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Cipriani makes six-strong shortlist for Premiership Rugby's Player of the Season
By Online Editors
Six world-class players are in contention to be crowned Gallagher Premiership Rugby Player of the Season at next week’s star-studded awards ceremony.
The action has been fast and furious this season in what has been one of the most competitive and exciting Gallagher Premiership Rugby campaigns.
But with just one round of regular season action remaining six players have been shortlisted after standing out from the crowd.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22, at the Premiership Rugby Awards, presented by Gallagher, and the full Gallagher Player of the Season shortlist is:
- Danny Cipriani – Gloucester Rugby
- Faf de Klerk – Sale Sharks
- Alex Goode – Saracens
- Matt Kvesic – Exeter Chiefs
- Steven Luatua – Bristol Bears
- Cobus Reinach – Northampton Saints
Both Cipriani, the RPA Players' Player of the Year, and de Klerk have continued their impressive form from last season as they appear on the shortlist for a second successive year, and they are joined this year by European Player of the Year Goode, Exeter Chief Kvesic, Bristol Bears co-captain Luatua and Reinach of Northampton Saints.
The shortlist was selected by a judging panel compiled of Nick Mullins (BT Sport), Alastair Eykyn (BT Sport), Mick Cleary (The Daily Telegraph), Sarah Mockford (Rugby World), Robert Kitson (The Guardian), Chris Jones (BBC 5 Live), Owen Slot (The Times) and Tom Hamilton (ESPN), with Premiership Rugby communications director Paul Morgan chairing the panel.
Along with the winner of the Gallagher Player of the Season, the winners of the following awards will also be announced at the 2019 Premiership Rugby Awards, presented by Gallagher:
- Ricoh Director of Rugby of the Season
- Land Rover Discovery of the Season
- BT Sport Dream Team
- Citizen Try of the Season
- Gallagher Community Player of the Season
- Premiership Rugby 7s Player of the Season
- Top Try Scorer of the Season
- Gilbert Golden Boot
The winners at the 2019 Premiership Rugby Awards, presented by Gallagher, will be announced first on Twitter via the @premrugby account. Use hashtag #PremRugbyAwards to join the conversation
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It certainly needs to be cherished. Despite Nick (and you) highlighting their usefulness for teams like Australia (and obviously those in France they find form with) I (mention it general in those articles) say that I fear the game is just not setup in Aus and NZ to appreciate nor maximise their strengths. The French game should continue to be the destination of the biggest and most gifted athletes but it might improve elsewhere too.
I just have an idea it needs a whole team focus to make work. I also have an idea what the opposite applies with players in general. I feel like French backs and halves can be very small and quick, were as here everyone is made to fit in a model physique. Louis was some 10 and 20 kg smaller that his opposition and we just do not have that time of player in our game anymore. I'm dying out for a fast wing to appear on the All Blacks radar.
But I, and my thoughts on body size in particular, could be part of the same indoctrination that goes on with player physiques by the establishment in my parts (country).
Go to commentsHis best years were 2018 and he wasn't good enough to win the World Cup in 2023! (Although he was voted as the best player in the world in 2023)
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