The Yorkshire-born 23-year-old made more metres with ball in hand than any other Premiership player this season. He is in line for an England XV call against France at Twickenham next Saturday, and then will tour Argentina and the USA with Steve Borthwick’s summer squad.
14 Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
On fire for his club in two spells of the season, scoring for fun as the saying goes, either side of anything but fun as injury struck.
Harlequins’ Cadan Murley in action against Exeter Chiefs (Photo: Getty)
Give the man a gold medal for longevity, as he has started each of Sale Sharks’ last 74 Premiership matches, and played every minute in the league this season, either at No 13 or equally reliably in the 10 or 12 jersey. Max Ojomoh of Bath has rich promise and enjoyed a try-scoring Premiership final win.
12 Joe Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
Woodward edges out Gloucester’s Seb Atkinson and Benhard Janse van Rensburg who was key to Bristol Bears’ surging start to the season.
Attack is his middle name, and a chase back and counter from his 22, battering through Bath’s Ben Spencer, created a length-of-the-field try for the Bears to adorn all their wonderful socials, and the rest of us to smile about forever.
10 Finn Russell (Bath)
You must be excited to see what Russell does, at the peak of his career now, when he is surrounded by the best of Britain and Ireland on the forthcoming Lions tour.
The effervescent Scot captured the second league title of his career in the Premiership final against Leicester, with a standout moment on the big stage when he made the interception for Ojomoh’s try. George Ford was great for Sale, too.
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Finn Russell picks off a Handré Pollard pass to set up Max Ojomoh!
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9 Tomos Williams (Gloucester)
Truth be told, the Welshman did sneak a quick glance before the pass, but that doesn’t diminish the fun and the skill – and what more do you want in a scrum-half? Ben Spencer’s title-winning run with Bath and Jack van Poortvliet’s late-season form are well worth a shout.
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Tomos Williams with a no-look assist to set up Seb Atkinson for the score.
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But the durable Smith can still be counted as one of the league’s signings of the season.
2 Tom Dunn (Bath)
Bath and Sale scored the most league tries from line-outs this season, although Sale and Luke Cowan-Dickie faltered badly in the semi-finals.
Tom Dunn celebrates Bath winning the European Challenge Cup (Photo: Reuters)
Much wrangling in this selection as to whether to pick the South African as a loosehead in favour of his Bath colleague Will Stuart as the No 3.
But tighthead is the position where Du Toit has made most of his mighty impact, not least with 10 tries for club and country this season, including one in the Premiership final for the second year running. Outstanding.
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Yet you can be certain the 30-year-old has prepared diligently for the challenge, and along the way rarely let his standards drop across what are almost always 80-minute stints for his team.
There is nothing quite as uplifting as a second row on the gallop, and Batley likes to do that with a big grin on his face, to add to the appeal and symbolise the Bears’ brash approach to the game.
6 Ted Hill (Bath)
As the Bath head coach Johann van Graan put it after the Premiership final: “Ted just gets things done, as he also goes to the second row and plays for 80 minutes.”
Saracens’ Juan Martin Gonzalez is a miracle worker on his day – have you ever seen the like of his try versus Gloucester in April, with a kick-chase, tackle, turnover and run-in, all in one move? The answer is no.
Bath Rugby’s Ted Hill ‘gets things done’ (Photo: Getty)Northampton’s Henry Pollock shone brightest in Europe, rather than the Premiership, although no one will forget his solo try at Sale in a hurry, and the remarkable 20-year-old is now with the Lions.
8 Tom Willis (Saracens)
Earned his place in the England team in the Six Nations, after a brief look-in during the autumn, and if his form slipped slightly thereafter it was maybe inevitable after a storming start including a showreel try against Bristol.
His rivals for this composite team include Bath’s Miles Reid and Alfie Barbeary, and Leicester’s Olly Cracknell, plus a shout for Newcastle’s Callum Chick who will be at Northampton Saints when it all kicks off again in September.
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