Rugby: NZ pair on award shortlist

Two New Zealanders have made the shortlist for the International Rugby Board's junior player of the year.

New Zealand under-20 captain Tyler Bleyendaal and wing Julian Savea are both included on a shortlist of four for the award, which will be announced after their team's junior world championship final against Australia at Rosario, Argentina, tomorrow.

Others in contention for the award are Australian centre Robbie Coleman and Argentine first five-eighth Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra.