Habana grabs grand prize
2 Nov 2012
Bryan Habana was named South Africa’s Player of the Year on Thursday night in Cape Town.
Habana was honoured with the top individual national prize after showing great form throughout 2012.
He was part of the Stormers team that topped the South African conference before losing to the Sharks in the semi-final.
He starred for the Springboks during their 2-0 June Test triumph over England. He was also the top try-scorer in the Rugby Championship, crossing the chalk on seven occasions.
He also helped WP to their first Currie Cup title in 11 years. Unfortunately, a knee injury picked up during the domestic final win over the Sharks will see him miss South Africa’s end-of-year tour to Europe in November.
‘This is a humbling experience,’ said Habana. ‘I have to credit the coaches and players I’ve been around. Their support and criticism helped me a lot. The journey of where I was to where I am now wouldn’t have been possible without them.
‘I’d also like to thank Dr Sherylle Calder for helping me focus on the basics. And thanks to my family and friends for all the support. It’s an honour to use my talent to represent this amazing country we call South Africa.’
Habana also receieved the Try of the Year Award for his individual brilliance during the first half of the Boks’ Test against the All Blacks in Dunedin.
The other top prizes were given to wing JP Pietersen (Players’ Player of the Year) and lock Eben Etzebeth (Young Player of the Year).
SA RUGBY AWARDS
Player of the Year: Bryan Habana
Players’ Player of the Year: JP Pietersen
Young Player of the Year: Eben Etzebeth
SA Sevens Player of the Year: Cecil Afrika
SA U20 Player of the Year: Jan Serfontein
Team of the Year: The Sharks (Currie Cup)
Coach of the Year: John Plumtree (The Sharks)
Super Rugby Player of the Year: Keegan Daniel (The Sharks)
Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year: Deon Fourie (Western Province)
Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year: Hansie Graaf (Griffons)
Try of the Year: Bryan Habana (All Blacks vs Springboks, Dunedin)
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year: Demetri Catrakilis
Craven Week Player of the Year: Sergeal Petersen (EP)
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2 Nov 2012, 23:56 pm
Gdam they got it all too play for but not an ounce of gdam humour in their gdam calcium, not a single ounce.
3 Nov 2012, 00:03 am
@carol-496: Don’t have time for your ignorance or stupidity.
3 Nov 2012, 00:06 am
@stormersboy-471: It’s been done before on this blog.
You don’t need to give me your puma love story.Nobody really cares. 
3 Nov 2012, 00:07 am
Well now wie weet . Toemaar.
Waar is die gdverdomtekoeksisters? Komdukteir?
3 Nov 2012, 00:11 am
Maxmus poeffanus – hou jou piel binne ekse
ohh fk dus snaaks – lekker slaap – haha van crab – toemaar vreeeslik
3 Nov 2012, 00:18 am
@wnbb-502:
Yawn Cappo!!
3 Nov 2012, 00:19 am
Puma
is so fkn ordentilik as hy skreeu nie n shark dan weet jy hy is verduidelik gevok, met n ggggg…
Dankie
3 Nov 2012, 00:21 am
@gonzo-498:
Thank you Gonzo.
3 Nov 2012, 00:22 am
Wattehel
3 Nov 2012, 00:23 am
@cab-507:
Puma does not read Afrikaans Cab, his grasp of your language is nearly as poor as mine!!
3 Nov 2012, 00:26 am
Carol – yes it is hard for you to believe but I speak unbelievably good afrikaans
dankie
and sorry to disturb the argus, goodnight.
Maximuspielnus waar is jy – oh fk waar is ek
3 Nov 2012, 00:28 am
@cab-509:
Jy clink effens gedrink, is ek reg of nie?
3 Nov 2012, 00:30 am
One more question waar die fk is st helier?
Agnakont – t
3 Nov 2012, 00:31 am
@cab-511:
Night Cab…Lekker Slaap
3 Nov 2012, 00:33 am
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thoughts in clear form. ~ Albert Einstein
3 Nov 2012, 00:33 am
Vkn hel jy praat effens veel betee as ek – naand.
3 Nov 2012, 00:35 am
@carol-512: How’s old Nick doing?Nearly conference time for you lot.
3 Nov 2012, 00:36 am
Daai ou fkn jood ou dosie van der stel is tweetalig.
