SARACENS boss Alan Gaffney and fly-half Glen Jackson are in the running to scoop the Guinness Premiership Player and Director of Rugby of the Season awards.

The pair have been instrumental in guiding the Men in Black to semi-finals in both the Premiership and European Challenge Cup and won their respective monthly awards together in December.

Jackson is also odds-on favourite to win the Gilbert Golden Boot after leading the points scoring chart all season.

Meanwhile, Sarries wing Richard Haughton has been nominated as Community Player of the Season.

The winners will be announced at the Guinness Premiership Awards dinner at Lords on May 9.

The full list of awards and nominees is as follows:

Guinness Premiership Player of the Season

Martin Castrogiovanni, Leicester Tigers Martin Corry, Leicester Tigers Glen Jackson, Saracens Shane Jennings, Leicester Tigers Roy Winters, Bristol Rugby

Land Rover Discovery of the Season

Toby Flood, Newcastle Falcons, 21 years old James Haskell, London Wasps, 22 Ryan Lamb, Gloucester Rugby, 20 Tom Rees, London Wasps, 22 Dominic Waldouck, London Wasps, 19

O2 Director of Rugby of the Season

Alan Gaffney, Saracens Richard Hill, Bristol Rugby Patrick Howard, Leicester Tigers Dean Ryan, Gloucester Rugby

MBNA Try of the Season

Nick Abendanon, Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers, Saturday 9th September Tom May, Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks, Tuesday 26th December Ben Cohen, Northampton Saints v NEC Harlequins, Saturday 17th February Mark Foster, Gloucester Rugby v NEC Harlequins, Saturday 17th March Kieran Roche, London Irish v Bristol Rugby, Saturday 16th September Tom Varndell, Leicester Tigers v London Irish, Saturday 18th November

Gilbert Golden Boot

Olly Barkley, Bath Rugby Glen Jackson, Saracens Adrian Jarvis, NEC Harlequins

EDF Energy Community Player of the Season

Richard Haughton, Saracens Matt Perry, Bath Rugby Dale Rasmussen, Worcester Warriors Dave Walder, London Wasps

Gillette Power Award

Alex Brown, Gloucester Rugby Mark Cueto, Sale Sharks Bruce Reihana, Northampton saints Roy Winters, Bristol Rugby