Rugby-Italy's Menoncello voted player of Six Nations

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Italy v Scotland - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - March 9, 2024 Italy's Paolo Garbisi and Tommaso Menoncello celebrate after the match REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

(Reuters) - Italy centre Tommaso Menoncello was named the player of the 2024 Six Nations Championship on Friday, after winning 33% of the votes cast by 146,000 rugby fans.

Menoncello, 21, won out ahead of England flanker Ben Earl, Ireland centre Bundee Aki and Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe to become the youngest winner of the award and only the second Italian, after Andrea Masi won in 2011.