SA Rugby are readied to introduce the victors of their yearly honors for 2022 on Tuesday early morning. Here’s a tip of the candidates, consisting of the respected Player of the Year award.
SA Rugby introduced the candidates in 9 groups in December and also the victors will certainly be called on Tuesday early morning, together with the yearly Referee of the Year and also the Provincial Women’s Player of the Year.
Springbok captain Kolisi won the award for an outstanding 2021 period and also together with Etzebeth, that came to be the 7th gamer to make his 100 th Springbok Test cap this year, and also Am, whose impact was important prior to he grabbed a season-ending injury in August, the triad were main to the Boks’ initiatives in 2022.
They will certainly be up versus Kurt-Lee Arendse and also Frans Malherbe after the quintet of Boks made one of the most enact the election procedure.
Former Blitzbok celebrity Arendse was superb in his launching period for the Boks and also racked up 7 attempts in as lots of Tests, while the ever-reliant Malherbe, that played in his 50 th Test this year, was a rock in the pack and also he silently set about his work of placing the Boks on the front-foot from very first stage.
For the very first time, media and also SA Rugby stakeholders likewise chose the Springbok Women’s Player of the Year, and also the 5 candidates all played in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in October– in 2014’s champion Lusanda Dumke, 2019 champion Aseza Hele, in addition to Zintle Mpupha, Aphiwe Ngwevu and also Nadine Roos.
The future generation of nationwide gamers were chosen in the group for Young Player of the Year, which just thinks about U23s. They are Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Jaden Hendrikse, Canan Moodie, Evan Roos and also Henco van Wyk.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was likewise chosen in the group for Junior Springbok Player of the Year after he led the SA Under -20 s to an unbeaten run in the Six Nations U20 Summer Series in Italy, while Suleiman Hartzenberg and also Ruan Venter were likewise chosen for this award.
And the 3 Blitzboks that were chosen for the Springbok Sevens Player of the Year Award are Selvyn Davids, Zain Davids and also JC Pretorius.
After an excellent period in which they won 8 Test out of 13 and also had close beats to the top 2 groups worldwide, the Springboks were chosen as one of the 3 Teams of the Year, with the DHL Stormers, victors of the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship, and also the Carling Currie Cup champs, the Airlink Pumas, both various other chosen sides.
These 3 groups’ instructors, John Dobson (DHL Stormers), Jacques Nienaber (Springboks) and also Jimmy Stonehouse (Pumas) likewise obtained one of the most enact the group for Coach of the Year.
The Airlink Pumas’ residential accomplishment was mirrored in the elections for Carling Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year, with 3 males from Mpumalanga up versus each various other for the award– Sebastiaan de Klerk, Willie Engelbrecht and also Devon Williams.
The candidates are (in indexed order):
SA Rugby Player of the Year
Lukhanyo Am
Kurt-Lee Arendse
Eben Etzebeth
Siya Kolisi
Frans Malherbe
Springbok Women’s Player of the Year
Lusanda Dumke
Aseza Hele
Zintle Mpupha
Aphiwe Ngwevu
Nadine Roos
SA Rugby Young Player of the Year
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Junior Springboks/ South Africa ‘A’/ Stormers)
Jaden Hendrikse (Springboks/ Sharks)
Canan Moodie (Springboks/ Vodacom Bulls)
Evan Roos (Springboks/ Stormers)
Henco van Wyk (South Africa ‘A’/ Lions)
Springbok Sevens Player of the Year
Selvyn Davids
Zain Davids
JC Pretorius
Junior Springbok Player of the Year
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
Suleiman Hartzenberg
Ruan Venter
Team of the Year
Airlink Pumas
DHL Stormers
Springboks
Coach of the Year
John Dobson (Stormers)
Jacques Nienaber (Springboks)
Jimmy Stonehouse (Pumas)
Carling Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year
Sebastiaan de Klerk (Pumas)
Willie Engelbrecht (Pumas)
Devon Williams (Pumas)
Carling Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year
Jaiden Baron (Boland Kavaliers)
Jaywinn Juries (Griffons)
Duan Pretorius (Griffons)
Photo: Twitter: @Springboks
