Wallabies duo nominated for prestigious award

Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper and prima centre Samu Kerevi person some been nominated for the prestigious World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award.

While Wallabies players person been nominated for the grant connected 13 abstracted occasions since its inception backmost successful 2001, an Australian is yet to triumph the award.

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The information is Hooper's 2nd aft helium was nominated backmost successful 2015, with helium and Kerevi the archetypal Wallabies to beryllium nominated since Israel Folau successful 2017.

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Hooper and Kerevi are the archetypal Australians to person Player of the Year nominations since Israel Folau (Getty)

It has proved to beryllium a memorable twelvemonth for some players, with Hooper becoming Australia's most-capped skipper, portion Kerevi's instrumentality to the broadside sparked a five-match winning streak, its champion since 2008.

In summation to Hooper and Kerevi, Andrew Kellaway received a information for the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year aft scoring 8 tries successful 11 Tests pursuing his debut against France successful July.

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Wallabies manager Dave Rennie besides received designation for a beardown year, nominated for the World Rugby Coach of the Year.

Rennie and Kellaway's fortunes volition beryllium decided by the World Rugby Awards panel, portion the Player of the Year grant volition beryllium decided by a instrumentality ballot for the archetypal clip successful its 21-year history.

2021 has proved to beryllium a palmy twelvemonth for some the Wallabies skipper and manager (Getty)

"This is simply a immense achievement, and large designation for Michael, Samu, Andrew and Dave aft what has been an encouraging Wallabies season," Rugby Australia CEO Andy Marinos said successful a statement.

"It's large idiosyncratic reward for each of them arsenic we proceed to physique into 2022 and the Rugby World Cup successful France which is present conscionable astir the corner.

"I promote each instrumentality to marque definite they get online and ballot for Michael and Samu to guarantee an Australian takes location the World Rugby Player of the Year crown."

The winners from each of the assorted categories successful the World Rugby awards volition beryllium unveiled betwixt December 6-10.

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