All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick has beaten out teammate Beauden Barrett to win International Rugby Players Try of the Year award in Monaco.
Retallick's try came against the Wallabies in the opening Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.
The try started and finished with the All Blacks second-row.
Retallick won a turnover inside New Zealand's half and offloaded the ball to Damian McKenzie to launch the counter-attack.
Beauden Barrett and Ben Smith helped take play into the Australian half before the All Blacks recycled and swung the ball from right to left, the fly-half finding Retallick who sold Bernard Foley with an outrageous dummy and ran in from nearly 30 metres.
Ironically, Barrett was the one who accepted the award as Retallick is en-route back to New Zealand after the All Blacks' northern tour.
"It shows the skill level of the forwards these days," Barrett said when accepting the award. "He's a top player. He'll probably throw it [award] in the garage among his cars, he's not one to brag."
Ireland number eight CJ Stander and Scotland's New Zealand born winger Sean Maitland were also nominated for their tries against France and England respectively.
The award was selected by a panel of former players including New Zealand's Melodie Robinson, Ireland's Ronan O'Gara, Italy's Marco Bortolami and Wales' Shane Williams.
Full winners list:
World Rugby Men's Player of the Year: Johnny Sexton (Ireland)
World Rugby Women's Player of the Year: Jessy Tremouliere (France)
World Rugby Team of the Year: Ireland
World Rugby Coach of the Year: Joe Schmidt (Ireland)
World Rugby Referee of the Year: Angus Gardner (Australia)
IRP Try of the Year: Brodie Retallick (All Blacks)
World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year: Aphiwe Dyantyi (South Africa)
World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year: Perry Baker (USA)
World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year: Michaela Blyde (Black Ferns Sevens)
IRP Special Merit Award: DJ Forbes (New Zealand), Stephen Moore (Australia)
World Rugby Spirit of Rugby Award: Jamie Armstrong
World Rugby Award for Character: Doddie Weir - Former Scotland international
Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Yoshirō Mori - President of the Japan Rugby Union
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