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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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This is true.
But perhaps because rugby is Australia’s fourth (or worse) most popular sport, there is just no coaching talent good enough.
It’s interesting that no players from the Aussies golden era (say between 1987 - 2000) have emerged as international quality coaches. Or coaches at all.
Again, Australians are the problem methinks. Not as interested in the game. Not as interested to support the game. Not as interested to get into the game.
And like any other industry in the world - when you don’t have the capabilities or the skills, you import them.
Not difficult to understand really.
Go to commentsi think Argentina v France could be a good game too, depending on which Argentina turns up. The most difficult to call is Scotland Australia.
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