Five World Cup-winning Springboks, including Eben Etzebeth, have been nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year Award for 2023. The winners will be announced during a ceremony in Johannesburg.
Five World Cup-winning Springboks were nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year Award for 2023, with Eben Etzebeth up to defend the title he won last season. SA Rugby announced the nominees – as voted for by members of the media and key stakeholders within the governing body – in nine categories last November. The winners will be named during a ceremony in Johannesburg on Thursday evening, along with the annual Referee of the Year and the Provincial Women’s Player of the Year.
Etzebeth will face stern competition from Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph u Toit, the winners of the Player of the Year Awards in 2021 and 2019, respectively, as well as Bok scrum anchor Frans Malherbe and Damian Willemse, a previous nominee in the category for Young Player of the Year (U23) and winner of the Youth Weeks Player of the Year Award in 2016. Four of the five nominees for the Young Player of the Year Award were also on the shortlist last year, when Canan Moodie beat off the challenges of Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Jaden Hendrikse and Evan Roos. This year, Ruan Venter has also been nominate
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