Heinrich Brüssow, one of the stars of the 2009 season, has been nominated five times and heads the list of nominees with three of his Springbok teammates for awards to be made at the SA Rugby Player of the Year Banquet which will take place at Vodaworld, Midrand, on Monday, November 2.
Apart from Brüssow, Fourie du Preez (four), Springbok captain John Smit (three) and Morné Steyn (three) have also been nominated for multiple awards.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has been rewarded for his remarkable achievements with the national team with a nomination for the Absa Coach of the Year award. Paul Treu, who guided the Springbok Sevens team to glory in the IRB World Sevens Series, has also been nominated in this category.
Brüssow, who made his test debut against England in November 2008, has been nominated for the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year award, as well as the Young Player of the Year, Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year, Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test and Provincial Player of the Year.
Du Preez has been nominated for SA Rugby Player of the Year, Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year, Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year and SuperSport Try of the Year.
Smit's nominations are for SA Rugby Player of the Year, Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Player of the Year and SuperSport Try of the Year.
Steyn, a new Springbok in 2009 who contributed 114 points in their series victory over the British & Irish Lions as well as the successful Vodacom Tri-Nations campaign, has three nominations – SA Rugby Player of the Year, Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year and Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year.
The Springboks' vice-captain, Victor Matfield, has been nominated along with Brüssow, Steyn, Smit and Du Preez for the SA Rugby Player of the Year award.
Two special awards will be made this year, to commemorate the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series. It will be handed to the outstanding player in the seven non-test matches, as well as in the three tests.
All the nominations are (in alphabetical order):
SA Rugby Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Fourie du Preez
Victor Matfield
John Smit
Morné Steyn
Young Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Juan de Jongh
Francois Hougaard
Lionel Mapoe
Frans Steyn
Team of the Year
GWK Griquas – Vodacom Cup and Absa Currie Cup
Springboks
Springbok Sevens
Vodacom Bulls – Vodacom Super 14
Vodacom Western Province – Absa Currie Cup
Absa Coach of the Year
Allister Coetzee – Vodacom Western Province
Peter de Villiers – Springboks
Frans Ludeke – Vodacom Bulls
Dawie Theron – GWK Griquas
Paul Treu – Springbok Sevens
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year
Juan de Jongh – Vodacom Western Province
Joe Pietersen – Vodacom Western Province
Sarel Pretorius – GWK Griquas
Stefan Terblanche – The Sharks
Luke Watson – Vodacom Western Province
The Absa Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year
Cecil Afrika – Griffons
De Wet Barry – BA Mighty Elephants
Ricardo Croy – SWD Eagles
Allistair Kettledas – Pumas
Braam Pretorius – Pumas
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Provincial Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
Willem de Waal – Vodacom Western Province and Emerging Springboks
Mpho Mbiyozo – Southern Kings
Joe Pietersen – Vodacom Western Province
Dewald Potgieter – Emerging Springboks
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Fourie du Preez
Tendai Mtawarira
John Smit
Morné Steyn
Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Cheetahs
Fourie du Preez – Vodacom Bulls
Wynand Olivier – Vodacom Bulls
Pierre Spies – Vodacom Bulls
Morn̩ Steyn РVodacom Bulls
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year
Cecil Afrika – Griffons
Francois Brummer – Vodacom Blue Bulls
Jonathan Mokoena – GWK Griquas
Naas Olivier – GWK Griquas
Riaan Viljoen – GWK Griquas
SuperSport Try of the Year
Fourie du Preez – second try in the Vodacom Super 14 Final, Vodacom Bulls v Chiefs in Pretoria on May 30.
Jaque Fourie – Second test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Pretoria on June 27.
Bryan Habana – Second test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Pretoria on June 27.
Fabian Juries – Absa Currie Cup, Vodacom Free State Cheetahs v Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria on September 26.
John Smit – First test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Durban on June 20.[/b]
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