Zoe Harrison

So, undoubtedly...

Quick one, just to say the Women's World Team of the Year has been announced and we've got almost a third of the team in Sophie de Goudie, Leah Baps, Zoe Harrison and Jess Breach.

I mean, well deserved.

I mean, if they didn't get in, there'd be something seriously wrong with the selection committee, wouldn't there, Sam?

That was announced earlier this week.

The Dream Team is... quite hard to argue with, with one exception, I would probably say, and that is Braxton Somerset-McGee, Jess Breach, Meg Jones, Sylvia Brunt, Isha Latiga, Zoe Harrison, Olivia Rapps, Hannah Bottoman, Amy Cocaine, Delika Menin, Sophie Degudi, Maya Roos, Manny Fionnati, Leah Champion, and Olsen Baker, obviously.

Yeah, sure, whatever.

It...

The pair were surprised with their awards in live presentations after their win in Christchurch.

Olsen-Baker was chosen ahead of England's Zoe Harrison and Meghan Jones and Canada's Dalika Menon.

Scotland has made Dave Butcher the permanent head coach of Scotland after he led the team on an interim basis through a winless WXV.

Butcher, a former Canada assistant, joined his forwards coach in February under Siona Fukafuka and stepped up when Fukafuka resigned in August, eight days before he was named Wallaroo's head coach.

There's no two ways about it.

But I did just think to myself, what more can Zoe Harrison do in a 10 shirt to actually win this? that trophy because she was 94 off the tee in the six nations she was a game changer in that match at allianz stadium against new zealand and she's had moments like that as well against canada in i know they didn't win that but she was still the one stepping up continually but lisa what were your thoughts I mean, I

was surprised.

I mean, first off, I was surprised that Olivia Apps was even in that because she has also been outstanding as well.

But yeah, I saw the nominations come out and I was like, shoehorn, absolutely.

Zoe Harrison, she has been outstanding, not only internationally, but down at club as well, down at Saracens and the PWR.

Obviously, we're probably a little bit biased because we can see that we have the opportunity to watch her more frequently than the likes of Piper Olsen-Baker.

But again, it just comes down to what criteria are the nominations committee looking at? Are they looking at stats? Are they looking at impact on the game? Obviously, we know that Olsen Baker is going to have so many carries and tackles and impacts both sides of the game.

Two of them from England who played have, you know, rather famously just lost their last two matches.

One of them being Zoe Harrison, fly half, who doesn't have full control of her, of the 10 jersey.

She only plays like half the games because the other fly half starts the other half.

But that's World Player of the Year.

I do think, in the end of the day, Liv App should win.

Of the people who are nominated, I think Delika is kind of inevitable, and I do know that Meg Jones will probably win.

Oh, Zoe Harrison.

Zoe Harrison might win, too.

Speaking of strong independent women, did you see World Rugby Now's Player of the Year nominations earlier in the week? Interesting.

Zoe Harrison, obviously that absolute victory-clenching moment where she intentionally didn't make the penalty in order to be able to score the intercept.

to secure the win over the Black Ferns.

Everyone called it then.

Zoe Harrison, congratulations on your nomination for Women's 15th Player of the Year.

And also, crucially, we need to qualify that as well as the best kicker, male or female, in the game.

Full stop, right now, in terms of success rate.

Yeah.

We're going to do some good news, Harriet, before we start the full thing.

And the first thing to say is congratulations to Zoe Harrison.

Another bad result for the women.

In Canada, unfortunately, a bigger defeat than last time, but well done to the Canadian studio and so really good to the front.

But Zoe Harrison has been nominated for Women's World of the Year, and quite frankly, As far as I'm concerned, she should get it.

Although, potentially, because Meg Jones has also been nominated, the English vote might split, which will allow one of the other two girls.

They were both great players, of course.

But Zoe Harrison, she's just a class above.

Correct.

So player of the year, you've got two from England, Zoe Harrison and Megan Jones.

Got a Canadian player.

Woo.

No.

World champions Zoe Harrison and Megan Jones of England.

They, of course, are nominated for World 15's Player of the Year.

But also Delika Manin, who is the Canadian player who plays for Exeter Chiefs.