Three Chiefs on October shortlist

By Mark Stevens
1/11/18

Exeter Chiefs trio Dave Ewers, Matt Kvesic and Henry Slade are among a 10-man shortlist for the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for October.

All three have featured prominently for the Chiefs, who currently head the table after securing a perfect six wins from six games.

It has been a record-breaking opening six rounds of Gallagher Premiership Rugby action already, with 226 tries having been scored, beating last season’s best of 218, as well as 1,905 points being tallied up – another record, beating the previous best of 1,899 in the 1998-99 campaign.

The last two rounds of action saw star names for each of the 12 clubs stand out, with a final shortlist of ten being named:

Dave Ewers – Exeter Chiefs
George Ford – Leicester Tigers
Alex Goode – Saracens
Joel Hodgson – Newcastle Falcons
Maro Itoje – Saracens
Matt Kvesic – Exeter Chiefs
Ryan Mills – Worcester Warriors
Sinoti Sinoti – Newcastle Falcons
Henry Slade – Exeter Chiefs
Mark Wilson – Newcastle Falcons

It is becoming harder than ever to pick one star performer each month, which is why Premiership Rugby have opened the voting to the public on their official app.

The usual panel of nine judges remain – Nick Mullins (BT Sport), Alastair Eykyn (BT Sport), Mick Cleary (The Daily Telegraph), Sarah Mockford (Rugby World), Jonny Fordham (The Sun), Robert Kitson (The Guardian), Chris Jones (BBC 5 Live), David Rogers (Getty Images) and Tom Hamilton (ESPN) with Premiership Rugby Communications Director Paul Morgan acting as chair – but this season the public will act as a tenth judge.

Your vote and those from the other nine judges will then be tallied to reveal the winner.

So to ensure your favourite player wins, get voting on the official Premiership Rugby app. Access the Polls section in the More menu tab and get voting!