Joe Cokanasiga nominated for World Rugby Breakthrough Player of The Year

England's Joe Cokanasiga has been nominated for World Rugby Breakthrough Player of The Year along with Herschel Jantjies of South Africa and Romain Ntamack of France.

Joe Cokanasiga, Herschel Jantjies and Romain Ntamack are the nominees for the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year 2019 award in association with Tudor #WorldRugbyAwardshttps://t.co/jDJlCanh3G

— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) October 30, 2019

21-year-old Cokanasiga announced himself on the international stage with a try on debut against Japan last November and hasn’t looked back with a record of seven tries in his nine tests in the England jersey.

To be eligible for this award, players must have played less than one year of senior international rugby.

The previous winners of the award are New Zealand’s RWC 2015 winner Nehe Milner-Skudder, England forward Maro Itoje, All Blacks winger Rieko Ioane and South Africa winger Aphiwe Dyantyi.

Meanwhile South Africa will face England at 9pm this Saturday while New Zealand will take on Wales at 9pm this Friday in the Bronze playoffs.

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