Mafi was among the shortlisted names for the Computacenter Players’ Player of the Year Award eventually won by Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans, while Ford was nominated for the LV= Young Player of the Year award which went to Owen Farrell of Saracens.
RPA Computacenter Players’ Awards 2012 Winners:
Computacenter Players’ Player of the Year: 1 Nick Evans, Harlequins; 2 Chris Robshaw, Harlequins; 3 George Pisi, Northampton Saints
LV= Young Player of the Year : 1 Owen Farrell, Saracens; 2 Jonny May, Gloucester; Freddie Burns, Gloucester
RPA Hall of Fame Induction in association with KPMG: Jason Robinson OBE
TAG Heuer Special Merit Award: Hugh Vyvyan, Saracens
HSBC England 7’s Player of the Year: Mathew Turner
RPA Blyth Spirit Award in association with Towergate tlc: Alex Bennett, Lymm RFC
Aviva Player Development Award: Ben Skirving, Bath Rugby
Sunday Times Try of the Year: 1 Michael Claassens, Bath Rugby v London Irish; 2 Ross Chisholm, Gloucester v Harlequins; 3 Tom Brady, Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons
