5 nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year Award

The nominees for the SA Rugby Awards have been announced. The 5 players for the SA Rugby Player of the Year are:

1 Pieter-Steph du Toit

2 Aphiwe Dyantyi

3 Malcolm Marx

4 Franco Mostert

5 Handré Pollard

Both Malcom Marx and Pieter-Steph du Toit are previous winners of the top South African Award.

The other categories and nominees are as follows - with the winners being announced before the start of the 2019 Super Rugby Competition

SA Rugby Young Player of the Year

1 Aphelele Fassi

2 Sbu Nkosi

3 Embrose Papier

4 RG Snyman

5 Damian Willemse

Team of the Year

1 Emirates Lions (Vodacom Super Rugby runners-up)

2 Cell C Sharks (Currie Cup Premier Division winners)

3 Springbok Sevens (HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series winners)

Coach of the Year

1 Swys de Bruin (Emirates Lions)

2 Rassie Erasmus (Springboks)

3 Neil Powell (Springbok Sevens)

Springbok Sevens Player of the Year

1 Werner Kok

2 Ruhan Nel

3 Dylan Sage

Junior Springbok Player of the Year

1 Tyrone Green

2 Salmaan Moerat

3 Wandisile Simelane

4 Damian Willemse

Vodacom Super Rugby Player of the Tournament

1 Aphiwe Dyantyi (Emirates Lions)

2 Malcolm Marx (Emirates Lions)

3 Franco Mostert (Emirates Lions)

Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year

1 SP Marais (DHL Western Province)

2 Sergeal Petersen (DHL Western Province)

3 Akker van der Merwe (Cell C Sharks)

Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year

1 Divan Nel (SWD Eagles)

2 Anrich Richter (Hino Valke)

3 Etienne Taljaard (Hino Valke)

SuperSport Rugby Challenge Player of the Year

1 Enver Brandt (Tafel Lager Griquas)

2 Ruwellyn Isbell (iCOLLEGE Pumas)

3 Chris Smith (iCOLLEGE Pumas)

4 Stefan Ungerer (iCOLLEGE Pumas)