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Aviva Premiership Awards - Round-Up Posted over 11 years ago

Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season:
Winner: Tom Youngs

Dream Team:
15. Luke Arscott (Exeter Chiefs); 14. Tom Varndell (London Wasps), 13. Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), 12. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), 11. Christian Wade (London Wasps); 10. Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), 9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers); 1. Mako Vunipola (Saracens), 2. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), 4. Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers), 5. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), 6. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), 7. Julian Salvi (Leicester Tigers), 8. Richie Baxter (Exeter Chiefs)

Discovery of the Season:
Winner: Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)

Director of Rugby of the Season:
Winner: Mark McCall (Saracens)

Try of the Season:
Winner: Dan Bowden (Leicester Tigers v Saracens – 23.2.13)

Game Changer of the Season:
Winner: Ollie Lindsay-Hague (Harlequins)

Community Player of the Season:
Winner: Shaun Perry (Worcester Warriors)

J.P. Morgan Premiership Rugby 7s Series Player of the Season:
Winner: Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)

Top Try Scorer of the Season:
Winners: Tom Varndell and Christian Wade (both London Wasps) – 13 tries

Golden Boot:
Winner: Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby) – 240 points
Runner-up: Gareth Steenson (Exeter Chiefs) – 239 points

Congratulations to all winners. Do you agree with the selections? Comments below…

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