There are 4 nominations for this year's Best Foreign Player award. They are; 'Fake Ang Mo' Peter Walker, 'Pussy Ang mo' Zac, JJ- Jonathan Jacob and 'Bali wonder' Andy Hadianto Prakarsa.
Fake Ang Mo has been impressive, demonstrated amazing strength and aggression throughout the season. Top of the list with the most number of hand-offs and tackles made, as well as consecutive times being burnt by front rowers during touch, he is definitely the favorite to win this award.
Stormy said, 'Fake ang mo is really good. But is he even qualified to be nominated for this award? Its only for REAL ang mos. He is fake. I suggest that the organisers should check it up.'
Despite being only 19 yrs old, Pussy Ang Mo Zac showed his maturity on and off the field. On the field, he was a very serious rugby player, running hard, tackling hard, drinking from a ferocious looking pink water bottle every training.
Ah Huang said, ' Zac is a really nice guy. I love him. We are poker buddies. I am the NTU hall 1 Poker champion. Zac halts from Canada and self proclaim to be the Canada poker prodigy.'
JJ-Jonathan Jacob only joined NTU rugby team late into the pre-season. I do not know why he is nominated for this category. i suspect that its because his name sounds ang mo enough. He speaks with a slight accent too, probably hasn't perfected the real stuff. This ex-SAJC starlet deserves praise for taking time off his exceptionally tough year 1 academic life to grace the field with the final year players, and bears testament to the Chinese phrase of "Chang Jiang Hou Lang tui Qian Lang", literal translation meaning for every wave of water in the river, the back waves are pushing the front. He is definitely making a statement that where men compete in the arena, age is no barrier.
Bali native Prakarsa is a versatile player who has been with the team for 2 years. Originally a flyhalf, he immediately switched to wing with ease upon seeing Potato Thiam hogging that position for the past few years. With a personal favourite move of letting players run past him before letting other team mates tackle them, Prakarsa readily involves his team mates into the game.
' Some of the forwards do not even touch the ball the whole game. Its a little something I can do to let them experience the game more."
Prakarsa has been lying low for the season, but he is most fondly remembered for turning up for every session that has playing kit being distributed. Currently, he has looted a couple of water bottles, jerseys, socks, shorts and a couple of Tze's underwear for the Bali bomb blast international aid relief.
Here they are, the 2007 nominees. The phonelines are now open for voting, to vote for Fake Ang Mo walker, pls dial 1700-1717-01. For Zac, pls dial 1700-1717-02. and lastly, for JJ, pls dial 1700-1717-03, for Prakarsa, please dial 1700-1717-04.
