Saints star Pollock on four-man shortlist for huge global award
Saints star Henry Pollock has been nominated for the World Rugby breakthrough player of the year award.
The Saints Academy graduate has enjoyed a remarkable rise since making his senior club debut aged just 17 in 2022.
After a breakthrough campaign with the black, green and gold in the 2024/25 season, during which he scored 10 tries in 22 appearances, Pollock picked up the PREM breakthrough player of the year award in June 2025 and was also nominated for the Investec Champions Cup player of the year prize.
His first senior cap came from the bench in England’s final fixture of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations, with the 20-year-old scoring two tries in a 68-14 victory against Wales in Cardiff.
And with just 30 minutes of Test rugby to his name, he was selected as the youngest player on the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.
Pollock is joined on the four-match World Rugby player of the year shortlist by New Zealand’s Fabian Holland, South Africa’s Ethan Hooker and Australia’s Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i.
Each nominee has been voted by the World Rugby awards panel, comprised of Jacques Burger, Fiona Coghlan, Victor Matfield, Drew Mitchell, Ugo Monye, Sergio Parisse, Kieran Read and Blaine Scully.
The recipients of the World Rugby Awards 2025 men’s categories will be revealed on Saturday, November 22.