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1. Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks) - Few loosehead props can be called match-winners, but Rodd can do it all with excellent scrummaging, carries and dominance during collisions.
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks) - Made more tackles than anyone else on Friday night with 16 and is the reason why his side possesses the best lineout in the division.
3. Marco Ricconi (Saracens) - Remarkable cameo after Fraser Balmain limped off after just a minute. Scrum supremity and he’s a force of nature to stop when he gets going.
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens) - Player of the match in a must win match for Sarries. Showed a different side of his game with 14 carries and continues to revel in leadership duties for Saracens and England.
5. Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs) - Super consistent in the engine room, a precious gem for Exeter and Wales. He made brilliant tackles, fierce carries, and you really wouldn't be that surprised if he goes down under this summer.
6. Olly Cracknell (Leicester Tigers) - Made the most carries on Sunday (20) and was third highest in metres made (70). It was a rock solid performance in defeat.
7. Juan Martin Gonzalez (Saracens) - He made a sumptuous line to score an early try before combining his potency with ferocious defence. Someone with great balance in his game.
8. Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints) - Pace of a winger, power of a back row this young man has a great future ahead of him. He scored one of the tries of the season on Friday night. Will the potential Lions bolter be going to Argentina or Australia this summer?
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9. Tomos Williams (Gloucester) - Basketball-style offloads, how good was it to see the Welsh wizard playing with freedom and flair following a difficult Six Nations? Special mention for Newcastle's Joe Davis - interception try on debut.
10. Finn Russell (Bath) - Illustrated a variety of passing and is in great form off the tee following a disappointing Six Nations. When he's given front foot ball, I'm not sure there's a better 10 to watch than the Scottish Messi.
11. Angus Hall (Saracens) - Unbelievable finish for first Premiership try on debut. Welford Road is a difficult place to go at the best of times but the England U20s flyer joined an increasingly long list of graduates who look comfortable in the topflight.
12. Seb Atkinson (Gloucester) - Assisted tries, scored a few tries and looked the real deal with great support lines combined with his powerful carries. Is he Argentina-bound? Special mention goes to Exeter's Will Rigg.
13. Max Ojomoh (Bath) - At the heart of everything good Bath did on Saturday in their freescoring performance over Quins. He's showcasing his ability to pick teams off with interceptions, is running hard and showing silky hands.
14. Christian Wade (Gloucester) - Hat-trick of great scores, chip chase in tight space the pick of the bunch, he's flourishing in their backline. Chris Ashton's record is fast approaching.
15. Santiago Carreras (Gloucester) - The Cherry and Whites creator with silky, delicate kicks in behind and precise offloads to set up tries. Boy, they will miss him when he moves to arch-rivals Bath.