Etzebeth up for three awards

Etzebeth up for three awards

24 Oct 2012

Eben Etzebeth has been nominated in three categories for the Saru Player of the Year Awards.

The 20-year-old lock has starred for the Stormers, Springboks and now Western Province in what has been a fantastic rookie season. In recognition of his consistent efforts, he has been nominated in the categories for Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Super Rugby Player of the Year.

In the main category of Player of the Year, Etzebeth will be up against Bryan Habana, Keegan Daniel, JP Pietersen and Pat Lambie.

For the first time the public were able to vote in the awards, through a voting process on the Springboks’ Facebook page, alongside the country’s rugby media, who traditionally vote for the winners in some of the categories.

The winners will be announced at Saru’s annual awards ceremony in Cape Town on 1 November.

SARU PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES:

Player of the Year:
1. Keegan Daniel
2. Eben Etzebeth
3. Bryan Habana
4. Pat Lambie
5. JP Pietersen

Young Player of the Year:
1. Marcell Coetzee
2. Eben Etzebeth
3. Johan Goosen
4. Elton Jantjies
5. Raymond Rhule

Team of the Year:
1. Eastern Province Kings (Currie Cup First Division)
2. The Sharks (Super Rugby)
3. The Sharks (Currie Cup)
4. South Africa U20 (IRB Junior World Championship)
5. Stormers (Super Rugby)

Coach of the Year:
1. Allister Coetzee (Stormers and Western Province)
2. Pote Human (Griquas)
3. John Plumtree (The Sharks)
4. Alan Solomons (EP Kings)
5. Dawie Theron (SA U20)

Super Rugby Player of the Year:
1. Marcell Coetzee (The Sharks)
2. Keegan Daniel (The Sharks)
3. Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks)
4. Eben Etzebeth (Stormers)
5. JP Pietersen (The Sharks)

Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year:
1. Deon Fourie (Western Province)
2. JC Janse van Rensburg (Golden Lions)
3. Elton Jantjies (Golden Lions)
4. Louis Ludik (The Sharks)
5. Raymond Rhule (Free State Cheetahs)

Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year:
1. Hansie Graaff (Griffons)
2. JW Jonker (Pumas)
3. Rudi Mathee (Pumas)
4. Paul Perez (EP Kings)
5. Luke Watson (EP Kings)

Vodacom Cup Player of the Year:
1. Marcel Brache (Western Province)
2. Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
3. Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
4. Gouws Prinsloo (Sharks XV)
5. Jan Serfontein (Blue Bulls)


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  • 1.SharkaZulu: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 17:27 pm

    Muscular dragon!

  • 2.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 17:50 pm

    Go King Luke!

  • 3.papaown: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 17:59 pm

    Interesting, don’t know why the Kings are included as team of the year…

  • 4.THE MAULER: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:02 pm

    SA u20 for team of the year…

  • 5.Dummy Runner: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:04 pm

    Give Ezkebeth, all three!

  • 6.mamma_lou: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:10 pm

    @grant10-2:
    the king ascends his throne

  • 7.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:12 pm

    Player of the year- Bryan Habana
    Young player- Eben Etsebeth
    Team of the year- Stormers (won conference)
    Coach-AC (won conference)
    Super rugby player- Keegan
    Currie Cup premier- JC Jance v R
    First division- Luke Watson
    Vodacom- Catrakilles (only because he won it for WP with the boot)

  • 8.mamma_lou: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:15 pm

    @papaown-3:
    because we can

  • 9.Caper: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:38 pm

    Player of the year – Bryan Habana
    Young player- Eben Etzebeth
    Team of the year- Sharks (Super Rugby)
    Coach – John Plumtree
    Super Rugby player – Etzebeth
    Currie Cup premier- Deon Fourie

  • 10.The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 18:49 pm

    This is simple:
    1. Eben
    2. Eben
    3. The Stormers
    4. Alistair Coetzee
    5. Eben
    6. Deon Fourie
    7. Luke Watson
    8. Marcel Brache

  • 11.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:01 pm

    He got my vote

  • 12.Jinx2: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:12 pm

    E’s are good. It’s Ebenaezer good.

  • 13.BrumbiesBoy: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:17 pm

    Should’ve been nominated for four awards, Keo.

    “Bok Butthead of the Year.”

    Oops, there go the WP supporters now…but who cares

    I’m returning serve for the Higginbotham thread.

  • 14.assagai: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:24 pm

    here they go with the damn hero worship again.. blow the poor kids head up sky high before he even gets out of nappies.. that’s right let him start believing he’s next to God and he might just start believing it himself soon.. that when the trouble starts.

  • 15.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:28 pm

    @BrumbiesBoy-13:

    naw, that faint headbutt was not good enough to get a reward.

