Premiership dominates European POTY shortlist

12:42 PM GMT

Players from Aviva Premiership clubs dominate the shortlist for 2016 European Player of the Year.

This weekend Wasps, Saracens, Leicester Tigers and Racing 92 will play in the European Champions Cup semifinals and personnel from their clubs form the bulk of the 15-player shortlist.

Saracens head the list with a quartet of England internationals: Billy Vunipola, George Kruis, Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje. Wasps have three on the shortlist with Elliot Daly, George Smith and Charles Piutau making the cut while Exeter's Thomas Waldrom, Leicester's Vereniki Goneva, Harlequins' Jack Clifford and Northampton's George North also feature.

Racing 92 have two players on the shortlist -- fly-half Dan Carter and winger Juan Imhoff -- while Toulon's Steffon Armitage, who won the award in 2014, also features alongside his club team-mate Guilhem Guirado.

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Premiership dominates European POTY shortlist