Mike Brown re d’Inghilterra: è (anche) il migliore della Premiership

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Si è svolta ieri sera a Londra la serata di gala durante la quale sono stati assegnati gli Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards, gli Oscar del rugby inglese per la stagione 2013/2014. Protagonista assoluto Mike Brown, che dopo aver fatto suo il premio di miglior giocatore del Sei Nazioni conquista anche la statuetta del miglior giocatore del torneo d’Oltremanica.
Miglior giovane il Saracens Billy Vunipola mentre la meta dell’anno è quella marcata da Jamie Elliott (Northampton Saints) contro Gloucester.
Tutti i premi assegnati:

Premiership Player of the Season
Winner: Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Shortlist: Vereniki Goneva (Leicester Tigers), Samu Manoa (Northampton Saints), Chris Pennell (Worcester Warriors), Jacques Burger (Saracens) e Dan Braid (Sale Sharks).

Discovery of the Season
Winner: Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Shortlist: Jamie Elliott (Northampton Saints), George Ford (Bath), Elliott Stooke (Gloucester), Anthony Watson (Bath), Owen Williams (Leicester Tigers).

Director of the Season
Winner: Mark McCall (Saracens)
Shortlist: Richard Cockerill (Leicester Tigers), Steve Diamond (Sale Sharks)

Try of the Season
Winner: Jamie Elliott (Northampton Saints) v Gloucester
Shortlist: Christian Wade (London Wasps) v Gloucester, Nick Abendanon (Bath) v Exeter Chiefs, Kelly Brown (Saracens) v Northampton Saints, Logovi’i Mulipola (Leicester Tigers) v Exeter Chiefs and Dean Mumm (Exeter Chiefs) v Worcester Warriors

Game Changer of the Season
Winner: Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Runners-up: Michael Paterson (Sale Sharks) and Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath).

Community Player of the Season
Winner: Dean Schofield (Worcester Warriors)
Shortlist: Jamie George (Saracens), Mat Gilbert (Bath), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Tane Tu’ipulotu (Newcastle Falcons), Dom Waldouck (Northampton Saints)

Top Try Scorer of the Season
Winner: Vereniki Goneva (Leicester Tigers) – 12 tries
Runner-up: David Strettle (Saracens) – 11 tries

Golden Boot
Winner: George Ford (Bath) – 235 points
Runner-up: Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints) – 220 points

Forward of the Year
Winner: Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Shortlist: Schalk Brits (Saracens), Sione Kalamafoni (Gloucester), Samu Manoa (Northampton Saints), Michael Paterson (Sale Sharks), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Vincitori del passato

Premiership Player of the Season – 2012-13: Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), 2011-12: Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 2010-11: Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), 2009-10: Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), 2008-9: Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 2007-8: James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester). 2006-7: Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers). 2005-6: Mike Catt (London Irish) and 2004-5: Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers).

Young Player of the Season – 2012-13: Joe Launchbury (London Wasps), 2011-12: Owen Farrell (Saracens), 2010-11: Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), 2009-10: Ben Youngs, (Leicester Tigers), 2008-9: Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), 2007-8: Danny Cipriani (London Wasps), 2006-7: Tom Rees (London Wasps), 2005-6: Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers) and 2004-5: Ollie Smith, (Leicester Tigers)

Director of the Season – 2012-13: Mark McCall (Saracens), 2011-12: Rob Baxter (Exeter Chiefs), 2010-11: Jim Mallinder (Northampton Saints), 2009-10: Andy Key, (Leeds Carnegie), 2008-9: Richard Cockerill (Leicester Tigers), 2007-8: Dean Ryan (Gloucester), 2006-7: Pat Howard (Leicester Tigers), 2005-6: Philippe Saint-Andre (Sale Sharks), and 2004-5: John Wells (Leicester Tigers)

Questo infine il XV ideale della stagione
15 Mike Brown (Harlequins), 14 Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath), 13 Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), 12 Kyle Eastmond (Bath), 11 Vereniki Goneva (Leicester Tigers), 10 Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints), 9 Danny Care (Harlequins), 8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens), 7 Jacques Burger (Saracens), 6 Dan Braid (Sale Sharks), 5 Michael Paterson (Sale Sharks), 4 Samu Manoa (Northampton Saints), 3 Logovi’i Mulipola (Leicester Tigers), 2 Dave Ward (Harlequins), 1 Joe Marler (Harlequins)