Player of the Year
Now is your chance to vote for The Front Row Union Player of the Year sponsored by The Eagle Bars, Larne.
Below is the list of all players who have received a vote in the Man of the Match nominations. We’ve added up the votes received and set the starting position. Now after a long frustrating season you have the chance to determine this seasons winner.
All you have to do is pick the top three players from this season. Whoever has the most votes by midnight on 5th June 2009 will receive The FRU Player of the year so get voting now.
Remember to vote for your top three players.
The Front Row Union Player of the Year.
- Ferris (16%, 130 Votes)
- Cave (11%, 90 Votes)
- Humphreys (10%, 80 Votes)
- Wallace (7%, 56 Votes)
- O'Donoghue (6%, 53 Votes)
- Pollock (6%, 49 Votes)
- J Fitzpatrick (5%, 43 Votes)
- Trimble (4%, 32 Votes)
- McCullough (4%, 32 Votes)
- Diack (4%, 29 Votes)
- Boss (3%, 28 Votes)
- Steinmetz (3%, 28 Votes)
- Schifcofske (3%, 26 Votes)
- Cunningham (3%, 25 Votes)
- Botha (3%, 25 Votes)
- Best (3%, 24 Votes)
- Danielli (3%, 23 Votes)
- Whitten (2%, 17 Votes)
- Nagusa (2%, 15 Votes)
- Marshall (2%, 14 Votes)
- Willis (1%, 10 Votes)
- O'Connor (1%, 10 Votes)
- Caldwell (1%, 9 Votes)
- Henry (1%, 9 Votes)
- Dawson (1%, 8 Votes)
- Del Fava (1%, 7 Votes)
- Paulo (0%, 4 Votes)
- McCrea (0%, 4 Votes)
- Dewey (0%, 3 Votes)
- Young (0%, 3 Votes)
- Brady (0%, 1 Votes)
- Court (-6%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 826
Poll closes midnight Friday 5th June.
Man of the Match Winners 2008 – 2009
| Fri 5 Sep | ML | Ulster | 9 – 16 | Scarlets | Schifcofske |
| Fri 12 Sep | ML | Blues | 16 – 15 | Ulster | McCullough |
| Fri 19 Sep | ML | Ulster | 14 – 16 | Dragons | Trimble |
| Sat 27 Sep | ML | Ospreys | 43 – 0 | Ulster | Steinmentz |
| Fri 3 Oct | ML | Ulster | 13 – 9 | Edinburgh | Ferris |
| Sat 11 Oct | HC | Ulster | 10 – 26 | Stade F. | Cunningham |
| Sat 18 Oct | HC | Harlequins | 42 – 21 | Ulster | Wallace |
| Sat 25 Oct | ML | Ulster | 22 – 6 | Munster | Pollock |
| Thu 13 Nov | F | Ulster | 62 – 6 | Portugal | Cave |
| Fri 28 Nov | ML | Ulster | 53 – 13 | Connacht | Humphreys |
| Fri 5 Dec | HC | Ulster | 26 – 16 | Scarlets | Diack |
| Fri 12 Dec | HC | Scarlets | 16 – 16 | Ulster | Humphreys |
| Sat 27 Dec | ML | Ulster | 13 – 21 | Leinster | Ferris |
| Sat 3 Jan | ML | Munster | 11 – 37 | Ferris | |
| Fri 9 Jan | ML | Edinburgh | 21 – 15 | Ulster | Wallace |
| Sat 17 Jan | HC | Ulster | 21 – 10 | Harlequins | Ferris |
| Sat 24 Jan | HC | Stade F. | 24 – 19 | Ulster | Whitten/Steinmetz/Marshall |
| Sun 22 Feb | ML | Dragons | 26 – 16 | Ulster | O’Donoghue |
| Sat 7 Mar | ML | Ulster | 12 – 0 | Glasgow | McCullough |
| Sun 29 Mar | ML | Leinster | 32 – 6 | Ulster | Wallace |
| Fri 3 Apr | ML | Ulster | 13 – 16 | Ospreys | J. Fitzpatrick |
| Fri 17 Apr | ML | Glasgow | 19 – 20 | Ulster | Whitten |
| Fri 24 Apr | ML | Ulster | 9 – 11 | Cardiff | Marshall |
| Fri 8 May | ML | Connacht | 12 – 14 | Ulster | Boss |



