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Reds star Taniela Tupou scoops Australian Super Rugby Player of the Year award
By AAP
Powerhouse Queensland prop Taniela Tupou has clinched his second Australian Super Rugby Player of the Year award in three years.
The 24-year-old has continued to make his mark as one of the world's best props, with the award topping an impressive Tri Nations series with the Wallabies.
Also winning the award in 2018, Tupou has continued the Reds' recent dominance of the award with teammate Samu Kerevi winning it in 2019 before shifting his career to Japan.
Known to rugby fans as the 'Tongan Thor', Tupou was integral in Queensland's push to the Super Rugby AU final, where they fell to the Brumbies.
The award was voted on by Super Rugby AU coaches as well as a panel of judges.
The John Eales Medal for the best Wallabies player will be awarded next week, with Tupou among the favourites alongside rookie Harry Wilson, lock Matt Philip and 2019 winner Marika Koroibete.
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Nz should have won. I didn't watch the game, but the ref was at fault and the bounce of the ball and the Bokke used the Bomb squad and the Bokke slow the game down and the Bokke scrum. They should remove the scrum. The Bokke are to strong. Not fair. Nz should have won
Go to commentsWere the Baby Boks part of this game or did the Baby Blacks play themselves?🤔 That man Bin Smuth once again does a little write-up on the game and it is like 95% about the Baby Blacks🤣 Glad he ends off with the Baby Blacks were actually in cruise control for most of the game and weren’t actually playing for the win WTF🤣🤣 Maybe he was expecting the Baby Blacks to run rampant….
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