Dragons wing Aled Brew has been nominated for the Magners League Players’ player of the year award as well as the try of the year award in a ceremony to be held at the Millennium Stadium on Monday night.
Aled Brew played 14 times for the Dragons last season, scoring six tries as the Rodney Parade outfit pushed hard for a top-four berth. Having previously been contracted by both the Blues and Ospreys, Brew became an integral part of a Dragons side that won seven of their nine home fixtures, beating all four Play-Off semi-finalists along the way. Still just 24, Brew impressed not only with his fine finishing ability but also with his substantial work-rate.
Brew is up against Ceri Sweeney, Tommy Bowe, Xavier Rush, and Tim Visser
The players’ player will be the final title handed out on an evening which will be filmed by Magners League broadcast partners S4C and shown ‘as live’ at 21.30 on their channel later that night. The new awards ceremony will also honour the Magners League ‘Coach of the Season’ and the ‘Young Player of the Season’.
“There is so much to celebrate and look back on after a record breaking season in which we launched an end of season Play-Off format to determine our champions. The inaugural Magners League Grand Final between Leinster and the Ospreys proved a great rugby occasion in Dublin and was a fitting finale to a great campaign,” said Tournament Director David Jordan.
“The Magners League Awards programme is something we have been looking to introduce for a few years now and Monday night’s gala ceremony at the Millennium Stadium will not only give us a chance to reflect on last season, but also to look forward to the introduction of our new Italian teams, Benetton Treviso and Aironi Rugby, when the new season kicks-off in two weeks time.
“They will arrive at the start of what will be the 10th anniversary season of tournaments organised by Celtic Rugby and we have come a long way since the first game kicked-off at the Brewery Field on 17 August, 2001.
“What the Magners League Awards will show is just how strong a product we now have. The Magners League will boast more than 200 international players from more than 10 nations next season and both the quality and competitiveness of the league are set to rise again in 2010 /11.”