Nag.
3 Nov 2012, 00:38 am
Dankie Cab,ek het goeie vriend wat my leer
3 Nov 2012, 00:42 am
@cab-518:
Ek dink jy moet gann slap. Totsens
3 Nov 2012, 00:42 am
Cause it was late in the evening and ….
Kudos to Brian, always gives his all & puts his body on the line. Been in a slump for a while but knows how to score tries
3 Nov 2012, 00:45 am
Yep brian is a great player alright but he was struggling for a long time and everyone knows that.
3 Nov 2012, 00:50 am
I’m not sure JDeV is the right captain for us but not sure who is, what u think?
3 Nov 2012, 00:51 am
@cab-522: Bryan is a God-given talent and a true living legend.
3 Nov 2012, 00:55 am
@wnbb-524: amen to that, mr never say die
3 Nov 2012, 00:56 am
Wnbb – he lost his talent for a while there tho bigtime.
Here’s a lesson from best to worst in an eyeblink – confidence no wonder the head doctors are so important – problem is he’s got frightening pace but not great coords – so he’s good but not campese great.
3 Nov 2012, 00:58 am
But truth be told hananas sheer pace made up for all the skill campo ever had – you can’t replace out-and-out speed.
3 Nov 2012, 01:03 am
@cab-527: pity we didn’t devise a gameplan to get the ball to him in a bit of space more often
3 Nov 2012, 02:24 am
@Cab…..Campo was my second fave Oz player of all time behind Mark Ella.Remember him as a nineteen year old turning About wing St uWilson inside out and burning him on the outside.Also that famous goose step.A true character of the game and matchwinner.Habana is a totally different player but both on a par in terms of greatness and achievements.
3 Nov 2012, 03:50 am
@Heavens Game-153:
“And those dumbfuck self professed Sharks “fans” like Megatron and his mates at Sharksworld really should feel like the braindead idiots they truly are with Plum winning Coach of the Year…”
…and the ONLY reason he got that award was because of a PITY vote.
…same with the Sharks as team of the year… another PITY vote.
…JPP as Players player of the year…yet another PITY vote. (How many games did he play to get that accolade?)
3 Nov 2012, 04:08 am
@Te Rangatira-529:
Not many South Africans will know about the Australian teams of the 80′s. (Cab, I’m not saying that you don’t)
The Ella brother’s (Mark, Gary and Glen), with Mark leading, were the player’s who made Aus a real world force in rugby. Most South Africans were never privileged enough to appreciate their talent because they played in the early 80′s when we were isolated.
Mark Ella
Simon Poidevin (an all time favorite of mine)
Rod Mc Queen
John? Hipwell (The scrum half with the wrist pass. The last of his kind, I think.)
Those were the players who brought Aus rugby into the mainstream before guys like Campese, Nick-Farr Jones, Willie O took them further.
3 Nov 2012, 04:38 am
@nama1-531:
Hi Nama…..the Ozzie teams of the eighties…brings back fond memories of brilliant passing and running lines…Yes John Hipwell a fore runner of the great Aussie halfbacks with his great pass, saw him play once for NSW when he was coming to the end of his career, great player who suffered from injuries.
Simon Poidevin one of your favourites, great flanker who took no backward step to the Abs a real workhorse who could dish it out.
One of my other favourites was Micheal Hawker at 2nd five/centre, ran nice lines and when Mark Ella drew in two or three defenders he seemed to waltz through everytime. They also had Micheal O’connor another excellent centre who went on to be a great in Rugby League. Can’t forget Roger Gould at full back with his long stride and big boot.Yes those were the days.
3 Nov 2012, 04:40 am
On coaches. HG reckons that Plumstree success made him the prophet in sharkville that the boy will come good. How many years of underperforming must be tolerated to a marginally successful year (nothing won that sparkled)The other thing that bother me about these kiewiete coming here to teach us rugby is that they dont give a dahm about the springbok team. Is it just me or am I the only one that see a trojan horse through all the mist of SA rugby.They are not just spies from the cold but actually teaching us how to play rugby. They understand our weaknesses and strenghs so much better.Go and ask any general what win wars and he will tell you intellegence(knowing exactly whats going on in your enemies backyards) I am sure when it come to testmatches the intel is flowing freely.Now I am not saying we can not learn anything from the kiwis, they do have the best rugby coaches in the world, but throwing the gates open like this for little or no gain is stupid. Imagine a bok coaching Nz super rugby teams, it wont happen.Face it Plumtree with all the boks in his squad over the years should have done much better.
