Alex Goode & Danny Cipriani make six man shortlist for Premiership Player of the Season

May 17, 2019
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Ultimate Rugby

Alex Goode & Danny Cipriani have made the six-player shortlist for Premiership Rugby Player of the Season at next week’s awards ceremony.

With just one round of regular season action remaining six players have been shortlisted after standing out from the crowd.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 22 May at the 2019 Premiership Rugby Awards and the full Player of the Season shortlist is:

Danny Cipriani – Gloucester Rugby
Faf De Klerk – Sale Sharks
Alex Goode – Saracens
Matt Kvesic – Exeter Chiefs
Steven Luatua – Bristol Bears
Cobus Reinach – Northampton Saints

Both Cipriani and De Klerk have continued their impressive form from last season as they appear on the shortlist for a second successive year, and they are joined this year by European Player of the Year Goode, Exeter Chief Kvesic, Bristol Bears co-captain Luatua and Reinach of Northampton Saints.

The shortlist was selected by a judging panel compiled of Nick Mullins (BT Sport), Alastair Eykyn (BT Sport), Mick Cleary (The Daily Telegraph), Sarah Mockford (Rugby World), Robert Kitson (The Guardian), Chris Jones (BBC 5 Live), Owen Slot (The Times) and Tom Hamilton (ESPN), with Premiership Rugby Communications Director Paul Morgan chairing the panel.

Along with the winner of the Gallagher Player of the Season, the winners of the following awards will also be announced at the 2019 Premiership Rugby Awards, presented by Gallagher: