The bloodandmud.com awards

You’ve seen the real ones, now here are our gongs for the season past.  You can add any we may have missed in the comments, you lovely people.

Lazarus Award – England, for managing to reach a World Cup final despite being dead and buried a fortnight earlier.

Paul Burrell Award for Solidarity -   Lawrence Dallaglio & Mike Catt, for not letting a trifling thing like a relative tournament success get in the way of having their say and selling their books

Keystone Kops Award – Iain Balshaw, for continued excellence in the field of slapstick comedy

Zebedee Award – the London Irish line-out, for boinging higher than everyone all season, and finally earning an England call up for Nick Kennedy.  About bloody time!

Temperance Award – Danny Cipriani, for definitely not drinking and being out inappropriately at any time this season

Investors In People Award – The RFU, for the good practice and adroit handling displayed throughout the process of Brian Ashton’s sacking.

Musn’t Grumble Award – Brian Ashton, for being the only man to come out of the whole sorry mess with some dignity.

Love Birds Award – Shaun Edwards & Warren Gatland, for showing young men it is OK to love your friends in a very real way.  No kissing, mind.

Insomniacs Thankyou Award – Scotland, for putting an entire nation of sufferers to sleep for at least 80 minutes every weekend during the Six Nations

Teflon Award – Brian O’Driscoll, for blame never, ever being apportioned to him for any Irish failure, ever.

All Mouth, No Trousers Award – New Zealand, for another World Cup failure

All Trousers, No Mouth Award – Wales, for quietly winning a Grand Slam.

Spike Milligan Award – Marc Lievremont, for his logic-defying surrealist comedy selection policy

Don’t forget to add your own in the comments…

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