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Salvi and Youngs on Premiership awards shortlist

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Julian Salvi and Tom Youngs have been nominated for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season Award.

Premiership Rugby today confirmed the six-man shortlist for the award and announced the event at the London Hilton, Park Lane, on 9 May is sold out.

The two Leicester forwards are joined on the shortlist by Steve Borthwick (Saracens), Danny Care (Harlequins), Akapusi Qera (Gloucester Rugby) and Christian Wade (London Wasps).

Salvi is the only player who was also included in the shortlist for the 2011-12 award, won by Harlequins and England captain Chris Robshaw.

Salvi and Youngs are also nominated for the Tigers Supporters’ Player of the Year at next Tuesday’s sold-out awards dinner at Welford Road. And Youngs was last week named the Tigers Players’ Player of the Year.

"We are delighted to see the Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards continue to grow, and to see it sold out again with weeks to go is a testament to the appeal of the event," said Phil Winstanley, the rugby director at Premiership Rugby.

"We have enjoyed another breathtaking season on the pitch with so many matches going down to the wire. The length of the deliberations for the awards reflects the current standard of Aviva Premiership Rugby – we had so many compelling candidates."

The shortlist was compiled by a panel of media professionals – Miles Harrison (Sky Sports), Alastair Eykyn (BBC 5 Live), Jill Douglas (freelance), Stephen Jones (Sunday Times), Nick Mullins (ESPN), Adam Hathaway (Chairman of the Rugby Writers' Club and Sunday People), Hugh Godwin (The Independent and Independent on Sunday), David Rogers (Getty Images), and Alan Pearey (Rugby World). They were joined by Phil Winstanley (rugby director at Premiership Rugby) and Paul Morgan (Premiership Rugby’s communication director) who chaired the panel.

On 9 May the following Awards will be made:
Aviva Premiership Player of the Season
Aviva Community Player of the Season
Land Rover Discovery of the Season
QBE Director of Rugby of the Season
Guinness Try of the Season
Gilbert Golden Boot
J.P. Morgan Premiership Rugby Sevens Player of the Season
Top Try Scorer of the Season
Dream Team
Gatorade Game Changer of the Season

The other shortlists will be announced over the next three days.

The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 9 at the sold out Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards at The Hilton, Park Lane.

Past winners of Premiership Rugby Player of the Season - 2011-12: Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 2010-11: Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), 2009-10: Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), 2008-9: Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 2007-8:  James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby). 2006-7: Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester Tigers). 2005-6:  Mike Catt (London Irish) and 2004-5:  Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers).