By Eileesh Buckley
Nominations for the World Rugby Awards continue to be announced, last week was the shortlist for best Rugby World Cup moment for the past 20 years, this week they have announced two more award shortlists.
The international breakthrough player award shortlist was announced yesterday and had former England international Sue Day questioning if there is a similar award coming for the women’s players.
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[/raw].@WorldRugby is there an equivalent award for women or is it just that no women made the top 3? https://t.co/a3CRcqcajM
— Sue Day (@SueDay13) October 26, 2015
Today the shortlist for International Rugby Players Association’s (IRPA) Try of the Year was announced.
New Zealand winger Julian Savea has two tries on the shortlist with the other try-scorers being French prop Vincent Debaty, Welsh flanker Justin Tipuric, Tonga winger Fetu’u Vainikolo and Japan full-back Ayumu Goromaru.
The closest Ireland comes to the list this year is as the opposing team for Tipuric’s nominated try, scored during the the Rugby World Cup warm-up game in August.
Debaty’s try is another from the RBS Six Nations, scored in France’s game against England.
Savea’s two tries come from New Zealand’s World Cup quarter final game against France while Goromaru’s try is from Japan’s win over South Africa.
Vainikolo’s try comes from the Pacific Nations Cup in July when Tonga’s played the USA.
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