Gli Oscar del rugby inglese: ecco le nominations

Il prossimo 10 di maggio all’Old Billingsgate di Londra verranno assegnati gli Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards, gli Oscar della palla ovale nella Terra d’Albione.
Poco fa rese note tutte le nominations. Eccole

Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Schalk Brits (Saracens)
Brian Mujati (Northampton Saints)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)

Land Rover Discovery of the Season
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
James Gaskell (Sale Sharks)
George Lowe (Harlequins)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)

QBE Director of Rugby of the Season
Rob Baxter (Exeter Chiefs)
Bryan Redpath (Gloucester Rugby)
Richard Cockerill (Leicester Tigers)
Jim Mallinder (Northampton Saints)
Mark McCall (Saracens)

MBNA Try of the Season
Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 21, London Irish v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, Saturday 23rd April 2011, (his first try)
Schalk Brits (Saracens) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 21, SARACENS v Gloucester Rugby, Sunday 24th April 2011
Andrew Hazell (Gloucester Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 20, Leicester Tigers v GLOUCESTER RUGBY, Saturday 16th April 2011
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 17, Leicester Tigers v SARACENS, Saturday 5th March 2011 Lesley Vainikolo (Gloucester Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 7, GLOUCESTER RUGBY v Leicester Tigers, Saturday 30th October 2010

Gatorade Performance of the Season
Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 12, LEEDS CARNEGIE v Gloucester Rugby, Saturday 1st January 2011
Luke Watson (Bath Rugby) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 6, Leicester Tigers v BATH RUGBY, Saturday 23rd October 2010
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs) – Aviva Premiership Rugby round 9, EXETER CHIEFS v Sale Sharks, Sat 27th November 2010

Also presented on the evening will be:
Aviva Community Player of the Season
Gilbert Golden Boot
Guinness Top Try Scorer
ESPN Dream Team
J.P. Morgan Asset Management 7s Series Player of the Season

The Awards panel comprised:
Paul Morgan (Mail on Sunday, Rugby World, Chairman Rugby Union Writers’ Club), Mick Cleary (Daily Telegraph), Alastair Eykyn (BBC), Miles Harrison (Sky Sports), Neale Harvey (Rugby Times), Nick Mullins (ESPN), Phil Winstanley (Rugby Director, Premiership Rugby)