Who's your pick as Munster's player of the season?
Too long have tight five players been ignored for awards both real and hypothetical. They’re the ones who make everyone else look good. Without the workhorses getting stuck in relentlessly, the flashier players tend to struggle.
He has continued to do it aggressively well for Munster this season. Kleyn has hit 381 Munster rucks, according to Opta’s data. Only Gavin Coombes has hit more with an impressive 396. Steve Haag Sports / Steve Haag/INPHO Jean Kleyn in South Africa this week. Steve Haag Sports / Steve Haag/INPHO / Steve Haag/INPHO
Kleyn was a standout in the superb 26-24 win over the South African side in Cape Town last month, making some big plays at key moments. So Kleyn would be a popular choice as Munster’s official player of the season but he has competition. For starters, Coombes has a big claim as the successor to Jack O’Donoghue for the award. Coombes already won it in 2020/21.
Tadhg Beirne has been as brilliant as ever and has played more than 1,000 minutes for Munster on top of all of his Ireland efforts, which captain Peter O’Mahony has also done. But it’s hard to look beyond the Munster back three for the fiercest contenders to Kleyn for player of the season. Once again, Mike Haley has been brilliant at fullback, offering ultra-solid basics and showing much more of his ability on counter-attack having clearly been given license to do so.
Nash missed that win over Leinster, with Keith Earls a superb replacement on the right wing, but he has been first-choice for most of this season.
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