3 Nov 2020
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Itoje and Youngs nominated for Guinness Six Nations award
England pair Maro Itoje and Ben Youngs have been nominated for the Guinness Six Nations player of the championship.
The pair are nominated alongside French trio Grégory Alldritt, Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack as well as Ireland's CJ Stander.
Youngs scored twice on his 100th cap as England secured the title with a bonus-point 34-5 win against Italy in Rome, while Itoje played every minute of England's successful campaign across the five rounds.
The championship win was a record 29th title for England, two more than their nearest rivals Wales, and Eddie Jones’ third title in five years since taking charge.
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones won the award in 2019 with the last England player to win full back Mike Brown in 2014.
