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Exeter Chiefs wing, Jack Nowell was today named the LV= Breakthrough Player for the 2012/13 season after a shortlist of ten nominees from the LV=Cup was put to a public vote.
The LV=Breakthrough Player Award is designed to recognise the next generation of young players under 23 competing in the LV=Cup; a competition renowned for developing future international stars.
Nowell was nominated for the LV= Breakthrough Player Award following his outstanding performances throughout all four pool stages of this season’s LV=Cup and went onto beat the likes of Bath’s Tom Heathcote and Harlequins Luke Wallace to win this year’s award.
The eye catching performances were backed up by the statisticians at Opta, who ranked him as the top performing back in the LV=Cup this season. Nowell beat more defenders and made more metres in attack than any other player in the competition, despite Chiefs failure to reach the knock-out stages.