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Bundee Aki is nominated again, having won the 2022/23 award in January. Ryan Byrne/INPHO

Nominees announced for Rugby Writers Ireland Player of the Year awards

Men’s and Women’s XV and Sevens accolades up for grabs.

JACK CROWLEY, CAELAN Doris, Joe McCarthy, Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park have been nominated for the 2024 Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Men’s XV Player of the Year Award.

Aoife Wafer, Brittany Hogan, Edel McMahon, Linda Djougang and Aoife Dalton are shortlisted for the women’s prize.

The Sevens Player of the Year shortlists are also out. Zac Ward, Terry Kennedy, and Harry McNulty are recognised from the men’s set-up, with Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, Eve Higgins and Erin King the three women nominated.

Scott Bemand’s Ireland senior women’s team, Andy Farrell’s senior men and James Topping’s men’s Sevens side are all in the running for the Dave Guiney Team of the Year accolade.

The women’s XVs have enjoyed a resurgent 2024, from a third-place Six Nations finish to qualification for WXV1 and the 2025 World Cup. They stunned New Zealand in their WXV1 opener, and also defeated USA as they finished runners-up in Vancouver last month.

Farrell’s men won back-to-back Six Nations, while the Sevens side finished second in the Europe Championship and sixth at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The winners will be unveiled at the annual Rugby Writers of Ireland awards on Tuesday 19 November

Rugby Writers of Ireland 2024 Awards – nominations

Women’s XV Player of the Year

  • Aoife Wafer
  • Brittany Hogan
  • Edel McMahon
  • Linda Djougang
  • Aoife Dalton

Men’s XV Player of the Year

  • Caelan Doris
  • Jack Crowley
  • Joe McCarthy
  • Bundee Aki
  • Jamison Gibson-Park

Men’s 7s Player of the Year

  • Zac Ward
  • Terry Kennedy
  • Harry McNulty

Women’s 7s Player of the Year

  • Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe
  • Eve Higgins
  • Erin King

Dave Guiney Team of the Year

  • Ireland Senior Men’s team
  • Ireland Senior Women’s team
  • Ireland Men’s 7s team
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    Mute Chief
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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:53 PM

    Close in on 4th = Are in 6th place which will be 7th place after spurs play their game in hand

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:56 PM

    @Chief: I’m on my way to being a millionaire after buying a ticket today.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:32 PM

    @Chief: close in on 4th= 3 points closer to 4th than 3 hours ago.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:08 PM

    Does that mean a couple of more wins and they be closing in on top spot? Daft journslism

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    Jan 1st 2022, 7:04 AM

    @Mel Finn: playing to the gallery.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:45 PM

    Peter Wright looking good in darts.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:51 PM

    @Paul Gorry: dont know we weren’t watching it? Your in the wrong article again..

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:54 PM

    @Pauly Kel: Happy new year pauly, it was just a jest.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:56 PM

    @Paul Gorry: you too man.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:10 PM

    @Paul Gorry: obsessed. Typical scouser.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:11 PM

    @Pauly Kel: appreciated Pauly.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:24 PM

    @Karl Ó Cléirigh: give over karl my comment was light hearted for a bit of craic.now your comment is looking like you’re obsessed?

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:11 AM

    @Paul Gorry: I don’t see it that way but hey all you scouse fans are the same.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:26 AM

    @Karl Ó Cléirigh: ok karl iam trying to relise ye a good bloke or a bad bloke?But now realise yer a bad bloke. Yer immature comment says it all really.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:36 AM

    @Paul Gorry: grow up haha

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:43 AM

    @Karl Ó Cléirigh: oh the irony karl.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 8:57 AM

    @Paul Gorry: the irony being you (a Liverpool fan) putting a smart comment on a United story and people are calling you out on it and you’re getting defensive?! Very ironic don’t you think?…..

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:42 PM

    What has Ferguson’s 80th birthday got to do with it?

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:46 PM

    @PeterC: got to do, got to do with it?

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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:56 PM

    Strange lack of liverpool and Chelsea fans passing comments on man utds performance here tonight after the last couple of nights..

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    Mute Paul Gorry
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    Dec 30th 2021, 10:59 PM

    @Pol Mlp: i would have pol but I was watching the darts. More exciting to be fair.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:09 PM

    @Paul Gorry: good point…anderson v humphries will be a 180 fest on new years day methinks

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:18 PM

    @Paul Gorry: Don’t think you can objectively say “more exciting to be fair” if you only watched the darts. That’s a rather silly comment to make in fairness. If you watched both you could make that comparison. What was better on the 28th? Liverpool or the darts?

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:26 PM

    @Pol Mlp: Liverpool and Chelsea fans only worry about teams at the top end of the table. Not mid table teams like utd.

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:28 PM

    @David Gaffney: liverpool obviously. Iam fluck ing having a laugh here David. Lighten up.

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    Mute Marcus Springfield
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    Dec 31st 2021, 12:43 AM

    Really. Here we go they draw with Newcastle and win tonight against teams that more than likely will get relegated. Oh well done Utd

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    Dec 31st 2021, 3:58 AM

    @Marcus Springfield: your correct. They should only report on games that United lose.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 6:02 AM

    @Marcus Springfield: Really? Oh really??

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:13 PM

    @Brian Dunne: Yeah and especially the games where they get hammered… It makes some sleep well at nite here. So dull when there’s no United bashing to be had in the comments section!

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    Dec 31st 2021, 5:27 PM

    @Brian Dunne: they would run out of ink then ;)

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:47 AM

    Dillusional. 4th place is Westham Spurs or Arsenal. Utd are done.

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    Mute John McK
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    Dec 31st 2021, 4:50 AM

    @Paul Smith: on the sherry early then…

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    Mute G Bot
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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:10 PM

    @Paul Smith: Yeah you wish… The usual garbage… Top 4 is open to a few teams this year and it’ll be interesting regardless of who you support

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    Dec 30th 2021, 11:40 PM

    3pts. Good game from mcsauce. A game of two halves, first exciting, second boring af. Onto the next one. Jack Byrne an assured presence in the studio on the punditry.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 12:01 AM

    @Fred spins kdb: Definitely a better performance than recently + Wan Bissaka looked better tonight…still a lot of work to do but some positives even if the 2nd half was a snooze fest!

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    Dec 31st 2021, 1:01 AM

    Looks like Scotty Mac got some new shooting boots off Santy… 1st half was good, 2nd half not so good.. 3 points and move on hopefully win the game in hand over West Ham and Arsenal.. And hope that Spurs make a mess of theirs

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    Dec 31st 2021, 10:09 AM

    As United fan I wouldn’t make such a statement about them pushing for fourth just one win after a dismal match against Newcastle. If the top is where we want to be then we should constantly be demanding more, not getting ahead of ourselves over short term success.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 10:34 AM

    Liverpool and Chelsea looking wobbly.

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    Dec 31st 2021, 11:02 AM

    Well, considering Utd will be doing well to get 60 points this season, you can understand understand them wanting to celebrate one of their own achieving any sort of 80 this season !!!

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