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Only the pin-ups win top awards

Eben Etzebeth

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What have the following got in common? Brian O’Driscoll, Eben Etzebeth, Malcolm Marx, Fourie Du Preez, Taulupe Faletau, Ma’a Nonu, George Smith, Michael Hooper, Sergio Parisse, Ardie Savea and Rupeni Caucaunibuca.
Well, rather surprisingly, none of them ever won the World Player of the Year although Etzebeth, Faletau, Hooper and Savea still have some skin in the game.
Now awards are all subjective, somebody or group of individuals put a list together and then a panel votes, and there are going to be omissions. I make Etzebeth, pictured, the MOM in about 90 per cent of the 107 ...

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