Dusautoir wins IRB Player award

Published 24 October 2011 | By grootblousmile

France captain Thierry Dusautoir was named the International Rugby Board (IRB) player of the year for 2011 at a ceremony in Aucklad on Monday.

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Dusautoir received his award the day after leading France in their nailbiting 8-7 World Cup final loss to New Zealand at Eden Park.

New Zealand were named team of the year, with All Blacks boss Graham Henry the coach of the year.

2 Responses to Dusautoir wins IRB Player award

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grootblousmile on 24 October 2011 at 2:06 pm

He was good in the Final, was’nt he!
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The_Young_Turk on 24 October 2011 at 4:06 pm

Yeah, I’m sure that was meant as a consolation prize.