Burger, Bismarck in tussle for SA gong
22 Oct 2011
Schalk Burger and Bismarck du Plessis are the strongest of the five nominees for the SA Player of the Year award.
Francois Hougaard, Pat Lambie and Victor Matfield were also nominated by the South African media in this category. The winner will be announced on 3 November at a Saru function at Gold Reef City.
Burger and Du Plessis have also been nominated in the category for Super Rugby Player of the Year, while Hougaard and Lambie also feature in the list of nominees for Young Player of the Year.
The full list of nominees for the 2011 SA Rugby Awards:
Player of the Year:
1. Schalk Burger
2. Bismarck du Plessis
3. Francois Hougaard
4. Pat Lambie
5. Victor Matfield
Young Player of the Year:
1. Johan Goosen
2. Francois Hougaard
3. Elton Jantjies
4. Pat Lambie
5. Jaco Taute
Team of the Year:
1. Boland Cavaliers
2. Golden Lions
3. Springbok Sevens
4. Stormers
5. University of Cape Town
Coach of the Year:
1. Allister Coetzee
2. Eugene Eloff
3. John Mitchell
4. John Plumtree
5. Paul Treu
Super Rugby Player of the Year:
1. Gio Aplon
2. Schalk Burger
3. Bismarck du Plessis
4. Sarel Pretorius
5. Duane Vermeulen
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year:
1. Johan Goosen
2. Elton Jantjies
3. Frederic Michalak
4. Josh Strauss
5. Jaco Taute
Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year:
1. Bolla Conradie (Boland Cavaliers)
2. Danwel Demas (Boland Cavaliers)
3. Willie le Roux (Boland Cavaliers)
4. Luke Watson (EP Kings)
5. Elgar Watts (Boland Cavaliers)
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year:
1. Marnitz Boshoff (Blue Bulls)
2. Marcell Coetzee (Sharks XV)
3. Lionel Cronje (WP)
4. JJ Engelbrecht (WP)
5. Juan Imhoff (Pampas XV)
110 Comments
22 Oct 2011, 13:12 pm
not a plod aura in sight!
22 Oct 2011, 13:13 pm
2 players up for best of the best….the top guns……did not start in WC
and we wonder why we lost….
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
22 Oct 2011, 13:16 pm
Lambie is a certainty for an award or two.
22 Oct 2011, 13:17 pm
@grant10(grant10)-2: people dont wonder why you lost Grant, they know..
even with 70% possession it was bryce’s fault..
22 Oct 2011, 13:17 pm
de Villiers for Coach Of The Year.
22 Oct 2011, 13:18 pm
plod recused himself from nomination, he is after schalk brits’ spot!
22 Oct 2011, 13:21 pm
what the hell has plum done to be nominated? he finished 6th in super rugby & 2nd in a weak currie cup.
22 Oct 2011, 13:22 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-4: bissy….alberts and Hougaard and we would have been fronting France tomorrow imo…..
but now we playing CC and licking our wounds….
sentimentality, candy floss for brains, a weak kneed Head Coach and a self glory seeking fat boy torpedoed boks chances…..
and broke my heart….
best of luck tomorrow poppa….I will be supporting France….but may the best team win and may the ref have no influence….
enjoy my man!
22 Oct 2011, 13:22 pm
viva John Mitchell
viva….
22 Oct 2011, 13:23 pm
wonder if Mitchell will win the coach gong..
wouldnt that be a laugh…
22 Oct 2011, 13:23 pm
Plum is taking The Sharks to another Currie Cup final. Ho hum.
22 Oct 2011, 13:23 pm
@grant10(grant10)-8: cheers Grant…
22 Oct 2011, 13:23 pm
Certainly hope Pat gets young player of the year this year. He damn well should have got it last year. Was magnificent in us beating Province in the cc final.
Was one of our best Boks in this wc and the youngest as well. So solid at fb and that one on one tackle against the Samoan was awesome.
Burger will probably get player of the year.
22 Oct 2011, 13:25 pm
@Puma(Puma)-13:
Lambie saved the Boks in that game.
22 Oct 2011, 13:25 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-10: he should
and if my prayers are answered he will be next bok coach
viva John Mitchell viva
viva to the aura plod out of SA…..viva
viva to the end of the fat boys club….viva!
