Uncapped Munster centre Tom Farrell is among the nominees for the Rugby Players Ireland Player of the Year award.
The 31-year-old back finished the URC regular season as joint top try-scorer with nine, and topped the charts for successful carries (109) and offloads (41) as Munster claimed a place in the play-offs and secured Champions Cup rugby for next season.
Two of the other three nominees, provincial team-mate Tadhg Beirne and Jamison Gibson-Park of Leinster, will go on the Lions tour this summer, while Caelan Doris, Leinster and Ireland captain, misses out on the trip due to a long-term shoulder injury.
Connacht's Bundee Aki won last year's award, which is voted on by the players.
Meanwhile, Dorothy Wall (above) has received a timely morale boost following news of a long-term injury setback, with her team-mates nominating her for the women’s Player of the Year.
Wall, who will miss the World Cup with an ankle injury, is shortlisted alongside Amee-Leigh Costigan, Aoife Dalton, and Niamh O’Dowd, each of whom played pivotal roles in a season of continued progress for the Irish women’s side.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday, 28 May.
Men's XVs Players' Player of the Year
Tadhg Beirne
Caelan Doris
Tom Farrell
Jamison Gibson-Park
Women’s XVs Players' Player of the Year
Amee-Leigh Costigan
Aoife Dalton
Niamh O’Dowd
Dorothy Wall
Men’s Sevens Player of the Year
Niall Comerford
Dylan O'Grady
Mark Roche
Women’s Sevens Player of the Year
Hannah Clarke
Kate Farrell McCabe
Lucinda Kinghan
Nevin Spence Men’s XVs Young Player of the Year
Ben Murphy
Gus McCarthy
Sam Prendergast
Women’s XVs Young Player of the Year
Ruth Campbell
Aoife Dalton
Erin King
Men’s XVs Try of the Year
Stewart Moore v Stormers
Dan Sheehan v England
Dan Sheehan v Ulster (1st try)
Women’s XVs Try of the Year
Amee-Leigh Costigan v England
Linda Djougang v Wales
Anna McGann v Italy (3rd try)
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