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Published 12:35 30 Oct 2015 GMT
Updated 16:03 30 Oct 2015 GMT
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Michael Hooper and David Pocock are the frontrunners for the award, having combined to devastating, turnover-making effect for the Wallabies.
Dan Carter and Julian Savea may overtake them if they can help New Zealand to retain their World Cup trophy.
Former Wallabies star John Eales said: "Being a World Cup year, particular weighting has been given to World Cup performances, where there are four candidates who will contest the final on Saturday.”
The panel that decided the six-man list consists of Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Raphaël Ibanez, Francois Pienaar, Agustín Pichot, Scott Quinnell, Tana Umaga and Paul Wallace.
It also includes journalists Pierre Galy (AFP), Stephen Jones (The Sunday Times), Georgina Robinson (Sydney Morning Herald), Jim Kayes (TV3) and Sergio Stuart (Olé, Argentina) and 'the 20 participating teams at the World Cup'.
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