Nick Williams, Luke Marshall and Andrew Trimble triple teamed to round off the perfect weekend for Ulster Rugby as they scooped the top two awards at the RaboDirect PRO12 Awards evening in Dublin tonight (Sunday, 5 May).
Two days after Ulster clinched top spot at the end of the regular season with a convincing 32-17 home win over Cardiff Blues, three of their stand-out players of the season so far were honoured at a star-studded occasion at the Clontarf Castle Hotel.
Marshall and Williams had already been named in the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team for the season last week and Williams scooped the ‘Players’ Player of the Year’ award for his outstanding back row contribution to Ulster’s march into the Play-Off’s.
Marshall picked up the ‘Young Player of the Year’ title after not only breaking into the Ulster side, but also into the Irish national team.
After four seasons playing in the competition at Munster . . .
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