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    Posted: 17-Dec-2019 at 9:39am

The Springboks’ successful 2019 season is reflected by the nominations in a number of the main categories in the annual SA Rugby Awards, with World Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit and fellow global nominee, Cheslin Kolbe, both ranked in the top five local players for the season.

 

Du Toit, a two-time winner of the SA Rugby Player of the Year Award, and Kolbe, who recently walked away with a string of accolades in France, face stiff opposition from red-hot backs Damian de Allende and Makazole Mapimpi, and another former winner in Duane Vermeulen, for the top individual prize for 2019.

 

Furthermore, the Springboks and Rassie Erasmus, who were also honoured at the World Rugby Awards last month, have been nominated in the prestigious Team and Player of the Year categories.

 

Neil Powell and the Blitzboks, and Franco Smith and his Currie Cup-winning Toyota Free State Cheetahs side are the other nominees in these categories.

 

The nominees for Young Player of the Year (U23) are Curwin Bosch, Herschel Jantjies, Sbu Nkosi, JJ van der Mescht and Damian Willemse.

 

Up for the award of Junior Springbok Player of the Year are SA U20 captain Phendulani Buthelezi, Jaden Hendrikse and JJ van der Mescht, while Kurt-Lee Arendse, Selvyn Davids, Werner Kok and Blitzbok captain Siviwe Soyizwapi have been nominated for the Springbok Sevens Player of the Year award.

 

“We can look back on a wonderful year capped by the Springboks’ magnificent performances in winning the Rugby World Cup and the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, which were the cherry on top for rugby in South Africa after a number of couple of tough years,” said Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby.

 

“The Springboks’ resurgence under Rassie Erasmus and his coaching team culminated in Japan and their nominations are testimony to this.

 

“We’re also very proud of the Blitzboks and Neil Powell. They were in a rebuilding phase and although they didn’t defend their World Series crown, they qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and we back them to repeat the Springboks’ success from this year in Japan.

 

“I would like to congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding performances over the last year and wish them well for 2020, which is an important year for us as we simply have to take the success of the last few months into the new season.”

 

Other categories where awards will be made are: Craven Week Player of the Tournament, Outsurance Referee of the Year, Springbok Women’s Achiever of the Year, and Club Player of the Year.

 

Details of the announcement of the winners’ names will be made early in the new season next year.

 

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

 

SA Rugby Player of the Year

1 Damian de Allende

2 Pieter-Steph du Toit

3 Cheslin Kolbe

4 Makazole Mapimpi

5 Duane Vermeulen

 

SA Rugby Young Player of the Year

1 Curwin Bosch

2 Herschel Jantjies

3 Sbu Nkosi

4 JJ van der Mescht

5 Damian Willemse

 

Team of the Year

1 Toyota Free State Cheetahs

2 Springboks

3 Springbok Sevens

 

Coach of the Year

1 Rassie Erasmus

2 Neil Powell

3 Franco Smith

 

Junior Springbok Player of the Year

1 Phendulani Buthelezi

2 Jaden Hendrikse

3 JJ van der Mescht

 

Springbok Sevens Player of the Year

1 Kurt-Lee Arendse

2 Selvyn Davids

3 Werner Kok

4 Siviwe Soyizwapi

 

Vodacom Super Rugby Player of the Tournament

1 Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers)

2 Handre Pollard (Vodacom Bulls)

3 Duane Vermeulen (Vodacom Bulls)

 

Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year

1 Joseph Dweba (Toyota Free State Cheetahs)

2 Tyrone Green (Xerox Golden Lions)

3 Ruan Pienaar (Toyota Free State Cheetahs)

 

Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year

Cody-Anthony Basson (Down Touch Griffons)

Athenkosi Mayinje (EP Elephants)

3 Domingo Miotti (Jaguares XV)

4 Robbie Petzer (Down Touch Griffons)

 

SuperSport Rugby Challenge Player of the Year

1 Jamba Ulengo (Toyota FS Cheetahs XV)

2 Anthony Volmink (Tafel Lager Griquas)

3 George Whitehead (Tafel Lager Griquas)

 

SA Rugby Associate Member of the Year:

1 SA Deaf Rugby Association (SADRA)

2 SA Rugby League Sporting Associations (SARLSA)

3 SA Schools Rugby Association (SASRA)

4 SA Wheelchair Rugby (SAWR)

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SA Rugby Player of the Year

3 Cheslin Kolbe

 

SA Rugby Young Player of the Year

2 Herschel Jantjies

 

Team of the Year

2 Springboks

 

Coach of the Year

1 Rassie Erasmus

 

Vodacom Super Rugby Player of the Tournament 

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Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year

1 Joseph Dweba (Toyota Free State Cheetahs)

 

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