{"id":230179,"date":"2025-10-21T14:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230179\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:56:04","slug":"four-leinster-players-shortlisted-for-rugby-writers-player-of-the-year-award-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230179\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Leinster players shortlisted for Rugby Writers Player of the Year award \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/leainster-rugby\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/leainster-rugby\/\">Leinster<\/a> players have been shortlisted for the Rugby Writers of Ireland 2025 Men\u2019s XV Player of the Year award, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/munster-rugby\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/munster-rugby\/\">Munster<\/a>\u2019s Tadhg Beirne representing the only non-Leinster nominee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Jack Conan and Jamison Gibson-Park are also in the running for the individual accolade, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/leo-cullen\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/leo-cullen\/\">Leo Cullen<\/a>\u2019s side also nominated for the Team of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/scott-bemand\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/scott-bemand\/\">Scott Bemand<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-womens-rugby\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/ireland-womens-rugby\/\">Ireland<\/a> side, who reached the quarter-final of this year\u2019s Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup, are also nominated for Team of the Year, as are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/andy-farrell\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/andy-farrell\/\">Andy Farrell<\/a>\u2019s tour-winning British &amp; Irish Lions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Linda Djougang, Erin King, Brittany Hogan, Aoife Dalton and Aoife Wafer make up the Women\u2019s XV Player of the Year shortlist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In the 7s, Niall Comerford, Dylan O\u2019Grady and Mark Roche are up for the men\u2019s award, while Lucinda Kinghan, Hannah Clarke and Kate Farrell-McCabe are shortlisted for the women\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">\u201cThe past season has been a truly memorable one, marked by significant achievements,\u201d said Rugby Writers of Ireland chair John Fallon, congratulating this year\u2019s nominees. \u201cThe talent and dedication displayed across all categories is immense, and we look forward to celebrating these outstanding contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2025 Rugby Writers of Ireland award nominees:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Men\u2019s XV Player of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>Tadhg BeirneAndrew PorterDan SheehanJack ConanJamison Gibson-Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Women\u2019s XV Player of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>Linda DjougangErin KingAoife WaferBrittany HoganAoife Dalton<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Men\u2019s 7s Player of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>Niall ComerfordDylan O\u2019GradyMark Roche<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Women\u2019s 7s Player of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>Lucinda KinghanHannah ClarkeKate Farrell-McCabe<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dave Guiney Team of the Year:<\/p>\n<p>Leinster RugbyIreland Women\u2019s XVBritish &amp; Irish Lions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four Leinster players have been shortlisted for the Rugby Writers of Ireland 2025 Men\u2019s XV Player of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-230179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}