97 | 44.9% |
First-five | 234 | Fa'atonu Fili | 142 | 60.7% |
Second five | 213 | Norm Broughton | 93 | 43.7% |
Centre | 171 | Denis Tocker | 45 | 26.3% |
Wings | 180 | Lome Fa'atau | 115 | 63.9% |
Grant Batty | 113 | 62.8% | ||
Fullback | 188 | Kelly Rolleston | 56 | 31.9% |
Total | 2640 |
Position | B team Selection | Votes | % Of Total | Other Nominees |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hooker | Ged Robinson | 134 | 39.5% | Matt Calvert, Damian Geraghty, Tony Meachen, Luke Mahoney |
Props | Jeff To'omaga-Allen | 96 | 33.0% | Paul Shannon, Tony Duffin, Jon Pothan, Tony Coughlan, Jamie Parkinson, Solomona Sakalia, Arden David-Perrot |
Brendan Reidy | 50 | 17.2% | ||
Locks | Bernie Upton | 85 | 33.6% | John Daniell, Richard Denhardt, Matt Egan, Andrew Gallagher, Steve Hinds, Lua Lokotui, Kristian Ormsby, Nick Passi |
Pat Dunn | 46 | 18.2% | ||
Flankers | Richard Higgs | 71 | 24.3% | Andy Evans, Steve Mark, Bill Nathan, Isaac O'Connor, Dan Scanlon, Gordon Simpson, Semo Sititi, Maurice Standish |
Sio Tuiatua | 57 | 19.5% | ||
No 8 | Isaac Feaunati | 33 | 14.2% | Jim Meates, Alex Tulou, John Wootton |
Halfback | Elton Moncrieff | 46 | 21.3% | Anthony Bradshaw, Angus Douglas, Reece Poutawera, Peter Sciascia |
First five | Tu Wyllie | 73 | 31.2% | Grant Cederwall, David Hansen, Alan Henderson, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Billy Te Oka |
Second five | John Schuster | 81 | 43.7% | Trent Eagle, Isaia Petelo, Cliff Rona, John Sullivan, Philip Wanden |
Centre | Phillip Gray | 30 | 17.5% | Robert Gray, Paul Schmidt-Uili, Henry Huriwai, Billy Proctor, Bernie Wanden |
Wings | Wayne Gray | 42 | 23.3% | Mick Cull, Colin Jackson, Damian O'Brien, Ray Rennell, Mark Vincent, Brendan Watt, Chris Welch |
Mike Buckley | 19 | 10.6% | ||
Fullback | Murray Tocker | 49 | 26.1% | Billy Collins, Joe Karam, Matt Smith, Apoua Stewart, Andrew Wells |