Four Irish players in contention for European Player of the Year award

Four Irish players have been included on the longlist for the ERC European Player of the Year award for 2014.

Leinster duo Cian Healy and Sean Cronin, along with the Munster pair of Peter O’Mahony and Paul O’Connell, are among the 15 in the hunt for the award following the completion of the pool stages.

Sean O’Brien and Rob Kearney were named the first two winners while Jonny Wilkinson, who is again nominated, won the award following his role in Toulon’s Heineken Cup-winning campaign last year.