All Blacks star eyes third world best award

New Zealand's rugby team All Blacks' player Beauden Barrett smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on October 23, 2018. PHOTO | BEHROUZ MEHRI |

By  AFP

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  • Fellow All Black and winger Rieko Ioane, South African duo Malcolm Marx (hooker) and Faf De Klerk (scrum-half) and Irish fly-half Johnny Sexton make up the nominations.
    Barrett, 27 and with 70 caps, scored seven tries this season including four against the Wallabies in a 40-12 win in August.

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New Zealand fly-half Beauden Barrett is in line for a third successive world best player award after being nominated in a short-list of five by World Rugby on Friday.
Fellow All Black and winger Rieko Ioane, South African duo Malcolm Marx (hooker) and Faf De Klerk (scrum-half) and Irish fly-half Johnny Sexton make up the nominations.
Barrett, 27 and with 70 caps, scored seven tries this season including four against the Wallabies in a 40-12 win in August.

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