Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards

[TRF_Olyy]

The Nominees Are:

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

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

http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/27449.php​

Don't understand why Gaskell is in the "Discovery of the season" bit - he's been naff this season, and he was found last season anyway (and was actually good last season too)


The try that Manu Tuilagi is nominated for was fantastic, to be fair

 

[Duckdee]

Baxter must be a shoo-in.

 

[Teh Mite]

Waldrom
Sharples
Baxter

Try of the season - Barnes won't pick any because none are Bath players.
Performance of the season - Stupid award. Don't care.

 

[GreenyBoii]

The best bit about Tuilagi was the look in his eyes when he saw (i think it was) Goode running towards him and just barged him out the way. Great solo and team work in the same try.

 

[nickdnz]

Not just cause I'm a kiwi, but Waldrom has been fantastic for Leicester. I'd give it to him. In terms of the Tuilagi try, does anyone else think he looks like a really mini Lomu.





Just in terms of the actual try, they're very similar.