Shane Williams named IRB Player of the Year

Posted by Ron | Posted in IRB | Posted on 24-11-2008

I must say I am not really surprised by this one. Wales winger Shane Williams has been named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year for 2008. He beat off competition from Wales teammate Ryan Jones, Scotland scrumhalf Mike Blair, Italy captain Sergio Parisse and New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter. Funnily (or not) no Springbok players were up for the running. Should Jean de Villiers have been included there? Williams had a great year and for me, the highlight was the way he ran ‘inside out’ of Habana in the test earlier in the year. He made South Africa’s best winger look like a junior school boy. Congrats to Williams for the award.

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Comments (1)

Guru said on 25/Nov/2008@9:05 am

Unfortunately I did not follow the 6 nations tournament so I cannot say whether Williams deserved it or not. However, I do find it strange that neither McCaw nor Jean Div were included. In my opinion, those 2 should have been included on the short list atleast.