Northampton pair Courtney Lawes and Fin Smith, and Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith have been nominated for the Champions Cup player of the year award.
Leinster have four nominations in Caelan Doris, Jamison Gibson-Park, James Lowe and Dan Sheehan. Toulouse’s France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont, below, who won the award in 2021, makes up the eight nominees.

The winner will be announced after the Champions Cup final at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 25.
Then Exeter No.8 Sam Simmonds was the last Englishman to win the award in 2020 when the Chiefs lifted the trophy.
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