The new All Black wing Zac Guildford has received three nominations for the 2009 Rugby Awards to be held in Auckland next month.
The 20-year-old Hawkes Bay winger has been nominated as the New Zealand Rugby Union Age Grade Player of the Year, the Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year, and the Air New Zealand Cup Player of the Year.
Other notable nominations are All Black and Bay of Plenty first five-eight Mike Delany for Air New Zealand Cup Player of the Year, and Manawatu's up-and-comer Aaron Cruden for NZRU Age Grade Player of the Year.
The Super 14 Player of the Year award is between All Blacks Mils Muliaina, Ma'a Nonu and Aled de Malmanche.
The nominees are:
NZRU Age Grade Player of the Year
Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
Aaron Cruden (Manawatu)
Zac Guildford (Hawke's Bay)
Winston Stanley (Auckland)
Richard Crawshaw Memorial Sevens Player of the Year
Carla Hohepa (Otago)
Zar Lawrence (Bay of Plenty)
Julian Savea (Wellington)
NZRU Women's Player of the Year
(will be chosen from a list of nominees announced after the Black Ferns play their second and final Test against England on Sunday morning)
The Charles Monro Rugby Volunteer of the Year
Blair Crawford (Otago)
David Hickey (Auckland)
Peter Te Tai (Southland)
Super 14 Player of the Year
Malili (Mils) Muliaina (Chiefs)
Aled de Malmanche (Chiefs)
Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes)
Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year
Zac Guildford (Hawke's Bay, Ngati Kahungunu)
Cory Jane (Wellington, Ngati Kahungunu)
Isaac Ross (Canterbury, Kai Tahu)
Heartland Championship Player of the Year
Jon Dampney (Mid Canterbury)
Sione Ngatu (Poverty Bay)
Asaeli Tikoirutuma (Wanganui)
Air New Zealand Cup Player of the Year
Josh Bekhuis (Southland)
Mike Delany (Bay of Plenty)
Zac Guildford (Hawke's Bay)
Team of the Year
Canterbury (Air New Zealand Cup)
New Zealand Under 20
Wanganui (Heartland Championship)
Coach of the Year
Ian Foster (Chiefs)
Guy Lennox (Wanganui)
Rob Penney (Canterbury)
Dave Rennie (New Zealand Under 20)
