Caelan Doris and Neve Jones pick up Player of the Year awards

WINNER: Bank of Ireland Group Director Paula Murphy presents the Irish Men’s XV’s Players Player of the Year award to Caelan Doris.  Pic Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Caelan Doris and Neve Jones landed the top awards from their peers at the 2023 Rugby Players Ireland Awards in Dublin on Wednesday night while Jack Crowley’s week of celebrations continued following his drop-goal heroics with Munster.

Leinster and Ireland back-rower Doris was named the Bank of Ireland’s Men’s XVs Players’ Players of the Year 2023 ahead of fellow nominees and Grand Slam-winning team-mates Mack Hansen, Hugo Keenan and Dan Sheehan. The 25-year-old was ever present at No.8 in Ireland’s historic first Test series win against the All Blacks in New Zealand last summer and started all five games in Ireland’s clean sweep of this year’s Guinness Six Nations.