Fridays wakey express...page 80...

''Vote for your professional sports star of the year''

our very own richard moore is nominated...

simply cut out the form, put a tick next to richies name and get it sent in...

heres to richard moore winning the award !

he's better than any1 else lets vote 4 rich,

Moore has done well for us and I like him as a player, but stepping up from pub and local football to league one with the ease that Oli Johnson has is very impressive and gets my vote by a distance...

edited for veracity

How did he get nominated, as much as I rate him, the form over the "whole" season, others would have stood out ahead of him.
I will still vote for him though!!

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Quality player ripped us apart scoring a hat trick in a final a couple of years back.

A hat trick against a back line of fatties on a massive pitch is hardly a special feat...

Did he fight Crones disease on the way, surely that is the real issue. Hands down to Moore IMHO, as this thing can kill people.

Come on, in very few cases does it 'kill people' - what Moore has done is great, and to be applauded, but people can vote for whoever they want. If you want to vote based on acheivement in terms of coming back from injury/illness fine, but if others want to vote on who they believe is the outstanding performer from that list, what's the problem?

Exactly!

I based my opinion on the fact that I've played and watched both sports and think the step up from local football to league one is a huge one which Oli has taken in his stride brilliantly.

Moore has never taken a huge step like that in his rugby career, he started at big clubs and had a temper and attitude problem and dropped down a level. His career was re-ignited by Kear with a last chance and he's grabbed that with both hands.

To overcome his illness problems and get back to the level he is now performing at again has to be applauded and it's testament to the lads hard work and desire.

I played against Oli a couple of seasons ago though and although I thought he was good, I thought I'd played against a number of lads of equal or better ability. For him to be playing and scoring goals in a mid table league one side now though totally eclipses anything Moore has ever done IMHO. That's a phenomenal step up in such a short space of time...

I didn't know you played in defence that day...

not to mention negs aplenty

We were slightly less neggy back then!