Ireland's Caelan Doris has been nominated for World Rugby's men's 15s Player of the Year award. Doris played a key role in Ireland's successful Six Nations and captained Andy Farrell's side to a thrilling win over South Africa in Durban.

No prop has ever won World Rugby’s Men’s Player of the Year award and Nche has failed to make a four-player shortlist

Caelan Doris (IRE) is the only Championship player up for nomination in the men's category. The back rower was a vital cog as Ireland won the Guinness Men’s Six Nations and then captained the team to only a second test victory in South Africa during the summer.

A trio of Springboks headline the four-man Player of the Year shortlist, while another Bok made the Breakthrough Player of the Year category.

Four Springbok stars have been named among the nominees in two of the eight categories at the upcoming 2024 World Rugby Awards in Monaco next week.