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27th March 2015
03:33pm GMT

O'Connell won the public vote (we wonder did our campaign help?) after a marvellous series of games.
Here are his tournament stats;
55 ball carries, 53 metres gained, two clean breaks, three turnovers won, 43 tackles made (11 missed), 14 lineouts won (2 missed), a single defender beaten and one offload.
He also got a crucial try against Scotland and only gave away one penalty all championship.
On the eye test he looked like a superstar and the numbers back it up.
Congrats Paulie....
UPDATE: The Six Nations have now released the details of the vote and O'Connell nabbed 26 per cent of the poll of 18,842 fans.
Second was another second row, Wales' Alun-Wyn Jones while another Irish player, Robbie Henshaw, took third, just ahead of Dan Biggar.
They also have some quotes from the Munster man.
"I'm delighted to receive the RBS Player of the Championship Trophy. When you see the names that have gone before, you realise what a great honour it is. I'm very grateful for all the supporters who voted for me”.Explore more on these topics: