3 Irish Stars In Running For 6 Nations Award

Ireland captain Paul O’Connell, Conor Murray and Robbie Henshaw have been shortlisted for the 2015 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship award with voting now open.

Click here to make your choice. 12 players are included on the shortlist for the 2015 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship. Voting closes at midnight on Wednesday so move fast!

Five of the countries have players on the shortlist with back-to-back champions Ireland and runners-up England combining to make up seven of the nominees.

For the men in green, captain Paul O'Connell is joined on the list by Munster team-mate Conor Murray and Connacht centre Robbie Henshaw.

How the selection was made:

Throughout the 2015 RBS 6 Nations, each player has been awarded (or deducted) points based on statistical performance across different action categories that cover all aspects of the game.

To ensure fairness, the RBS 6 Nations analysts have weighted the importance of different actions depending on different positions. These categories have been collated to give each player an overall performance score.

The top scoring players are listed below in alphabetical order. Click here to vote now!

Biggar, Dan (WAL)
Ford, George (ENG)
Gray, Jonny (SCO)
Henshaw, Robbie (IRE)
Hogg, Stuart (SCO)
Jones, Alun Wyn (WAL)
Joseph, Jonathan (ENG)
Murray, Conor (IRE)
O'Connell, Paul (IRE)
Parisse, Sergio (ITA)
Vunipola, Billy (ENG)
Youngs, Ben (ENG)

Check out the pictures from Ireland's victory and the back-to-back 6 Nations Championship win here.