22 Oct 2011, 13:26 pm
@Puma(Puma)-13: bissy player of the year…..
elton Jantjes CC player of year
viva
22 Oct 2011, 13:27 pm
@Puma(Puma)-13:lambie was not player of the year come on he had a relatively average season. burger & bismarck on the other hand have been stellar
22 Oct 2011, 13:27 pm
Got a a skirt on the thread trying to hijack it again…even more repetitive than some women I’ve dated.
22 Oct 2011, 13:27 pm
lambie young player of year…..close with Taute
22 Oct 2011, 13:28 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-18: viva skirts of the world
viva
althougH i HAVE HEARD YOU PREFER MEN IN TIGHTS….
22 Oct 2011, 13:29 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-18: youve dated woman? I dont believe you, surely there arent any women in the world with that low a self esteem ..
22 Oct 2011, 13:29 pm
WHERE IS KING SKOPPIE THESE DAYS?
22 Oct 2011, 13:31 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-21: hE WISHES
ONLY LADIES WHO WOULD DATE THAT MORON CHARGE BY THE HOUR….AND FOR HIM IT IS DOUBLE
22 Oct 2011, 13:31 pm
@grant10(grant10)-22: buried in the “NZ brought the WC” theory like almost everyone else…
22 Oct 2011, 13:32 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-17: Puma said “young” player of the year for Lambie and Burger for player of the year.
22 Oct 2011, 13:32 pm
VIVA CHEETAHS
VIVA WP
VIVA LA fRANCE
VIVA mAN u !
22 Oct 2011, 13:32 pm
Coach of the year should go to AC.
22 Oct 2011, 13:32 pm
@grant10(grant10)-23: even hookers donate to charity mate..
22 Oct 2011, 13:33 pm
@Puma(Puma)-27: why? What has AC won?
22 Oct 2011, 13:34 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-24: lol
nAH….SKOPPIE KNOWE WE ONLY HAVE OURSELVES, pdv AND THE FAT BOY TO BLAME…
Fark…sorry caps
22 Oct 2011, 13:35 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-24:
We didn’t bring the RWC nowhere.
22 Oct 2011, 13:35 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-17: Go read again
I said Lambie should get YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Put em reading glasses on Transie…
22 Oct 2011, 13:35 pm
Viva Sharks.
Viva France.
Viva John Smit.
22 Oct 2011, 13:36 pm
@Puma(Puma)-27: why????
Mitchell
by a country mile
22 Oct 2011, 13:37 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-33: viva plod
viva pdv
brought us to our knees
but what the fark….its only 4 more years…viva!
22 Oct 2011, 13:37 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-29: Nothing. But he got Stormers to the Semi of SuperRugby. Unless of course Sharks win the CC. Then a cup means more. Then Plum should get it. That saying goes for Mitchell too. If Lions win the CC then it should go to Mitchell.
22 Oct 2011, 13:37 pm
@grant10(grant10)-30: nope, hes been quite adamant that there has been collusion and NZ and IRB conspiracy to have NZ in the final…
22 Oct 2011, 13:38 pm
@grant10(grant10)-34: what has Mitchell done?
Lions 2nd last in Super 15 and big (super rugby) fish in a small (Vodacom) pool.
22 Oct 2011, 13:38 pm
bissy player of the year
mitchell best coach….
jantjes the best cc player
viva
22 Oct 2011, 13:38 pm
@Puma(Puma)-36: coach of the year must have won something.
22 Oct 2011, 13:39 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-37:
Ask me, I was part of it. I did my bit, I received my moola, and our beloved AB’s are in the final! I love it when a plan comes together!
22 Oct 2011, 13:41 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-38: Lions with a young bokless base playing best brand of rugby
imagine him with boks!
viva Mitchell
viva hardegat coach
viva authority again and no prima donnas
viva ball in hand
viva a 10 that doesent skop en jag
viva a 9 that actually passes and dosesent hog possession
viva mitchell viva
22 Oct 2011, 13:41 pm
@grant10(grant10)-34: Mitchell has won nothing yet. If he wins the cc then Mitchell should get it. Stormers got to the semi of SuperRugby. BUT a cup means more. So whoever wins the CC that coach should win it. AC still in that race too. I think we could see a repeat of last years CC final.
