Leinster backs James Lowe and Garry Ringrose have been nominated for the 2020 Zurich Irish Rugby Players’ Player of the Year Award.

They are joined on the shortlist by Munster winger Andrew Conway and Ulster scrum-half John Cooney.

Blues back row Caelan Doris is nominated for the Nevin Spence Young Player of the Year Award along with provincial team-mate Ryan Baird and former Ireland 7s player Shane Daly who has impressed in the Munster Rugby backfield.

Before the rugby season stalled, the Irish Women’s XV enjoyed some success in the Six Nations with victories over Scotland and Wales.

While the group will finish out the campaign in the coming weeks, the players have nominated Cliodhna Moloney and Linda Djougang for the Women’s XV Player of the Year 2020, while Edel McMahon, who will miss the remainder of the campaign through injury, is also shortlisted.

Louise Galvin, who just recently announced her decision to retire from international rugby, is joined on the shortlist for Women’s 7s Player of the Year by Kathy Baker and Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, who has won the award on three previous occasions.

Top try scorer on the Men’s World Series in Ireland’s debut campaign, Jordan Conroy is in contention for the Men’s 7s Player of the Year award alongside last year’s winner Terry Kennedy and Harry McNulty.

Player of the Year nominees Conway and Cooney will also contest the Try of the Year award. Conway’s pace at the Ospreys in the Champions Cup and Cooney’s individual brilliance at home to Clermont in the same competition are joined by Robin Copeland’s last-ditch effort against Gloucester.

ZURICH PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020

Andrew Conway                              Munster Rugby

John Cooney                                      Ulster Rugby

James Lowe                                       Munster Rugby

Garry Ringrose                                 Leinster Rugby

NEVIN SPENCE YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020

Ryan Baird                                         Leinster Rugby

Shane Daly                                          Munster Rugby

Caelan Doris                                       Leinster Rugby

TRY OF YEAR 2020

Andrew Conway                              Ospreys v Munster Rugby                        Heineken Champions Cup

John Cooney                                      Ulster Rugby v Clermont                          Heineken Champions Cup

Robin Copeland                                Connacht Rugby v Gloucester Rugby     Heineken Champions Cup

WOMEN’S XVs PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020

Linda Djougang

Edel McMahon

Cliodhna Moloney

ZURICH CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AWARD 2020

Ultan Dillane

Billy Holland

Andrew Porter

WOMEN’S 7S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020

Kathy Baker

Louise Galvin

Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe

MEN’S 7s PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020

Jordan Conroy

Terry Kennedy

Harry McNulty