By Large
April 27 2005

Forget Blair v Howard, Labour v Tory, Prescott v hens eggs, the really important poll of 2005 is now upon us. As in previous years, Large will be collecting and collating the votes to deliver the definitives lists, of the good, the bad and the Martin Johnson at the end of May. Below are the categories along with last season's winners. Votes to be sent to largefez@yahoo.co.uk by 21 May latest with "SARRIES POLL" in the subject box. And yes, the Large one will be appending each result with his own thoughts. After all, he will be taking the time to put this together :-)

PART I: PLAYERS
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1. SARACENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (2004 - Taine Randell)

2. SARACENS YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (2004 - Ben Skirving)

3. ZURICH PREMIERSHIP (non Sarries) PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (2004 - Hugh Vyvyan/Olly Barkley)

4. INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (2004 Rupeni Caucaunibuca, Gordon D’Arcy)

5. FAVOURITE SARACENS PLAYER: (2004 - Richard Hill

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN OPPOSITION PLAYER AGAINST SARACENS: (2004 - Simon Shaw)

7. LEAST FAVOURITE OPPOSITION PLAYER: (2004 - Martin Johnson)

8. PLAYER YOU'D MOST LIKE TO JOIN SARRIES FOR NEXT SEASON OTHER THAN JONNY BLOODY WILKINSON: (2004 - Simon Shaw, Mark van Gisbergen)


PART II: CLUBS
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1. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SARACENS TEAM: (2004 - Sale home)

2. WORST PERFORMANCE BY A SARACENS TEAM: (2004 - Wasps home)

3. FAVOURITE CLUB TO VISIT FOR AN AWAY GAME: (2004 - Northampton)

4. LEAST FAVOURITE CLUB TO VISIT FOR AN AWAY GAME: (2004 - Leicester)

5. BEST OPPOSITION FANS: (2004 - London Irish)

6. WORST OPPOSITION FANS: (2004 - Gloucester)

7. FAVOURITE ZP TEAM (NON-SARACENS): (2004 - London Irish)

8. LEAST FAVOURITE ZP TEAM: (2004 - Leicester)

9. BEST BAR: (2004 - Northampton)

10. WORST BAR: (2004 - Leicester)

11. BEST 'SOLIDS': (2004 - Harlequins)

12. WORST 'SOLIDS': (2004 - Vicarage Road)

PART III: MISCELLANEOUS
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1. BEST CONTRIBUTION TO THESARACENS.COM MESSAGE BOARD: (2004 - Meriel)

2. BEST SARRIES RUGBY MOMENT OF THE SEASON: (2004 - Robbie Russel's try v Glasgow)

3. FUNNIEST ON-FIELD RUGBY MOMENT OF THE SEASON: (2004 -Gordon "buttock" Bulloch)

4. FUNNIEST NON-RUGBY MOMENT OF THE SEASON: (2004 - Many, but David Campese's walk down Oxford street and presentation of Team of the Year to the England World Cup squad were up there)

5. BEST REFEREE: (2004 - Chris White)

6. WORST REFEREE: (2004 - Steve Leyshon)

7. BEST MEDIA PERFORMANCE BY A RUGBY CELEBRITY OR BROADCASTER: (2004 - John Inverdale)

8. WORST MEDIA PERFORMANCE BY A RUGBY CELEBRITY OR BROADCASTER: (2004 - Jeremy Guscott)