Mumm up for Top Try Award

By Mark Stevens

Dean Mumm's try in the Aviva Premiership home win over Worcester Warriors back in October has been named on the shortlist for the ITV Sport Try of the season, which will be announced at the forthcoming Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards night at the London Hilton, Park Lane on May 15.

The Australian, who has scored seven tries this season, will face stiff opposition for the prize from fellow top flight stars Christian Wade (London Wasps), Nick Abendanon (Bath), Kelly Brown (Saracens), Jamie Elliott (Northampton Saints) and Logo Mulipola (Leicester Tigers).

Mumm's impressive score - which was last week named Try of the Season at the club's own Awards Night held at Sandy Park - capped a fine passage of play which involved fellow Chiefs Phil Dollman, Dave Lewis and Gareth Steenson in the build-up.

"Stunning one man finishes and tries that travelled through a dozen pair of hands stand side by side on this so I know how hard it was to decide on the winner,” said Phil Winstanley the Rugby Director at Premiership Rugby. "Looking at them, any of the top six would be a worthy winner.”

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The shortlist is:

• Christian Wade v Gloucester Rugby
• Nick Abendanon v Exeter Chiefs
• Kelly Brown v Northampton Saints
• Jamie Elliott v Gloucester Rugby
• Logo Mulipola v Exeter Chiefs
• Dean Mumm v Worcester Warriors

The shortlist was compiled by a panel of media professionals – Stephen Jones (Sunday Times), Chris Hewett (The Independent), Nick Mullins (BT Sport), Ben Coles (Planet Rugby), Mick Cleary (Daily Telegraph), Jill Douglas (ITV Sport), Duncan Bech (Press Association), Alastair Eykyn (BT Sport) and David Rogers (Getty Images). They were joined by Phil Winstanley (Rugby Director at Premiership Rugby) and Paul Morgan (Premiership Rugby’s Communication Director) who chaired the panel.