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17 May, 23:37
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17 May, 23:15
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Race is on to become ERC European Player of the Year 2013
11 January 2013 11:56am
By Mark Jones
Rob Kearney: ERC European Player of the Year 2012
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With the Pool stages of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup no completed, ERC, the governing body of European club rugby's two tournaments, will be stepping up the search for the ERC European Player of the Year 2013.
The Leinster Rugby full back won the prestigious title in 2012 after helping his club clinch the Heineken Cup for the third time in four years. Kearney succeeded his Leinster teammate, Sean O'Brien, who won the accolade in 2011.
Now the quest is underway again to find this season's winner, and a longlist of 15 contenders, based on the pool stage performances of players from the 44 clubs in both the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup competitions, will be announced on Monday, 21 January following nominations from a Judging Panel.
The Judging Panel will also have the option to consider additional players who make outstanding contributions during the quarter-final and semi-final matches for their five-man shortlist following the semi-finals with the overall winner named directly after the ERC European club rugby finals weekend in May 2013.
In addition to the decision of the panel, the 44 clubs in ERC's tournaments will also have the opportunity to vote for contenders on the shortlist while supporters will also have their say on Twitter using #ERCPlayer2013 and on the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup Facebook pages.
The Judging Panel for this season's award is: Stuart Barnes (Sky Sports), Stephen Jones (Sunday Times), Will Greenwood (World Cup winner and two-time Challenge Cup winner), Emmanuel Massicard (Midi Olympique) and Gerry Thornley (Irish Times).
| Player | Club | Games | Points |
| Morgan Parra | ASM Clermont Auvergne | 6 | 90 |
| Owen Farrell | Saracens | 6 | 75 |
| Dan Parks | Connacht | 5 | 68 |
| Leigh Halfpenny | Cardiff Blues | 4 | 63 |
| Dan Biggar | Ospreys | 6 | 63 |
| Gareth Steenson | Exeter Chiefs | 6 | 63 |
| Johnny Sexton | Leinster | 6 | 62 |
| Nick Evans | Harlequins | 5 | 61 |
| Ben Botica | Harlequins | 6 | 57 |
| Jonny Wilkinson | Toulon | 6 | 52 |
| Player | Club | Games | Tries |
| Alex Cuthbert | Cardiff Blues | 6 | 5 |
| Napolini Nalaga | ASM Clermont Auvergne | 6 | 5 |
| George Pisi | Northampton Saints | 6 | 4 |
| Wesley Fofana | ASM Clermont Auvergne | 5 | 4 |
| Simon Zebo | Munster | 6 | 4 |
| Danny Care | Harlequins | 6 | 4 |
| Juan Imhoff | Racing Metro 92 | 4 | 4 |
| Player | Club | Games | Points |
| Freddie Burns | Gloucester Rugby | 4 | 70 |
| Nick Robinson | London Wasps | 5 | 57 |
| Paul Griffen | Rugby Calvisano | 6 | 57 |
| Tom Prydie | Newport Gwent Dragons | 5 | 55 |
| Alex Davies | London Welsh | 6 | 52 |
| Joe Carlisle | Worcester Warriors | 2 | 50 |
| Declan Cusack | Bizkaia Gernika RT | 6 | 50 |
| Raphael Lagarde | Agen | 4 | 43 |
| Jacques-Louis Potgeiter | Bayonne | 4 | 42 |
| Danny Gray | Worcester Warriors | 3 | 41 |
| Player | Club | Games | Tries |
| Horacio Agulla | Bath | 4 | 6 |
| Francis Fainifo | Stade Francais Paris | 6 | 6 |
| Adrien Plante | Perpignan | 5 | 6 |
| Andy Short | Worcester Warriors | 6 | 6 |
| Blair Cowan | Worcester Warriors | 4 | 5 |
| Armand Battle | Perpignan | 4 | 5 |
| Josh Drauniniu | Worcester Warriors | 2 | 5 |
| Laurent Bouchet | Grenoble | 4 | 5 |
| Max Stelling | Worcester Warriors | 3 | 5 |
| Remy Bonfils | Stade Francais Paris | 5 | 5 |
Notes
• In 2010, ERC launched the highly acclaimed ERC15 Awards, recognising the efforts of a number of outstanding contributors to the first 15 years of European club rugby competition. Two-time Heineken Cup winner, Ronan O'Gara, was the inaugural recipient of the ERC European Player Award, as the best player over the first 15 years of the two tournaments.
• For the 2010/11 season, ERC moved to present the honour to the best player of the season from the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, selected by a panel of five experts in conjunction with the 44 clubs from the two competitions with supporters also given the opportunity to vote on the shortlist.
• A shortlist of five players will be announced following the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finals (26/27/28 April) and the ERC European Player of the Year 2013 will be selected after the Dublin finals weekend of 17/18 May.
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As the world-class action unfolds over the weekend, a compelling subplot will be the search for a successor to Leinster Rugby's Rob Kearney as the ERC European Player of the Year 2013, which is one of the most prized individual accolades in the game.
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