Kerevi makes Planet Rugby’s Team of the Year

Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi has been included in popular rugby news website Planet Rugby's Team of the Year.

They say that after almost two years away from international rugby, the 28-year-old made an immediate impression on his return. Kerevi might have only played five matches but he was arguably the Wallabies’ best player in all of them and helped them finish the Rugby Championship in fine form. Planet Rugby picked Kerevi as the Inside Centre of the Year.

Other players in Planet Rugby's Team of the Year were All Blacks and Hurricanes fullback Jordie Barrett, All Blacks and Crusaders wing Will Jordan, South Africa and Sharks centre Lukhanyo Am, South Africa and Sharks wing Makazole Mapimpi, Bordeaux and France centre Matthieu Jalibert, France and Toulouse halfback Antoine Dupont, All Blacks and Hurricanes number 8 Ardie Savea, South Africa and Sharks lock Lood de Jager, South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth, Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou, Argentina's hooker Julian Montoya and South Africa’s prop Steven Kitshoff.