Super Rugby Champions the Chiefs, ITM Cup Champions Canterbury and of course the All Blacks dominate this year’s annual celebration of the best of New Zealand Rugby.
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie and Liam Messam are nominated for Coach of the Year and Player of the Year respectively whilst Canterbury are in line for Team of the Year after their sixth consecutive ITM Cup win.
Messam has also been nominated for the Super Rugby Player of the Year and Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year awards.
Rennie joins All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and All Blacks Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens in nominations for what will be a hard-fought Coach of the Year award.
Fans get to have their say for the first time in the awards' history by deciding the Try of the Year award in an online poll.
The 2013 Steinlager Rugby Awards will be held at the Sky City Auckland Convention Centre on Thursday 5 December.
2013 Steinlager Rugby Awards nominations
New Zealand Rugby Age Grade Player of the Year
Akira Ioane (Auckland Grammar), Damian McKenzie (Christ’s College), Ardie Savea (Wellington), Charles Monro
Rugby Volunteer of the Year
Wayne Dowd (Auckland), Rob Jones (Manawatu), Mario Martinengo (North Harbour)
New Zealand Rugby Referee of the Year
Nicky Inwood, Glen Jackson, Chris Pollock
Heartland Championship Player of the Year
Dwayne Burrows, Jon Dampney, Andrew Scarlett
New Zealand Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year
Kelly Brazier, Kayla McAlister, Portia Woodman
Richard Crawshaw Memorial Sevens Player of the Year
Kurt Baker, Gillies Kaka, Tim Mikkelson
ITM Cup Player of the Year
Marty Banks, Andy Ellis, Victor Vito
Super Rugby Player of the Year
Liam Messam, Ben Smith, Sam Whitelock
Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year
Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Aaron Smith
New Zealand Rugby Women’s Player of the Year
Kelly Brazier, Casey Robertson, Selica Winiata
New Zealand Rugby Coach of the Year
Steven Hansen, Dave Rennie, Gordon Tietjens
Team of the Year
All Blacks, All Blacks Sevens, Canterbury, Chiefs
Kelvin R Tremain Player of the Year
Liam Messam, Kieran Read, Ben Smith
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