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Retallick up for another award

New Zealand lock and World Rugby Player of the Year, Brodie Retallick, has been nominated alongside fellow All Blacks Richie McCaw and Aaron Smith for the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year award.

The award forms part of New Zealand's rugby awards which recognises the contributions to the game as well as outstanding performances by teams and individuals.

Retallick has also picked up a nomination in the Super Rugby Player of the Year category alongside Crusaders wing Nemani Nadolo and Blues flank Jerome Kaino.

To go with their World Rugby Team of the Year and Coach of the Year awards,The All Blacks and coach Steve Hansen have been nominated in the Team of the Year and Coach of the Year categories, respectively.

Under Hansen's guidance the All Blacks equalled the record of 17 consecutive victories by a major nation, secured a clean sweep in the series against England, won the Bledisloe Cup for a 12th year in a row, secured a third successive Rugby Championship title and returned home undefeated from their Northern Hemisphere tour.

The All Blacks are joined as nominees for Team of the Year by Auckland Storm, who picked up their seventh straight Women's Provincial Championship title, and this year's Cup Championship and Premiership winners, Manawatu Turbos and TenderLink Taranaki.

Taranaki's fairytale claim on their first ITM Cup Premiership title, coupled with the Maori All Blacks successful two match tour of Japan sees the coach of both teams; Colin Cooper receive a nod for Coach of the Year. Also recognised for propelling Tasman into their first Cup Premiership Final is Makos coach Kieran Keane.

The New Zealand Women's Sevens team secured their second successive Women's Sevens Series title this year, earning regular team members Sarah Goss, Kayla McAlister and Tyla Nathan-Wong nominations for Women's Sevens Player of the Year.

The All Blacks Sevens won their fourth consecutive World Series title this year. Captain DJ Forbes was again the team's lynchpin and along with Scott Curry earned spots in the IRB Sevens Dream Team of the Year. They, along with the 2013 IRB Sevens Player of the Year Tim Mikkelson, are nominated for the Richard Crawshaw Memorial Sevens Player of the Year.

The Awards will be held at the Viaduct Events Centre on Thursday, December 11.

Awards nominations:

Age Grade Player of the Year:

Mitchell Karpik

Damian McKenzie

Sio Tomkinson

Charles Monro Volunteer of the Year:

Dean File  

Mike Nitz  

Trudie van Leeuwen-Cruthers

Referee of the Year:

Jessica Beard

Nick Briant

Glen Jackson

Championship Player of the Year:

Josh Clark

James Lash

Gary Redmond

Women's Sevens Player of the Year:

Sarah Goss

Kayla McAlister

Tyla Nathan-Wong

Richard Crawshaw Memorial Sevens Player of the Year:

Scott Curry

DJ Forbes

Tim Mikkelson

Fans Try of the Year:

Beauden Barrett; Hurricanes v Highlanders

Malakai Fekitoa; Sharks v Highlanders

Alapati Leiua; Crusaders v Hurricanes

Cup Player of the Year:

Shane Christie

Nehe Milner-Skudder

Seta Tamanivalu

Super Rugby Player of the Year:

Jerome Kaino

Nemani Nadolo

Brodie Retallick

Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year:

Liam Messam

Charlie Ngatai

Aaron Smith

Women's Player of the Year:

Rawinia Everitt

Fiao’o Fa’amausili

Amiria Rule

Coach of the Year:

Colin Cooper

Steve Hansen

Kieran Keane

Team of the Year:

All Blacks

Auckland Storm

Manawatu Turbos

TenderLink Taranaki

Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year:

Richie McCaw

Brodie Retallick

Aaron Smith

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