Last year’s local winner, Nadine Roos, has been nominated again for the Women’s Player of the Year Award. SA Rugby announced the nominees – as voted for by members of the media and national teams coaching staff – in nine categories on Friday.

The various winners will be announced in due course, along with the annual Outsurance Referee of the Year, Provincial Women’s Player of the Year, Associate Member of the Year and the FNB Fans’ Moment of the Year awards.

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year

• Pieter-Steph du Toit
• Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
• Malcolm Marx
• Ox Nche
• Jasper Wiese

 SA Rugby Women’s Player of the Year

• Byrhandré Dolf
• Aseza Hele
• Libbie Janse van Rensburg
• Babalwa Latsha
• Nadine Roos

 SA Rugby Young Player of the Year

• Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Springboks / DHL Stormers)
• Ethan Hooker (Springboks / Hollywoodbets Sharks)
• Canan Moodie (Springboks / Vodacom Bulls)
• Haashim Pead (Junior Springboks / Lions)
• Zachary Porthen (Springboks / DHL Stormers)

Springbok Sevens Men’s Player of the Year

• Selvyn Davids
• Shilton van Wyk
• Impi Visser

 Junior Springbok Player of the Year

• Cheswill Jooste
• Riley Norton
• Haashim Pead

Team of the Year

• Junior Springboks
• Springboks
• Springbok Sevens

 Coach of the Year

• Swys de Bruin (Springbok Women)
• Rassie Erasmus (Springboks)
• Kevin Foote (Junior Springboks)
• Philip Snyman (Springbok Sevens)

Carling Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year

• Donavan Don (Sanlam Boland Kavaliers)
• Gurshwin Wehr (Suzuki Griquas)
• George Whitehead (Suzuki Griquas)

 Carling Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year

• Keagan Fortune (Valke)
• Andrew Kota (NovaVit Griffons)
• Willem van den Hever (NovaVit Griffons)

 FNB Fans’ Moments of the Year

• The Springboks’ defence of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title
• The Springbok Women’s best-ever performance at a Rugby World Cup
• The Springboks’ unbeaten run on the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour in November
• The Junior Springboks winning the World Rugby U20 Championship
• The Springboks’ record victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand
• The Springbok Sevens winning the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles

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