3 Nov 2012, 04:49 am
Team of the Year: The Sharks (Currie Cup)
Coach of the Year: John Plumtree (The Sharks)
Super Rugby Player of the Year: Keegan Daniel (The Sharks)
If you have to be honest, even as the most ardent Shark supporter, not one of these accolades are deserved.
Not when you have:
Team of the Year: A bunch of laaities from the Cape ending top of the log in an INTERNATIONAL provincial competition like the S15, who then went on to win the local provincial competition against a Shark team that boasted 9 Bok players in their RUN ON TEAM in the final of the CURRIE CUP…the most revered competition at local level are much, much more deserving of the title as “Team of the Year.”
Coach of the year: Plumtree ahead of Toetie Coetzee is even a bigger joke. Toetie coached his very YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED team to the top of the log in the S15, an international provincial competition. The best Plumtree could do was to end up in 6th place and then win two knock out matches to play in the final of the S15. That, after his team lost 5 matches in the league phase. To complicate matters further, his team LOST the final of the Currie Cup against the laaities of Toetie when they played as WP against the Sharks. Yet, he (Plumtree) get the reward as “Coach of the Year” ahead of Toetie!!! Something does not add up.
Super Rugby Player of the Year: Keegan Daniel (The Sharks): Now, if anybody wants to tell me that Keegan had a better S15 than SIYA KOLISI, he must be totally be fucked in his head. Keegan, who I rated actually, does not deserve this accolade ahead of a guy like Kolisi or even Marcell Coetzee. He should’ve declined it and stayed in Durbs. He already made it clear that he did not intent to travel to Cape Town if he was not going to win any award.
Just another undeserved PITY vote.
Much respect was lost Keegan.
3 Nov 2012, 04:54 am
Some bloggers are now calling for AC to be bok coach. What did he achieve?Does it really take a genius to figure out that an defense only aproach wont take you all the way? Yet these same bloggers call HM every name under the sun for a dismal start and although he changes his bad decisions very slowly, at least he change them. Imagine if he carry on his current gameplan for four years without success. Our skills have to be lifted.There are only a few things a backplayer must be able to do well. The secret is they have to be able to do it well under extreme pressure all the time, and thats what we need to work on.
3 Nov 2012, 05:10 am
I agree on Kolisi. I am not saying he is miles better than Marcell Coetzee but I think HM missed a golden oppertunity there to give this youngster a chance. Everybody is crying about the quotas, along come a born and bred local and he do not get a change.I think HM had everything to gain by testing Kolisi and he missed the boat.His other selections showed a lack of confidence in Kolisi that was not warranted.I hope that I am wrong and that it was his future plans for Kolisi is what make him hold back on his selection.Chili a point in case.
3 Nov 2012, 05:12 am
Allways nice to have the last word. Good night.
3 Nov 2012, 05:20 am
@jet jungle-535:
Funny neh! I was waiting for the likes of you to shift the goal posts.
Remember last year when everybody was wondering who the next coach will be? Heyneke was the obvious choice in many a so called rugby fundi’s eyes because he was a winner of the S14 and the CC. Toetie was “disqualified” because he had never won anything. Even his RWC gold medal as assistant coach of the 2007 champion team, did not count in his favour. You guys wanted him to win something all on his own as coach.
Now that he is the coach of the CC champions, you ask the question, “What did he achieve?”
1. Assistant coach of a RWC winning team. (2007)
2. Head coach of the top team in the league phase of the S15 in 2012.
3. Twice winner of the SA Conference Cup. (2011 & 2012)
4 Head coach of the Currie Cup Champions. (2012)
Not too bad a CV, is it?
Agree, he should not become Bok coach but it gives you no reason to ask stupid questions.
3 Nov 2012, 05:20 am
@Te Rangatira-532:
Man, I only saw some footage of the Ella brother and Mar especially. I think the Aussies will recognize him as the player who made them a world force in rugby union. Pity we could never play against the likes of him and his brothers.
Yes, the 80′s rugby was great even though SA was not a part of it at international level.
