Tommy Bowe has scooped an historic hat-trick of awards at the inaugural Magners League Awards ceremony at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
The dynamic Ireland and Ospreys winger was named as the winner of the Magners Players’ Player Award on Monday night.
It is the third honour bestowed on the Irish star by his peers following the professional players of both Ireland and Wales also naming the 26-year-old as their outstanding player of the 2009/2010 season.
He said: 'This is a great honour, especially as the votes have come from the other players in the Magners League,' said Bowe of his clean sweep of the individual honours board.
'It was a great season for the Ospreys, culminating in us winning the Grand Final against Leinster in Dublin, and this award rounds off the season very nicely indeed.
'But this has to close the door on the 2009 / 2010 season because the aim now is to go on and successfully defend our title. We know that is going to be a very hard thing to do - and that no team has been able to do that in the past.
'There is a ridiculous amount of young talent at the Ospreys and my first task is to try to break into the team before I can think about anything else.
'As well as Shane Williams and Nikki Walker, we've got Tom Prydie, Kristian Phillips, Eli Walker and Richard Fussell all challenging for the wing spots.'
Bowe faced tough opposition from the Cardiff Blues duo of Xavier Rush and Ceri Sweeney, the league’s top try scorer Tim Visser, of Edinburgh, and Dragons wing Aled Brew.
Edinburgh’s Tim Visser made it a wing double when he was presented with the Magners League Young Player of the Season award while Dragons' coach Paul Turner took the Magners League Coach of the Season award.