Cheetahs our bogey team though. So just have to wait until after our game today. But we have some awesome players back. Only our centres are a worry. Other than that we have a very, very good chance of winning today.
Bloody hot here in Durbs. Very hot to be playing rugby in the afternoon.
22 Oct 2011, 13:42 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-37: well then plod and pdv part of it…because they the ones who farked us over
22 Oct 2011, 13:42 pm
I saw SA 7s employ new tactics at Twickers 7s – rolling maul – evidence of actual coaching thought. They won it overall at Twickers. Paul Treu for me.
The other coaches haven’t won anything. Plumtree coached the Sharks to the CC last year but the S15 was poor so he certainly doesn’t deserve it.
22 Oct 2011, 13:42 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-7:
Could say the same for Freddie. Obviously the Sharks have the fix in.
22 Oct 2011, 13:43 pm
@Puma(Puma)-43: yip sharks get the 12 and 13 sorted they will win super 15 next year imo……
throw the kitchen sink into getting F Steyn back
22 Oct 2011, 13:43 pm
@41
and you did a damn fine job too… your performance was so suspect that everyone thinks you just reffed poorly for both sides..
how little do they know..
next time I see you the beers are on me… you’ll never have to pay for another beer in your lifetime…
truly a NZ legend, right up there with Sir Edmund and Rutherford…
standing ovation here…
22 Oct 2011, 13:44 pm
Bismarck should get the Player of the Year award and this after coming off the bench in his last few outings more often than not.
If he doesn’t get it, guess who won’t be receiving any biltong in the post any more.
22 Oct 2011, 13:44 pm
Player of the year: Francois Hougaard.
Young Player OTY: Pat Lambie.
Team of the Year: ?
Coach of the Year: No suitable candidates.
S15 Player OTY: Sarel Pretorius.
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year: Pass.
Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year: Pass.
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year: Pass.
22 Oct 2011, 13:45 pm
gents enjoy the semis and the final tomorrow
viva rugby….best game ever
22 Oct 2011, 13:45 pm
no nomination for PDV?
best coach FOR SA by a mile..
lets hope they give him four more years, the laughs alone are worth it..
22 Oct 2011, 13:47 pm
mitchell
mithchell
mallet
mallet
b venter
b venter
heyneke
heyneke…
22 Oct 2011, 13:47 pm
@grant10(grant10)-42: Mitchell said he does not want the Bok Coaching Job.
Who would want to work with saru? Not many. So don’t blame MItchell for not wanting the job.
Only thing with Mitchell he could stray a bit too much from our strengths if he ever got the job. Needs to just combine what we have with some good attacking flair. That is if he ever wanted the Bok job. Mallett also said no way will he coach the Boks again. Jake said the same. None of the very best want it for now.
Will be AC with Rassie. Read Smal might want it too. Just have to see.
22 Oct 2011, 13:47 pm
Cane
who is this player “pass” you speak of? Ive never seen a SA player that was capable of a pass…
22 Oct 2011, 13:49 pm
Troll Alert!
22 Oct 2011, 13:50 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-52: Good luck to your ABs tomorrow Poppa. Though they really don’t need any luck. They will win it by plenty. Like I told you they would against Oz.
Going to get the braai ready my Sharks are playing in the semi in less than a hour from now. Very hot here today too. Probably far to hot to play rugby today. Not sure why we starting so early. Normally a 5pm and 7pm semi start time.
Out of here now. Cheers Poppa.
22 Oct 2011, 13:51 pm
didnt think a country that came 8th would even bother with “rugby” awards..
if anything, they should award the pest control people..
keeping the termites from eating that empty trophy cabinet must be a full time job..
22 Oct 2011, 13:51 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-55:
8)
22 Oct 2011, 13:52 pm
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year: Johann Sadie’s name should’ve been there.
22 Oct 2011, 13:52 pm
@Puma(Puma)-57: wish i could be as certain as you mate, know too well how the French can cause us heartache…
enjoy the game today mate, and good luck for your sharks and thank you for your kind wishes for tomorrow..
cheers
22 Oct 2011, 13:53 pm
Go France!
22 Oct 2011, 13:55 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-58:
8)
Are you ready to riot if we lose tomorrow?
