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Greg Battle was in on some goal-line stands and he pulled one off again on Friday holding off a surge of votes to be named the linebacker on All-Time Bombers Team by the slimmest of margins. Battle was chosen as the top linebacker by voters taking part in the Winnipeg Free Press/TSN 1290 All-Time Bombers Team selection process. “Really? That’s awesome. That’s quite a list of guys and I was honoured just be on it,” said Battle, when reached Friday afternoon. “The guys I played with were all special and had unique talents. Playing with them was the highlight of my career.” With a brilliant list of candidates; Battle, Tyrone Jones, James West, Paul Randolph and Phil Minnick the voting was very tight. Battle led heading into Friday’s final hours of voting but Jones and West supporters pushed very hard late into the afternoon to try and get their men over the top. But Battle, the CFL’s top defensive player in 1990 and 1991 and the Bombers all-time leader in tackles and fumble returns, won out. Battle was instrumental in two Grey Cup wins for the Bombers in 1988 and 1990. At the time of his retirement, Battle sat third in the CFL for career defensive tackles with 766 and was chosen the Western Division outstanding defensive player three times (1989, 1990 and 1991). The Arizona State University product was named the Grey Cup’s defensive MVP in 1990, with four tackles and two interceptions, returning one for a 56-yard touchdown in a 50-11 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos. Battle was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Voting began Monday and fans were given the choice of five linemen as chosen by the All-Time Blue Bombers Team panel, comprising legendary coach Bud Grant, former player and GM Paul Robson, Hall of Fame football writer Ed Tait, Andrew (Hustler) Paterson from TSN 1290 and myself. Next up is kicker. The Free Press print and digital editions as well as www.tsn1290.ca will run stories on Monday outlining the careers of the finalists selected by our panel. Voting will take place on both websites. Vote a maximum of once per day and help choose the Blue Bombers player you consider the best at the following positions, to be presented in this order: Quarterback, offensive lineman, linebacker, kicker, kick returner, running back, defensive lineman, defensive back and receiver. gary.lawless@freepress.mb.ca Twitter: @garylawless Air Max From China . Murray, the defending champion and No. 3 seed, claimed his first match win at Queens in 2005 and went on to win the Wimbledon warmup three times. But he failed to take advantage of eight set points after leading the first-set tiebreaker 6-2, and Stepanek survived to convert with his second set point. China Shoes Online . New York then missed its next six shots and scored only two points the rest of the night. 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David Horsey of England was also on 5 under through 15 holes to join Warren atop the leaderboard before play was stopped.Japan full-back Ayumu Goromaru has been dropped by the Reds for Fridays clash with the Crusaders, the first time the World Cup hero has been omitted from the matchday squad in a humbling debut season in Super Rugby. The signing of Goromaru was considered a coup for the Reds after his performances at last years World Cup ignited unprecedented interest in rugby in his homeland.But the 30-year-old has struggled to cement his place, with Karmichael Hunt mostly preferred at full-back as the Reds lurch through a season of just two victories to date. Goromaru has not started a match since Matt OConnor and Nick Stiles succeeded Richard Graham as interim co-coaches after the second week of the season.The Reds beat the Cheetahs 30-17 last week with Goromaru an unused replacement. He has played a total of 176 minutes in six appearances.Hes disappointed, obviously, but he understands its a team-first mentality and weve got to pick the best 23 guys for this weekend, said OConnor.Its one game and it gives us a little bit better coverage on the bench. Naholo returns for Highlanders All Blacks wing makes return from broken leg in Saturdays trip to Chiefs OConnor refused to be drawn on whether he thought Goromarus high-profile recruitment had gone to plan.That depends what the plan was, he said. I wouldnt say it was a mistake. It was about making sure that we had a quality goalkicker in the squad, given the losses of Quade (Cooper) and James OConnor last year.You need guys to kick goals and thankfully Jake (McIntyre) has stepped up and done that for us. Sean Fitzpatrick picks out the biggest and hardest hits from round 10 of Super Rugby Goromarus omission sees Junior Laloifi moving to the bench while Chris Feauai-Sautia returns to the starting side after recovering from an ankle injury.ddddddddddddCentre Samu Kerevi, who broke his hand last week and is out for up to four weeks, has been replaced by Campbell Magnay.Scrum-half Nick Frisby will earn his 50th Super Rugby cap. Check out the best tries from round 10 of Super Rugby Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 David Havili, 11 Jone Macilai, 10 Richie Mounga, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 1 Wyatt Crockett, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Mike Alaalatoa, 4 Scott Barrett, 5 Sam Whitelock, 6 Jordan Taufua, 7 Matt Todd, 8 Kieran Read (c).Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell,17 Joe Moody,18 Owen Franks,19 Luke Romano,20 Tim Boys,21 Andy Ellis, 22 Ryan Crotty,23 Marty McKenzie.Reds: 15 Karmichael Hunt, 14 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 13 Campbell Magnay, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Eto Nabuli, 10 Jake McIntyre, 9 Nick Frisby, 1 James Slipper (c), 2 Andrew Ready, 3 Greg Holmes, 4 Ben Matwijow, 5 Rob Simmons, 6 Hendrik Tui, 7 Liam Gill, 8 Curtis Browning.Replacements: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Sef Faagase, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Cadeyrn Neville, 20 Michael Gunn, 21 James Tuttle, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Junior Laloifi.Watch Crusaders v Reds live on Sky Sports 1 HD on Friday from 8.30am. Catch the match for £6.99 with a NOW TV day pass. 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