Bundee Aki, Dan Sheehan and Jamison Gibson-Park have all been nominated for Men's XVs Players' Player of the Year at next week's Rugby Players Ireland awards.
The trio are included off the back of their performances for Ireland at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, as well as the successful Guinness Six Nations championship in 2024.
Aki was Ireland's standout player at the World Cup, scoring five tries and playing every minute in Ireland's campaign, leading to a nomination for World Rugby men's Player of the Year in November. The Connacht centre was also nominated for Player of the Championship in the Six Nations.
Sheehan started every game for Ireland in their Six Nations campaign, and scored five tries as Andy Farrell's side won back-to-back titles, while Gibson-Park is the final nominee, with the 32-year-old enjoying the best year of his career, scoring nine tries in 22 games for both Leinster and Ireland.
The Women's XVs Player's Player of the Year will be contested by back rows Aoife Wafer and Brittany Hogan, and scrum-half Aoibheann Reilly.
All three started every game for Scott Bemand's side in their Six Nations campaign, which saw Ireland finish third in the table to qualify for both next year's World Cup, and the top division of WXV later this season.
Wafer (below) is also nominated for the Young Player of the Year award, with the 21-year-old joined on the shortlist by her Leinster and Ireland team-mates Katie Corrigan and Dannah O'Brien.
Among the other awards, Munster's Tom Ahern and Jack Crowley, as well as Leinster's Joe McCarthy have been nominated for the Nevin Spence Men's XV Young Player of the Year.
The winners will be named at next week's Rugby Player Ireland awards in Dublin on Wednesday, 22 May.
BDO IRELAND MEN'S XVs PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby)
Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster Rugby)
STRATA FINANCIALS WOMEN’S XVs PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster Rugby)
Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht Rugby)
Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster Rugby)
NEVIN SPENCE MEN’S XVs YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Tom Ahern (Munster Rugby)
Jack Crowley (Munster Rugby)
Joe McCarthy (Leinster Rugby)
ENERGIA WOMEN’s XVs YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Katie Corrigan (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster Rugby)
Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster Rugby)
Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster Rugby)
MSL MERCEDES-BENZ BALLSBRIDGE MEN’S XVs TRY OF THE YEAR 2024
Craig Casey - Leinster v Munster, United Rugby Championship
James Lowe - Ireland v Scotland, Rugby World Cup
Calvin Nash - France v Ireland, Guinness Six Nations
AIB CORPORATE BANKING WOMEN’S XVs TRY OF THE YEAR 2024
Katie Corrigan - Ireland v Italy, Guinness Six Nations
Katie Corrigan - Ireland v Wales, Guinness Six Nations
Aoife Wafer - Ireland v Wales, Guinness Six Nations
TRITON LAKE MEN’S 7s PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Terry Kennedy
Harry McNulty
Zac Ward
TRITON LAKE WOMEN’S 7s PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024
Megan Burns
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe
Béibhinn Parsons
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