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PWR: End of Season Award nominees revealed

CORK, IRELAND - APRIL 12: Megan Jones, Zoe Aldcroft and Abby Dow of England line up during the National Anthem prior to the Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025 match between Ireland and England at Virgin Media park on April 12, 2025 in Cork, Ireland. (Photo by Molly Darlington - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) has announced the shortlists for the end-of-season awards, including England Women’s Player of the Season.

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Semi-finalists Bristol Bears are nominated in four different categories and three-time consecutive PWR champions Gloucester-Hartpury nominated in three.

Gloucester-Hartpury’s Emma Sing is named on the shortlist for PWR Player of the Season, Head Coach Sean Lynn for Director of Rugby and Cherry and Whites’ Zoe Aldrcoft and Maud Muir nominated for England Player of the Season.

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For the first time, Premiership Rugby, the Rugby Players Association (RPA), Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) have joined forces to celebrate the best of English Rugby in one place, with The Rugby Awards taking place on Tuesday 3rd June at The Brewery in London.

The decision was made by a media panel of: Imogen Ainsworth (RugbyPass), Fiona Tomas (Telegraph), Sara Orchard (BBC), Nick Heath (PWR Pod / Freelance), Claire Thomas (TNT Sports), Harry Latham-Coyle (The Independent), Sam Bytheway (The Women’s Rugby Show) and Sarah Rendall (The Guardian / BBC).

PWR Player of the Season- nominees:

· Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears Women)

· Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins Women)

· Meg Jones (Leicester Tigers Women)

· Hope Rogers (Exeter Chiefs Women)

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· Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury)

PWR Breakthrough Player of the Season nominees:

· Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning)

· Millie David (Bristol Bears Women)

· Clàudia Peña (Harlequins Women)

· Niamh Swailes (Sale Sharks Women)

PWR Director of Rugby of the Season nominees:

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· Ross Chisholm (Harlequins Women)

· Sean Lynn (Gloucester-Hartpury)

· Nathan Smith (Loughborough Lightning)

· Dave Ward (Bristol Bears Women)

PWR Top Try Scorer nominees:

· May Campbell (Saracens Women) – 16

· Millie David (Bristol Bears Women) – 16

England Women’s Player of the Season nominees:

· Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester Hartpury)

· Abby Dow (Trailfinders Women)

· Meg Jones (Leicester Tigers Women)

· Maud Muir (Gloucester Hartpury)

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SK 22 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

If you are building the same amount of rucks but kicking more is that a bad thing? Kicks are more constestable than ever, fans want to see a contest, is that a bad thing? kicks create broken field situations where counter attacks from be launched from or from which turnover ball can be exploited, attacks are more direct and swift rather than multiphase in nature, is that a bad thing? What is clear now is that a hybrid approach is needed to win matches. You can still build phases but you need to play in the right areas so you have to kick well. You also have to be prepared to play from turnover ball and transition quickly from the kick contest to attack or set your defence quickly if the aerial contest is lost. Rugby seems healthy to me. The rules at ruck time means the team in possession is favoured and its more possible than ever to play a multiphase game. At the same time kicking, set piece, kick chase and receipt seems to be more important than ever. Teams can win in so many ways with so many strategies. If anything rugby resembles footballs 4-4-2 era. Now football is all about 1 striker formations with gegenpress and transition play vs possession heavy teams, fewer shots, less direct play and crossing. Its boring and it plods along with moves starting from deep, passing goalkeepers and centre backs and less wing play. If we keep tinkering with the laws rugby will become a game with more defined styles and less variety, less ways to win effectively and less varied body types and skill sets.

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