After an explosive start to the 2014/15 Aviva Premiership season, Aviva has teamed up with Premiership Rugby to give fans their say on the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month award.
Currently decided by a judging panel made up of nine top rugby journalists from print, broadcast and online media, from this month fans will become the 10th judge, joining the esteemed panel of rugby experts to have their say on who deserves to win the coveted monthly award.
With the Autumn Internationals just around the corner, there’s been some standout individual performances in the Aviva Premiership during October. Scrum-half Ben Youngs has led Leicester’s fight back, while Henry Slade has continued to impress for the Exeter Chiefs. The latter will be hoping for an England call-up, but he’ll do well to fight off competition from last month’s Aviva Premiership Player of the Month, Kyle Eastmond. Elsewhere it’s been the battle of the wingers, with Chris Ashton, David Strettle, Charlie Sharples, and Christian Wade all putting in impressive performances, and once again, it’s difficult to ignore Sale fly-half, Danny Cipriani.
Serving as the 10th Judge on the panel, fans can cast their vote by simply visiting www.aviva.co.uk/10thjudge and selecting the name of the player who has impressed them the most each month. Combined with the other nine judge’s votes, the player with the most nominations will be named the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month.
Aviva ambassador Austin Healey said:
“It’s been an epic start to the new Aviva Premiership season with loads of tries and some shock results. Everyone has an opinion on who’s playing well and the pundits definitely don’t always agree, so it’s great that Aviva are giving fans the chance to have their say. I’m sure if the 10th Judge was around when I was playing then I’d have picked up a few more awards!”
Each month Austin Healey will have his say on the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month, and Aviva is rewarding fans for casting their vote, with one lucky fan selected at random each month to win FOUR tickets to an Aviva Premiership game of their choice.* Fans can have their say as 10th judge from 27th October and share their vote with their friends by using #10thJudge on Twitter.
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For more information contact:
Lewis Davey – lewis.davey@synergy-sponsorship.com (020 3128 6815)
Jennifer Mitton – jennifer.mitton@synergy-sponsorship.com (020 3128 6844)
Notes to editors:
About Aviva 10th Judge
Aviva 10th judge will see fans join an esteemed panel of nine top rugby journalists and have their say on who should in the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month award. The Aviva Premiership Player of the Month judging panel includes: Mick Cleary, Jill Douglas, Sarah Mockford, Steve James, Ben Coles, Chris Jones, Nick Mullins, Ali Eykyn, Dave Rodgers and the 10th Judge: The Fans.
How to vote
Fans can vote by simply visiting www.aviva.co.uk/10thjudge and selecting the name of the player who has impressed them the most.
Fans can share their vote with their friends by using #10thJudge on Twitter.
Prize
Each month one lucky fan who voted for the winner of the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month award will be selected at random to win FOUR tickets to an Aviva Premiership game of their choice.
*Aviva Premiership match of winner’s choice subject to availability.