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Impressive quartet shortlisted for prestigious Player of the Year award
By PA
England forward Ben Earl, Ireland centre Bundee Aki, Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe and Italy centre Tommaso Menoncello are in the running to be named Six Nations player of the year.
The quartet have been shortlisted for the individual award, having been selected by the greatest number of people in the fan vote for the Guinness Team of the Championship.
Number eight Earl made the most carries in the 2024 Championship, with his total of 73 the third most by an England player in the competition behind Billy Vunipola (93) in 2016 and Ben Cohen (76) in 2002.
Aki’s total of 144 metres in contact – the best of any player in the Championship – helped Ireland to a second successive Six Nations title.
Van der Merwe finished the campaign as joint-top try scorer, alongside Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan, with five, while Menoncello made the most dominant tackles (eight) in the tournament.
Voting for the winner continues on the Six Nations website until 11pm GMT on Sunday, March 24.
You can also still pick your Greatest Six Nations XV of all time below.
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Which is why more depth needs development. There are are several players waiting in the mix who will be good to great ABs. Our bench replacements this year were not always up to the mark
Go to commentshe should not be playing 12. He should be playing 10 and team managers should stop playing players out of position to accommodate libbok.
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