All four Welsh clubs have held their end-of-season awards
With the regular season now over, it’s naturally time to reflect on who has impressed over the course of the year.
Cardiff might still have a United Rugby Championship quarter-final left to play – with their season still having another 80 minutes at least left in the tank – but all four Welsh sides have handed out their end-of-season awards in recent days.
So, who have been the big winners?
Cardiff
Starting in the Welsh capital, Wales centre Ben Thomas picked up the Peter Thomas player of the season gong – which is the award picked by the coaches.
Openside Dan Thomas was named player’ player of the season, while wing Tom Bowen was the night’s big winner – taking home three awards.
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As well as being named fan’s player of the season and breakthrough of the season, his score against the Stormers was also voted try of the season.
Combined with his scores against Munster and Racing 92, Bowen dominated that particular award – garnering more than 97 per cent of the public vote.
Osian Darwin-Lewis was named academy player of the season, while the retiring Leigh Halfpenny was handed a special recognition award.
Dragons
Moving to Rodney Parade, centre Aneurin Owen became just the second player to win the Tony Brown player of the season award in consecutive season.
Acheiving the same feat as back-row Joe Bearman in 2008 and 2009, Owen also picked up the Ed Jackson players’ player of the season award to go along with his coaches’ player of the season gong.
Scrum-half Che Hope picked up the young player of the season award after a breakthrough campaign that catapulted him into Wales contention.
Former Wales U20s captain Harry Beddall was named academy player of the season, having shone in his first season in Newport after joining from Leicester Tigers.
David Richards’ score against Munster was named try of the season.
Ospreys
At the Ospreys, it was a superb night for Wales forward James Ratti.
The back-row, who can also play in the second-row, collected four awards – coaches’ player of the season, players’ player of the season, Ospreys man of steel and Ospreys man of the year.
Wales fly-half Dan Edwards – who committed his future to the club this season – was named supporters’ player of the season.
Keelan Giles’ effort against Cardiff was named try of the season.
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Scarlets
Finishing with the Scarlets, new signing Fletcher Anderson unsurprisingly bagged himself a couple of prizes.
Hooker Ryan Elias was named coaches’ player of the season, after a strong campaign that has forced his way back into the Wales squad.
But Anderson, having been a revelation since arriving from New Zealand, picked up the players’ and supporters’ player of the season awards.
Young loosehead Josh Morse was named breakthrough player of the season, while Ellis Mee’s score against Ulster was voted the try of the season.
Jac Davies grabbed the senior academy player of the season, with Gabe McDonald grabbing the senior academy man of steel award.
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