I’m heading straight for the SA Embassy.
The Cops will be heading for the French embassy.
I’ll give them a wave as we PASS each other bye.
8)
22 Oct 2011, 13:55 pm
Loser alert!!
22 Oct 2011, 13:56 pm
@grant10(grant10)-47: Yeah wish we had Fransie for inside centre. Crikey then Sharks would be awesome for next year. Not to be though. Read he might be playing for Cheetahs after his contract ends next June.
We just need to bring in our youngsters. We have some very good talent coming through.
Now really out of here.
22 Oct 2011, 13:57 pm
@Puma(Puma)-57:
Good luck against them Cheetahs Puma.
They play attractive rugby and will take some beating.
22 Oct 2011, 13:58 pm
@cane(cane)-63: nah, going to PASS on the riot mate… if we lose we lose, thats life and its only rugby…
I will come here though and see the absolute delight on so many forlorn Saffa faces, they will be besides themselves (thats 7th or 9th place beside them I think) ..
dont think they’ll PASS on the opportunity to put the boot in (dirty thugs that they are)..
22 Oct 2011, 13:58 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-48:
Thank you, I’m honoured, I’ll take you and all other Kiwis up on the beer thing. I’m just a NZ patriot who did what was necessary, although the hefty some paid by the NZRU into my bank account sweetened things a lot! Viva the All Blacks, viva the NZRU, viva myself! VIVA!
22 Oct 2011, 13:58 pm
“Sean Everitt and his Sharks under 21 side turned the tables on their more-fancied Western Province opponents for the second time this season, prevailing in last night’s semi-final to claim a place in the final next week.”
22 Oct 2011, 13:59 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-64:
8)
You are very sharp of late Popps!
22 Oct 2011, 14:00 pm
@Puma(Puma)-54:
I’ve always been suspicious of the term, “our traditional strengths”. The coaches and selectors are the ones who decide on the players and tactics. Certainly we have always had big, fast players available, if that’s what you mean, but the decision to concentrate on forward power and attempted dominance, has come back to bite us on many occassions.
22 Oct 2011, 14:00 pm
“The Bulls have lost three more players to the Euro, adding to their already pretty big list of Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw.
It has been reported today that Gurthro Steenkamp and Currie Cup captain Gary Botha have signed three year deals to join Toulouse in France.
Stefan Watermeyer has also been released to the Welsh Ospreys.”
22 Oct 2011, 14:01 pm
@Bryce ******** Lawrence(Bryce ******** Lawrence)-68:
“although the hefty FEE paid by the NZRU into my bank account”
There, I fixed it!
22 Oct 2011, 14:02 pm
@cane(cane)-66: Thanks Cane.
They our bogey team too. With out Boks back we should beat them. We beat the top of the log lions last week by 53 – 9. Just shows with some players missing a team struggles.
Good luck to your ABs Cane. Enjoy the win and the celebrations. It will be huge. I will have a few glasses of red for you tomorrow. Nothing quite like celebrating your country winning the wc. Enjoy mate.
Now out of here for real now…………hahahahaha.
22 Oct 2011, 14:04 pm
BL @ 68
we all love our patriots mate… did they give you the farm they had marked down for hayman? I klnow it hasnt gone to anyone else and it is a prime lot of real estate… They also mentioned they were going to give you a brand new bakkie, and they were going to acquire a herd of Springbokke for said property..
it was mentioned that you knew something about
“having deer in headlights”
@cane(cane)-70:
8)
22 Oct 2011, 14:05 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-69:
Been saying for a while now that Sean Everitt needs to be brought into The Sharks senior coaching team.
The man clearly has a talent for coaching and he is well spoken and intelligent.
22 Oct 2011, 14:06 pm
@I am a stormer(I am a stormer)-60:
Nah, they didn’t want any Bulls to hold that title for the next year.
22 Oct 2011, 14:08 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-72:
Isn’t Fourie going to Japan?
22 Oct 2011, 14:09 pm
@Puma(Puma)-74:
It is not yet won Puma.
These Frogs will give it their all.
I for one, think it will be close. very close.
22 Oct 2011, 14:10 pm
NZ should win by 40!
