Nominees named for new World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award

World Rugby has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Breakthrough Player of the Year 2015 award, for players who have played less than one year of senior international rugby. The winner will be revealed at the World Rugby Awards dinner in London on 1 November. The three nominees for this new award are Scotland centre Mark Bennett, Georgia scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze and New Zealand winger Nehe Milner-Skudder. While there appears to be an obvious winner in that group, World Cup 1999 winner George Gregan has said that all three nominees have been outstanding, and made huge contributions t…