• Four Welsh and three French players among the 12 named
• Scotland receive two nominations despite losing every match
Donnacha Ryan is in the running to be named Six Nations player of the championship but not a single England player is on a 12-man shortlist dominated by Welsh players.
Sam Warburton, Dan Lydiate, Alex Cuthbert and Mike Phillips were included, along with Julien Malzieu, Yoann Maestri and Imanol Harinordoquy from France. However, despite three away wins, including last weekend's win over France in Paris, no England player made the list.
Even Scotland's David Denton and Ross Rennie, who are battling to avoid the wooden spoon along with the Italy captain, Sergio Parisse, were nominated. Ireland's Jonny Sexton completed the list.
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