If I’m not mistaken, Roger Gould played against the Boks when we returned to international rugby. I remember a time where they said that “pound for pound, Gould is the best rugby player in the world.” Of cause, our Boertjies had their own Johan Heunis who they reckoned was the best at the time.
Favourite All Blacks of mine those days were:
Stu wilson
Bernie Fraser
Dave Loveridge
the Whetton brothers
3 Nov 2012, 05:26 am
@jet jungle-536:
You did not read properly.
I was not advocating for Kolisi to be a BOk in Heyneke’s team.
I was comparing his performance in the S15 to that of Keegan. There is just no way that any HONEST person can say that Keegan had a better S15 than Kolisi. So, the question then is, HOW did Keegan get the Player of the S15 award.
A moerse wrong choice, don’t you think?
3 Nov 2012, 05:28 am
@nama1-539:
Oh yes, and Buck Shelford.
Great player.
3 Nov 2012, 05:37 am
@nama1-539:
Mark Ella revoloutionized first five play with his running and sweet passing game.He always held the ball out in front and would take on the line whilst most other first fives of that period would sit back in the pocket. Also he would align his outside midfield really flat and they would be only a arms length away from him so when he popped the ball they were right off his hip, or otherwise he would show the ball and with his deceptive body movements would have defenders clutching air, amazing player who retired too early a bit like CCR.
3 Nov 2012, 05:41 am
@nama1-539:
Dave Loveridge was one of my favourites too. Recognised as one of the best if not the best Ab halfback of all time….but me being from the North Auckland I’m a Sid Going fan.
3 Nov 2012, 05:52 am
540.nama1: I were actually advocating for Kolisi to be in the bok team, sink or swim scenario, but like I say hopefully HM is thinking about his long term future. To come back to Toetie as you call him, if he achieved that gold dust sprinkled pedigree with the bulls i think you would have seen him in a different light. Rose tinted spectacles comes to mind. Now if he build on that for the next year or two and take some super titles we can talk again.
3 Nov 2012, 05:53 am
@Te Rangatira-542:
CCR.?
@Te Rangatira-543:
Of the 76 All Black in South Africa, there are only THREE names that stucked in my mind: SID GOING, BILLY BUSH, JJ WILLIAMS.
Andy Leslie was mentioned sometimes as well.
The game Loveridge played against the Lions (in mid 90′s) in the rain was probably one of the best performances by a SH in the history of rugby. A master class performance.
Some SA supporters still drool about the performance by Fourie du Preez in the 1st match against England in the 2007 RWC but even that performance does even not come close to what Loveridge did that day.
A great little player.
3 Nov 2012, 06:00 am
@jet jungle-544:
I was questioning Keegan’s award as player of the S15 ahead of Kolisi.
Forget about the Bok team for a moment. Just cast your mind back to the S15 and try to think about Keegan (who I rate highly) on the one hand and Kolisi on the other. Who, in your most esteemed opinion, had the better S15?
How many Super rugby titles has Plumtree won so far?
3 Nov 2012, 06:02 am
@nama1-545:
CCR- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Yes Dave Loveridge (Trapper) was a class act with a wonderful style who like the great batsmen seemed to have more time than lesser mortals….he also had a memorable dive pass which seems to have gone outta fashion………..bring back the dive pass
3 Nov 2012, 06:06 am
@Te Rangatira-543:
Strange that the wrist, whip pass that Hipwell possessed, is totally out of the game now. It always gave Ella that extra split second to weigh up his options. I think Hipwell’s role in Ella’s performances was underrated. When NFJ became the SH, Ella was not the same anymore.
Why don’t coaches teach their SH’s to pass like that?
3 Nov 2012, 06:10 am
@Te Rangatira-547:
When I think of the dive pass, I always think of Loveridge and Divan Serfontein. (Bok SH on the ’81 tour)
Joost did it every now and then to his left side because his pass was very weak to that side.
3 Nov 2012, 06:15 am
@nama1-548:
Yeah my old man saw John Hipwell in his prime and always commented on the speed of his pass.Yes every first five measures time in milliseconds and with a good half back with a fast accurate pass makes a big difference. The art of good half back play concentrating on getting the ball off the deck with a Hipwell like pass are things of the past…..nearly a lost art form.
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