Danny Cipriani may not have been recognised by England this season but he has by his peers. The Gloucester fly-half was one of the five nominees for the Rugby Players’ Association player of the year in a list that was made up entirely of backs and topped the poll 11 years after he won the young player of the year award.
The shortlist did not include a player from Saracens, Saturday’s European Champions Cup finalists for the third season in four who are on course for a seventh Premiership final this decade. Owen Farrell is the only one of the club’s players who has been nominated in the last five seasons, residue, perhaps, of unsubstantiated suggestions – hotly disputed by the club – that they have not adhered to the salary cap regulations with fervour.
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/may/09/danny-cipriani-england-gloucester-play-off-breakdown under the title “The Breakdown | Danny Cipriani can show the England cap would fit in Saracens play-off”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
