JAMIE HEASLIP IS one of three nominees for the IRPA Try of the Year award.
The stunning Ireland team effort against Italy in March, which was finished off by the number 8, has been shortlisted as one of the top international scores of 2016.
Conor Murray, Johnny Sexton, Fergus McFadden, Simon Zebo, Jared Payne and Andrew Trimble were involved in the move at the Aviva, which took Ireland from their own 22 to the Italy try line, before Heaslip grounded the ball.
Heaslip’s Six Nations effort is up against a try by Japan’s Kaito Shigeno against Scotland and a score by New Zealand scrum-half TJ Perenara against Argentina.
Shortlists for six other awards were also released today, including Coach of the Year and Team of the Year.
World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year
Charlotte Caslick (Australia)
Emily Scarratt (England)
Portial Woodman (New Zealand)
World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year
Osea Kolinisau (Fiji)
Seabelo Senatla (South Africa)
Virimi Vakatawa (France)
World Rugby Team of the Year
England
Fiji Sevens
New Zealand
World Rugby Coach of the Year
Steve Hansen (New Zealand)
Eddie Jones (England)
Ben Ryan (Fiji Sevens)
World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year
Maro Itoje (England)
Anton Lienert-Brown (New Zealand)
Ardie Savea (New Zealand)
Try of the Year
Jamie Heaslip (Ireland, v Italy)
Kaito Shigeno (Japan, v Scotland)
TJ Perenara (New Zealand, v Argentina)
World Rugby Referee Award
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Alhambra Nievas (Spain)
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
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Don’t think Perenara’s try is in the same league as the other two. Great try but it’s the sort of thing you’d see regularly enough – it was just one clean break and an inside pass.
Japanese one was incredible and Heaslip’s was made better by the fact he rescued it from the hands of McFadden the butcher.
@Martin Quinn:
Don’t get too emotional, Martin. I just meant he nearly butchered that try by throwing the ball half a metre behind Heaslip.
Ah lads ffs, stop making me read your sh!t argument.
Why isn’t Nigel Owens on that list???
Jaco Payper, tell me that’s a joke? Slim picking’s it seems.
No bias but I’d give that to Heaslip!
England played well but team of the year ?
Coach of the year ?
Grand slam slipped my mind they had a rally really good year especially after the World Cup ….
Irrelevant to this, but Oliver Jager has been named in the 2017 Crusaders Super Rugby squad.
Try of the year against Italy and not France, the 42?
Don’t mean to be harsh but to help Heaslip we should claim their was accidental offside/obstruction at 0:55 during the Japanese try
Jaco Peyper in the running for World Rugby Referee Award?! That’s outrageous. The man is clueless. Makes up the rules as he goes.
New Zealand team & coach of the year. England are undefeated too, but look at the scores new zealand win by. Try is tough to call between Irl & jap. I think Jap is further out and against equal opposition, where as Irl were playing a lesser team, so they prob edge it
Japanese try for me