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Watch: World Rugby's 'Breakthrough of the Year' nominees

World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year 2017 Nominees

The first batch of nominees have been revealed for the 2017 World Rugby Awards, taking place in Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo on the 26th of November.

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The remaining categories will be revealed in stages over the coming weeks.

Last years winner was Maro Itoje and in 2015 New Zealand’s Nehe Milner-Skudder took the top prize.

In order to be eligible for the award, all the nominees have to have played less than one year of international rugby.

View the clip below to see this year’s nominations.

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JPM 12 minutes ago
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None of the SA franchises is fairing well in the Champions Cup for the very simple reason that the Boks priority is the national team and not the clubs. They tend to rest and relax outside of the international window.

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unknown 15 minutes ago
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We need two upsets in the group stages to balance out the draw somewhat. Firstly, Australia should use their home ground advantage and catch the All Blacks cold and secondly I’d like to see Scotland can pip Ireland to top their group. Neither of these are out of the realm of possibility.

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Dave Didley 25 minutes ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

Just right. Rake your thumb in your eye socket to get the golden prize.

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n 25 minutes ago
Nearly everyone is saying the same thing in wake of Eben Etzebeth red

Well the ban is only 22 weeks. Any smart-ass answers now? The full story is not revealed and if that doesn’t tell you something then you’re on your own. No player gets 12 weeks only unless there were mitigating circumstances. And yes, the North are a bit of pansies. The laws are forever being changed just so ya’ll can have a chance at winning this thing because clearly, rugby may have been invented there, but the best ever teams don’t come from there.

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n 30 minutes ago
Nearly everyone is saying the same thing in wake of Eben Etzebeth red

Then what the hell are we talking about? If he wasn't carded, how can you convince people that he was a dirty player? You sound stupid. Eben got 12 weeks, in the past, eye gouging was 6 months or more. Why has is sentence so short considering the the incident?

It comes down to what I said before, what happened that made him act that way? We are not taught to be pussies in South Africa, if someone does something crazy to you, you are going to do it back. Now you guys up north might have a difference in opinion, that’s fine but what you consider good sportsmanship might not be what I consider good sportsmanship, that’s just a cultural thing because there are no written laws for that.



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Ytfnot 42 minutes ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

According to Mann’s statement, EE did apologise to him. Therefore, 🖕

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Ytfnot 46 minutes ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

🤦‍♂️

Don’t quit your day job, son. If you have one.



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Ytfnot 47 minutes ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

Took you long enough to crawl out from under the rock, naaijill 🤣 Did you spend the time crafting your response (if you did, it was a complete waste of time) or were you practicing for Saturday afternoon on the taxi’s backseat?

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Ytfnot 50 minutes ago
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth ban for 'intentional' foul play confirmed

I bow before your superior experience.

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GrahamVF 57 minutes ago
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P - I really don’t have the time or if I did the patience to wade through their drivel. I take someone off my Christmas Card list if they indulge in childish personal insults like DD and his alter egos. I want to read opinions about rugby not vitriol disguised as toilet humour. For that you can rely on FB. l

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Dave Didley 1 hour ago
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That's not in the spirit of the game.

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unknown 1 hour ago
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TokoRFC 1 hour ago
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Does look like it doesn’t it, do you have a reliable place to get stats on this Nick?

From what I can find here, ARG vs ENG had 78 😲 kicks in play, only 26 of those went into touch. Of the 52 infield kicks I’m guessing at least 30 and maybe as many as 40 of those were high kicks?



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TokoRFC 1 hour ago
How England are building the foundations for World Cup success in 2027

It was fantastic wasn’t it! But I agree, the 6N has had by far the better atmosphere and tension whereas the TRC has generally had the better rugby. But this years TRC had a lot of jeopardy and the 6N teams have come on leaps and bounds since 2015, so both comps really are great and making up what they have lacked.

I just hope next years 6N (and by extension the rest of the WC cycle) isn’t penned in by the new laws making high balls so beneficial percentage wise that most teams adopt similar tactics. Test rugby has been so fun recently because of the clash of styles



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MT 1 hour ago
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Johan Langebaan 1 hour ago
What written judgement said about Alex Mann's role in gouging saga

EE's retaliation was surely all that was intentional and not his attack on Mann's eye as such. If that had been his intention Mann would have been in a sorry state with clear evidence which has not been forthcoming. While retaliation was stupid and deserving of sanction there clearly was provocation and in the broader scheme of things the ban probably is excessive although a player of EE's experience should have known better.

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Wayneo 2 hours ago
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100% of the problems the Sharks have is because they have a Kiwi coach and a string of coaches highly influenced by Kiwi game plans

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cw 2 hours ago
We are at peak 'Bok-flation' in this Rugby World Cup cycle

2023 was very competitive. But the last two years have been average except for the Boks, with merit mentions for England and Argentina. Next year should be better.

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Hammer Head 2 hours ago
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Thanks Captain Obvious.

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Jacque 2 hours ago
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Waaaay to long before a WC to even stsrting talking about possibke fixtures

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