Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[Simon]

Battle #3
Keith Wood 2
Rod Laver 7
Johan Cruyff 10

Battle #4
Steven Silvagni 3
Matthew Richardson 3
Boris Becker 13

 

[Simon]

Battle #5

Os du Randt (South African) - Rugby Union

Honours
80 Caps for South Africa
1995 World Cup Champion
2007 World Cup Champion
Retired as the most capped forward for South Africa

vs

Sergei Bubka (Ukrainian) - Pole Vault

Honours
1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
10 time world championship gold medalist
35 time world record breaker
3 time Soviet Union best Sportsman
Voted best Pole vaulter of the last half century by track and field news

vs

Steven Bradbury (Australian) - Speedskating

honours
2002 Winter Olympic Gold Medalist for 1000m
1994 Winter Olympic Bronze Medalist for 5000m relay
1991 world Championship Gold Medalist for 5000m relay


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Battle #6

Leigh Matthews (Australian) - Australian Rules Football

Honours
Voted best player of the 20th century
332 games for Hawthorn
915 career goals
7 time Hawthorn best and fairest
1975 top league goalkicker
4 time premiership winner as a player
4 time premiership winner as a coach

vs

Wally Lewis (Australian) - Rugby League

Honours
301 career first grade matches in the Brisbane and Sydney comps
33 Tests for Australia
31 games for Queensland
Named at five-eighth in team of the century in 2008
Chosen as one of seven immortals of the game by Rugby League Week
1988 World Cup winner
Named at five-eighth in the Queensland team of the century
1985 Golden Boot winner for the best player in the world

vs

Shaun Goater(Bermudan) - Football

Honours
560 professional senior matches for clubs such as Manchester City and Rotherham
220 career goals
36 caps for Bermuda
32 International goals for Bermuda
2002 Football League Div 1 winner
2002 Football League Div 1 top scorer
2006 Football League One winner

 

[Ausage]

Wow battle #6 is massive. Arguably the two best players in both Aussie footy codes.

Bradbury and Lewis for me.

 

[Johnners]

Bubka & Matthews

 

[duffer]

Bradbury and King Wally.

The Goat and Bubka were tough to look past though.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Bradbury and the Goat.

 

[ripper868]

The Ox (Os Du Randt)

Bradbury will **** this in though

Lewis

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Os Du Rant and Wally Lewis

 

[Burgey]

Bradbury and Lewis.

 

[biased indian]

Bubka & Shaun Goater

 

[biased indian]

Battle #4
Steven Silvagni 3
Matthew Richardson 3
Boris Becker 13

Made my Day

 

[luffy]

Bradbury and Lewis

 

[Jamee999]

Bubka

 

[pinchy81]

Shaun "The Goat" Goater

 

[pasag]

Leigh Matthews, one of the greatest players in AFL history. One of the great coaches as well.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

du Randt
Matthews

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Bubka and Lethal Leigh.

 

[Uppercut]

Bradbury and Lewis

 

[NUFAN]

Bradbury was incredible but I'll go for Bubka and the King, Wally Lewis.

 

[grecian]

Bubka

abstain