    Other awards :

    Lennox Lewis reward for the punch of the year- Jeb Sinclair

    Billie Ray Cyrus award for the kakkest haircut of the year- Shared between Elton Jantjes and Anton Bresler

    Leon Schuster award for the joke of the year- To Heinecke Meyer for making Jacques Potgieter a Bok

  • 16.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:46 pm

    1. Habana/Daniel
    2. Eben
    3. Depends on Sat.
    4. Plumtree
    5. Eben/Marcell
    6. Rhule
    7. Watson/Perez
    8. Who the fk knows

  • 17.Rage: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:49 pm

    @ 16 robzim….hehehehe…good stuff

  • 18.Rage: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 19:51 pm

    Oops 15

  • 19.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 20:07 pm

    Cape Town – English club Bath confirmed on Wendesday that they have signed Western Province and Stormers loose forward Nick Koster.

    The 23-year-old – who represented South Africa at all age levels and was also selected for the Barbarians in 2008 – has played Super Rugby for the Stormers since 2009.

    “Nick is a very exciting young player and we are delighted that he has agreed to move to Bath,” Bath coach Gary Gold said.

    “He is a hard-working, incredibly motivated guy, and we are sure he will fit in with the club ethos we are developing.

    “We have a very talented and competitive back row at present, and Nick knows he will have to fight for his place, but he is up for the challenge and we can’t wait to see the results.”

    Gold, whose side are seventh in the table after six games, said he hoped that Koster’s signing would be the start of a series of exchanges between Bath and Western Province.

    “We’d like to thank Western Province for their co-operation in allowing Nick to join us, and we look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with them,” he said.

    “Hopefully it will allow players to potentially spend time with the other club as and when the opportunity should arise

  • 20.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 20:08 pm

    Bath can reciprocate by sending us F Louw…

  • 21.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 20:37 pm

    @grant10-19:

    Not good news for the Stormers. I wonder how much Gary Gold has to do with it. Nic is a very good player (Transformation will disagree) but sadly seems to be injury prone so maybe he has decided to go and earn Pounds while his body still allows it. I am not sure whether he will be as good in England as in SA as his style of play is probably more suited to the firmer surfaces of our fields. Although the Stormers are very well covered at loose forwards it is still a huge loss especially as there is no guarantee that the injured will all be back and be as good as they were before their injuries.

  • 22.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 20:50 pm

    @Robzim-21: Howzit Rob….agree, sadly we did not get to see the very best of Koster…would love to see F Louw headed back to Stormers….maybe Gold will make a plan as I am sure F Louw is headed for a lengthy spell as Bok opensider by the looks of things and HM would surely want him at home…

  • 23.katman: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 20:53 pm

    I bet SARU hands the team of the year to the Kings. I certainly would not put it past them.

    And how much of the season did Luke miss and still make the shortlist? They’ll probably give him the award too. All part of a concerted PR drive to change the woeful perception that the SA public (quite rightly) has of the Kings.

    Bryan should get Player of the Year, Eben young player.

  • 24.papashanga: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:02 pm

    Koster going to Bath.

  • 25.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:04 pm

    @grant10-22:

    The last time I heard Nic was contracted till the end of 2013 so the early release by WP might mean there is something in the pipeline- it cannot be good for Bath to have Louw spending too much time with the Boks- he might even become the next Bok captain.

    @katman-23:

    Luke was very good when he played- I think he was the top try scorer for EP and scored something like 13 tries during the season despite missing a number of games.

  • 26.katman: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:11 pm

    @Robzim-25: He scored 8 tries, which is not too shabby. But he missed a large chunk at the beginning of the season (shoulder operation?) and another chunk at the end (ankle?). I honestly feel if they give it to him it will be a token gesture to up his status. You won’t make someone MOM in a game where he only plays 15 minutes either side of half time, regardless how good he was.

  • 27.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:12 pm

    @Robzim-25: Hopefully the suits are working on a swap deal…..would be a fantastic coup if Stormers could get Louw back…..maybe start turning the semis and finals into winning something for a change….I see sharks teamm announced…..Sharks:

    15. Louis Ludik , 14. JP Pietersen , 13. Paul Jordaan, 12. Tim Whitehead, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Pat Lambie, 9. Cobus Reinach , 8. Keegan Daniel (Capt), 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 5. Anton Bresler , 4. Steven Sykes , 3. Jannie du Plessis , 2. Craig Burden , 1. Tendai Mtawarira
    Replacements: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Jandre Marais , 19. Jean Deysel , 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Meyer Bosman, 22. Odwa Ndungane

  • 28.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:15 pm

    I see sharks dont really have a to the ball loosie type….

    Without Kyle Cooper they have also lost a bit of that ‘ fetcher ‘ ability as Burden prefers carrying to fetching….

    Perhaps I am clutching at straws but it may be a chink in the sharks armour.

  • 29.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:16 pm

    @15 Robzim, hahahahhahaha! That was classic and you forgot to award The Glass Jaw Moffie of the year to …Jean Deysel.

