In the last 24 hours, World Rugby has released all the nominations for the awards for the 2022 season. If the nationalities of the players nominated as “Best of the Year” are usually France, Ireland and South AfricaThe flags also have a tricolor next to the name of the candidates for the “Revelation of the Year” award.
At the end of an extraordinary season, In fact, full-back Ange Kapuso could not fail to enter the group of four candidates. Born in 1999, he joins Englishman Henry Arundel and two Irishmen, Dan Sheehan and Mack Hansen.
Fundamental to Italy’s historic success this 2022, first in the Six Nations against Wales and then in the most recent successful Test match against the Wallabies, After competing with the national team and the Toulouse club team, try after try, Kapuso earned this recognition.
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A full-back with a “normal” physique, he also earned a nomination for the best player of the matchday five in the last Six Nations, thanks to two tries in the defeat against Scotland. Now we have to wait till Sunday, November 20 To see if Neela can win the coveted prize.
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