Your chance to vote for an Irish winner of Six Nations Player of the Tournament

Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray have been nominated for the award

Ireland’s Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been nominated for Six Nations Player of the Tournament. Photo: Inpho
Ireland’s Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been nominated for Six Nations Player of the Tournament. Photo: Inpho

Despite an overall disappointing championship for Ireland at the Six Nations, two of Joe Schmidt’s squad have been nominated for player of the tournament and you decide the winner.

Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been nominated alongside 10 others in a panel put together with the help of Phil Vickery and Gareth Thomas.

As Grand Slam champions, England have the most nominees with three, with Wales, Ireland, France and Scotland having two apiece and Italy having one.

Murray and Sexton will look to join Irish counterparts Brian O’Driscoll (3), Tommy Bowe, Gordon D’Arcy and Paul O’Connell in taking home the trophy.

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Voting closes at midnight tonight, so be quick! You can vote for your player of the championship here.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

England - Billy Vunipola, Jack Nowell and Jonathan Joseph

Wales - Gareth Davies and George North

Ireland - Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray

Scotland - Stuart Hogg and Duncan Taylor

France - Guilhem Guirado and Virimi Vakatawa

Italy - Sergio Parisse.