22 Oct 2011, 14:11 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-75:
They said nothing about the farm. You think I should get it too? That will be nice! what is a bakkie? If it’s something nice, I want it too! My lawyer will contact Tew on Monday and sort things out. If you and the other AB fans will support me, I think I can have a farm and a bakkie (whatever that is) as well! But I don’t want the Springboks, only loads of Kiwi birds and such.
22 Oct 2011, 14:13 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-72:
Only Gary Botha and Watermeyer are news to me.
Just looks like the Bulls shopping list is going to get longer and longer.
22 Oct 2011, 14:15 pm
Who says cheating doesn’t pay? I’ve cheated myself into wealth, and I’ve cheated the Boks OUT OF and the ABs INTO the RWC final. I’m happy, the Kiwis are happy, maybe the Boks are not happy – STUFF THEM.
22 Oct 2011, 14:18 pm
@Poppa69
What makes you think we came 8th. More like 5th which is not bad considering we had a clown for a coach and a captain that refused to call it quits! And if we had played you guys in the semi’s we would have won even with a clown as our coach! And by the way don’t count your chickens before they hatch. The French are going to spoil your party! And what trophy besides your NPC trophy is in your cabinet? Super 15 = NO! Tri-Nations = NO! So wake up and smell the coffee bro! LOSER!!!
22 Oct 2011, 14:19 pm
“1,000 people are gathering in Diepsloot township to listen to Malema talk of the “struggle” for “Economic Freedom” today.
Diepsloot is a township with no running water or sanitation services. Sewage flows freely on the dirt paths between shacks.
Will Malema mention the recently announced plans of the government to spend R400 million on upgrading “presidential facilities”?
The “President’s Palaces” are planned for upgrading as follows:
Bryntirion Estate – R192.7m, including new security gates and a dog unit (R39m), boundary fences (R61.7m), electrical reticulation (R22m), a generator room and substation (R15m) and a new road (R55m) within this presidential and ministerial complex. “It must be noted that the above estimated costs have been checked and verified by our departmental professional team prior to approval,” the ministry emphasised in its reply;
Mahlamba Ndlopfu – R168.7m for interior refurbishments alone. And while no cost estimate was provided for other renovations, the minister said these would include upgrades to security, fire detection, “danger warning” systems and “escape routes”, a new surveillance system, the construction of a “sauna/steam room” and the restoration of various historic elements to their original condition, as per SA Heritage Resource Authority guidelines.
Tuynhuys – R24.4m, including furniture (R778 000); and,
Genadendal – R13.5m.
The people of Diepsloot have been failed by their government. But, will they even be aware of this planned expenditure of money when they live in sewage filth?
Malema, will no doubt keep this information to himself.”
22 Oct 2011, 14:19 pm
@83
hear hear, you truly are a fine kiwi lad…
right up there with Walshy imo..
dont ever change, and Im sure your dad keith must be so proud… the message got through..
22 Oct 2011, 14:22 pm
@JKBridge(JKBridge)-84: I havent discounted the French at all…
what makes you think you come 5th? you come 8th loser..
still, you can always explain it as building for the 2015 WC… bwahahaha
did you go to OR Tambo two weeks ago to welcome back your vanquished heroines?
moer hulle indeed…
22 Oct 2011, 14:23 pm
Poopie clearly didn’t do Maths at school.
22 Oct 2011, 14:24 pm
Popsicle clearly didn’t do Maths at school.
22 Oct 2011, 14:24 pm
@poppa69(poppa69)-86:
I don’t think Daddy was ever as big a cheat as I am, but who knows, I always thought he was a bit of a dark horse!
22 Oct 2011, 14:24 pm
@I am a stormer(I am a stormer)-82:
I don’t know why they don’t just relocate to Cape Town. Our Vodacom team needs a bit of strengthening next year.
22 Oct 2011, 14:25 pm
@JKBridge(JKBridge)-84:
“” And if we had played you guys in the semi’s we would have won even with a clown as our coach!”"
8)
Yeah Right.
If
should
would
could
.
.
.
.
But didn’t!
8)
22 Oct 2011, 14:25 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-89: yeah I did..
I know 11 beats 9 any day of the week…
22 Oct 2011, 14:28 pm
@JKBridge(JKBridge)-84:
“What makes you think we came 8th”.
True………………………………………you came “8th equal”.
22 Oct 2011, 14:28 pm
@cane(cane)-92:
doot doot oodle doodle oot doot do do
leave pogliaci alone, cant you see hes hurting already…
Im starting a petition to send to SARU..
its simply going to be called
“Justice4diddy’
we are going to demand another 4 year term, world rugby needs its clowns…
22 Oct 2011, 14:31 pm
I’ll be shouting for the ABs tomorrow, but if they lose, Poppa can always console himself with his favourite song on his way home, “Ewe are my one and only!”.
22 Oct 2011, 14:33 pm
@David(David)-96: if they lose they lose..
and thats not my favourite song..
my fav song is a song by Smokey Robinson, simply called
“the tears of a clown”
22 Oct 2011, 15:45 pm
I like that song too, but for entirely different reasons.
It’s Motown!
22 Oct 2011, 15:48 pm
They should just give schalk everything.he is worth 5 extra players
22 Oct 2011, 16:33 pm
Player of the Year:
1. Schalk Burger
Young Player of the Year:
2. Francois Hougaard (Unlucky Lambie)
Team of the Year:
4. Stormers (Should always be based on S15)
Coach of the Year:
1. Allister Coetzee (See above – Wtf John Plumtree?)
Super Rugby Player of the Year:
2. Schalk Burger
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year:
4. Josh Strauss (Animal- Unlucky Elton)
Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year:
2. Danwel Demas (Didn’t watch a game but I see he scored 15 tries….)
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year:
3. Lionel Cronje (Didn’t watch a game but I’m from Cape Town!)
22 Oct 2011, 16:42 pm
@Bagel(Bagel)-100: what did the Stormers achieve in the Super15?
They lost a home semi final.
Yuk.
What has Coetzee won as coach?
Boggerall.
Pretty clear from your “nominations” which province you are from, you didn’t need to confirm it.
22 Oct 2011, 17:41 pm
I think Victor Matfield might win a sentimental Player of the Year.
At least I hope so.
22 Oct 2011, 22:00 pm
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-101: Why don’t you suggest different winner then?
John Plumtree? The Sharks?
I don’t think Alistair Coetzee is amazing but winning the conference of the Super 15 and coming 2nd on the overall log is the biggest achievement a South African coach has made this year…
22 Oct 2011, 22:26 pm
With the hole left by these senior players, we will still be building a decent team in 2015. That’s what happens when you don’t blood enough youngsters and pick just grandpas to play. Our average age was 28, while France and the ABs was 26.
Alistair has already proven that he is not one for giving youngsters a chance and identifying good talent. With this in mind, their is no chance he will be able to take the Bok coaching job. Heyneke will take us back to the kick n chase, so what would be the point of putting him in charge of strategy, but may make a good forwards coach. Rassie, did well with the little time he was given to build a team.
**** and Gary must f’off with PDV.
Eddie Jones or Rassie would be my picks.
23 Oct 2011, 02:06 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-58: LOL. Funny .I have to give it to you. That is wise comment.
23 Oct 2011, 07:39 am
Coach of the year must be Mitchell. Got the Lions to currie cup final with no name brands.They also beat a full compliment WP side yesterday so no **** about it being a weak comp.
24 Oct 2011, 08:18 am
@JEZ(DEE DAH)-106: The Currie Cup has been watered down this season so that achievement doesnt hold that much weight.
24 Oct 2011, 08:35 am
For me Burger is the only logical choice there.
Bismark has looked good on occasion but hasn’t been the no 1 hooker this year. It would be a travesty if he got it IMO,
24 Oct 2011, 14:01 pm
Winners for the 2011 SA Rugby Awards:
Player of the Year:
1. Schalk Burger
Young Player of the Year:
2. Francois Hougaard
Team of the Year:
5. University of Cape Town
Coach of the Year:
3. John Mitchell
Super Rugby Player of the Year:
4. Sarel Pretorius
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year:
4. Josh Strauss
Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year:
2. Danwel Demas (Boland Cavaliers)
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year:
5. Juan Imhoff (Pampas XV)
25 Oct 2011, 10:21 am
They must give it to Bismark. He has been screwed over by them all year. This award should be to make up for it.
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