  • 30.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:18 pm

    @Grant, howzit mate

  • 31.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:19 pm

    Deon Fourie and Duanne Vermeulen must target the deck warfare big time….may get a denent bang for there buck…

  • 32.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:20 pm

    @Slappes-30:my main man Slappes….trust you well?

  • 33.Hurricane: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:22 pm

    Hmmm i believe Etzebeth should be up for more awards.
    lets look at a couple
    1) Wannabe tough guy but failed award.
    2) World known for the liverpool peck award ” kiss would have more harmless”
    :-)

  • 34.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:25 pm

    @Grant, good as can be …and in 3 mnths another future stormer will arrive …so its exciting times in the household!

  • 35.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:25 pm

    Dont really dig these awards ….it is a team sport….not neccessary imo

  • 36.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:28 pm

    Jeez, I hope the comments about the Stormers getting team of the year are a joke. This place is getting more and more brokeback by the minute. Come to think of it, Keo does look an awful lot like Nataniël …

  • 37.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:29 pm

    @Slappes-34: Huge congrats Slappes, I know how much that must mean to you and your family…..farken huge congrats mate!

  • 38.assagai: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:29 pm

    15. Louis Ludik vs Gio Aplon – evens
    14. JP Pietersen vs Bryan Habana – evens
    13. Paul Jordaan vs Juan de Jongh – WP
    12. Tim Whitehead vs Damian de Allende – WP
    11. Lwazi Mvovo vs Gerhard van den Heever – WP
    10. Pat Lambie vs Demetri Catrakilis – Sharks (pity we don’t start Shreuder cos then its adv WP)
    9. Cobus Reinach vs Nic Groom – WP
    8. Keegan Daniel (Capt) vs Duane Vermeulen – WP in the wet
    7. Willem Alberts vs Deon Fourie (c) – WP in the loose, Sharks in the tight
    6. Marcell Coetzee vs Don Armand – Evens
    5. Anton Bresler vs De Kock Steenkamp – Evens
    4. Steven Sykes vs Eben Etzebeth – WP
    3. Jannie du Plessis vs Steven Kitshoff – Sharks
    2. Craig Burden vs Scarra Ntubeni – Evens
    1. Tendai Mtawarira vs Frans Malherbe – Sharks

    16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Jandre Marais , 19. Jean Deysel , 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Meyer Bosman, 22. Odwa Ndungane

    vs

    16 Deon Carstens, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Marcel Brache, 22 Joe Pietersen.

    benches – evens

    scores

    WP – 6
    Sharks – 3
    Evens – 6

    home town adv = +2

    ref = evens

    WP to take it by a ball hair

  • 39.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:31 pm

    Grant, while you’re here, how is it that you’ve suddenly turned into a Watson praise singer all over again. Didn’t you boycott this blog after reading what Peter de Villiers had to say about Luke and his pa?

  • 40.katman: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:33 pm

    @Slappes-34: Really? That’s most excellent news. Congratulations mate.

    But what if he/she doesn’t turn out to be a Stormer? Just saying, don’t pin your hopes on it.

  • 41.assagai: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:34 pm

    these stupid awards are just fat ego boosters.. don’t do anyone any good, neither the team nor the individual.. they should can these award type thingamajigs for Hollywood and Cannes where the individual ego is everything and the team means zilch

  • 42.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:34 pm

    @Grant , thanks mate.

  • 43.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:38 pm

    @assagai-38: So suddenly Hekkies is better than Mvovo – because he wears a streeptrui?! :lol:

  • 44.grant10: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:39 pm

    @kaksioek-39: I have always rated Luke….awesome player and a great leader….in 2006 that oke walked on water as an out and out opensider….try and watch him as often as I can when the Kings game are on…..not quite back at his best but still class….and far better than Spies!

  • 45.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:39 pm

    @Slappes-34:

    Congratulations from my side as well, it’s wonderful news…… Great stuff!!

  • 46.Slappes: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:40 pm

    @Katman , no doubt he’s a stormer – if it was a girl she would be a lion…

  • 47.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:40 pm

    @assagai-38: And half-pint Fourie is going to play blindside flank?! :lol: Is that because of the value he adds in the lineout? :lol:

  • 48.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:41 pm

    @Slappes-29: lmao @ ” The Glass Jaw Moffie of the year to …Jean Deysel.” :lol:

    the canuck got him flush… :-)

    i see congratulations are in order my man… all the best.

  • 49.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:42 pm

    @grant10-44: Yes, I know that – as does anyone who has visited the blog in the past 6 years. But what about PdV’s allegations – which I tend to remember were backed by Keo?

  • 50.katman: Reply to this comment
    24 Oct 2012, 21:42 pm

    @Slappes-46: So it’s a little guy? That’s awesome. I have one of each and they’re the most fun you could ever have.

    My girl is barely two and a half, and she’s a Lion. And when she shouts “Kom Lions!” it’s one of the most fearsome things in the world.

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