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Published 15:25 23 Dec 2017 GMT
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BREAKTHROUGH STAR
No doubt about it, from an Irish perspective. The likes of James Ryan and Andrew Conway have shone for Ireland but the man of the moment is Ulster's 21-year-old winger and scoring sensation Jacob Stockdale.
Stockdale has eight tries in his last nine outings for Ulster and Ireland, including three in his two appearances in November's Guinness Series. It's crazy to think that he was playing in the World Rugby U20 Championships in the summer of 2016. Has made the No.11 jersey his own, for Ulster and Ireland.
Downey name-checked Conway, Darren Sweetnam, Jack O'Donoghue, Jack Conan and Dan Leavy but was certainly not arguing when the award went to Stockdale.
TRY OF THE YEAR
While Downey went for Nick Grigg's try for Glasgow Warriors, against Leinster, this season, McLaughlin and McGeady were in agreement that Sean O'Brien's score against New Zealand in the First Test of the Lions Test Series was the winner.
"The move, the circumstances," began McGeady before he was met with nods of agreement.
https://youtu.be/jlDyUlTEwvI
STEVE WALSH AWARD FOR FABULOUSNESS
Logovi'i Mulipola just edges Ian Madigan and, in reality, it's all about the flowing locks.
JAMES DOWNEY AWARD FOR LEGAL HIT OF THE YEAR
You could hear the whoops and 'Oooooo's' in the Eden Park crowd when Tonga's David Halaifonua stopped Wales' Cory Allen dead in his tracks:
https://youtu.be/SS1elp2QjPw
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