Leinster sealed their place in the last eight in Round 4 and Furlong was one of the reasons for that amazing achievement with his sterling work in the scrum and the loose.

The 27-year-old has already been on the Leinster scoresheet, crossing the whitewash in the 50-21 drubbing of Northampton Saints at the Aviva Stadium in Round 4.

The British and Irish Lion can again expect to line up there for the runaway Pool 1 winners against Saracens in the quarter-finals in April.

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The winner of one of the most prized individual accolades in the world game will receive a specially-struck gold medal as well as the Anthony Foley Memorial Trophy.

Voting for the award is now open HERE and fans will be in the running to win two VIP tickets to the Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille next May with one night’s accommodation courtesy of EPCR, and a signed jersey of one of the Heineken Champions Cup finalist clubs.

The list will be reduced to five players in early May following the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals by a combination of the public vote and the verdict of the judges, and players who have not been included in the initial list of 15, but who make a significant impact in a quarter-final or semi-final match, may be considered for the shortlist.

The voting will then re-open and the winner of the 2020 award will be announced following the Heineken Champions Cup final at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille on Saturday, 23 May.

Leinster Rugby prop Tadhg Furlong has been nominated for the 2020 EPCR European Player of the Year award after being prominent in the Irish province’s march into the quarter-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup.