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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3 Nov 2012, 06:21 am
546.nama1: To tell you the truth I do not know. What does the stats say.For me they are just two much different players. Kolisi is more of a guts and instinct player much like Coetzee, Dewald where Daniels is calculating and leading with a lot of guts *** well. I guess the reason why he got it was being a good captain *** well as a very influentual player. Plumtrees award do not make sense at all.
3 Nov 2012, 06:22 am
@nama1-549:
Divan Serfontein must remember that name, cause I concentrated so much on Nas Botha on that tour I’ve forgotten who the half back was.He must have been good because I remember the halfback for the Bok going really well .
3 Nov 2012, 06:26 am
@Te Rangatira-550:
“nearly a lost art form.”
It IS a lost art form.
Unless some 12 year old boy discovers it again and practices it until he gets it right and brings it back onto the international fold.
I always loved how Rod Mc Queen would throw him the ball from the top of the line out and the next thing you see is the ball on its way to the FH. Meanwhile Hipwell merely “turned” his wrists.
He really was a master passer of the ball. Never as good a rugby player as Nick Farr-Jones though.
3 Nov 2012, 06:30 am
@nama1-553:
Yep,it is a lost artform….most halfbacks too worried about getting their box kicks right
Correct….Nick Farr Jones is top of the pile imho.
3 Nov 2012, 06:48 am
@jet jungle-551:
“Kolisi is more of a guts and instinct player much like Coetzee…”
Coetzee is the most “pattern” player you will ever get. Nothing instictive about him.
Just go around today and ask your friends just one question: Who do you think was the better player in the S15 this year, Siya Kolisi or Keegan Daniel?
I bet you 95% of your friends will say, Kolisi.
@Te Rangatira-552:
Divan was a meneer (a master), as we would say here.
Probably weighed about 65kg’s but he was the most gutsy SH you could ever wish for. He had a rocket, accurate pass, a sniping break around the fringes and could kick with both feet. Also great on the cover defense and sweeping behind the back line. The complete scrum half.
WP/Stormers are still looking for someone like him and remember that he retired in the mid 80′s already.
If you can get a hold of the Bok/Lions series of 1980, you’ll get a much better idea of his talent than what he showed during the ’81 tour in NZ.
Hopefully, Coetzee will make Groom his no. 1 SH next year. He still has a long way to go but I believe he will get there.
3 Nov 2012, 06:57 am
@Te Rangatira-554:
John Hipwell & Mark Ella
Nick Farr-Jones & Michael Lynagh
Justin Marshall & Andrew Mehrtens
Joost vd Westhuizen & Joel Stransky
Joost vd westhuizen & Henry Honniball
Peeri Weepu & Daniel Carter
Make your pick.
3 Nov 2012, 07:00 am
@nama1-555:
Thanks Nama, its good to learn something, especially about great players I have little knowledge of.
One player on that tour who blew me away was Gerrie Germishuys, amazing winger who must have been awesome in his prime.
3 Nov 2012, 07:01 am
@nama1-556:
I have to go for Hipwell and Ella.
3 Nov 2012, 07:12 am
@Te Rangatira-558:
Actually I would rate them in this order:
1/ Hipwell & Ella
2/ Farr Jones & Lynagh
3/ Weepu & Carter
4/ Joost & Honnibal
5/ Marshall & Mehrtens
6/ Joost & Stransky
3 Nov 2012, 07:14 am
Nama gotta run, the missus is calling out……catch you up.
3 Nov 2012, 07:19 am
@Te Rangatira-559:
Hang on I want to swap 2 for 1 but if Farr Jones was teamed with Ella I would certainly go with that pair, then again Carter & Marshall is up there too, who knows.
3 Nov 2012, 07:23 am
@Te Rangatira-557:
Germishuys was a speedster but not the greatest wing imo.
He made a good name for himself in NZ after scoring the only try in the 2nd test in 1981 when he rounded Bernie Fraser, I think. He also had a great series against the Lons in 1980 but that was more due to the counter attacking play by Gysie Pienaar (Ruan’s father) than anything else. But he was really not the most skillful player on the wing.
Carel du Plesis replaced him in 1982 on the left wing and he will go down as one of the greatest wings in SA history.
3 Nov 2012, 07:24 am
@Te Rangatira-560:
Sharp, ouboet.
3 Nov 2012, 07:32 am
@nama1-545:
Re the 1976 AB’s……There were also the lock Peter (Pole) Whiting and flanker Ian Kirkpatrick who stood out as excellent players (kirkptrick was past his best but still very classy) The other flanker Kevin Eveleigh was also very good, a tough as nails type of player..
The team was however one of the weaket NZ sides ever to visit SA, if not the weakest.
3 Nov 2012, 07:35 am
562.nama1: read post 170 on the Meyer laments…. thread (slumtown) and tell me what you think. It sounds that you really study your rugby where I am more of a catch the game if I can type, so I will take your word for it. I will reserve my judgement about Kolisi until I have seen more of him.He looks like the real deal but you know what they say about new brooms.
3 Nov 2012, 08:54 am
I see that HM is trying to get Mujati into the squad by getting some special dispensation as he’s not an SA passport holder/citizen. This guy just seems to be making it up as he goes along. So much for having a plan.
3 Nov 2012, 09:03 am
@David-566: yeah just saw that!
YEAH bakkies & many will choke on their prejudice if meyer pulls this off
3 Nov 2012, 09:06 am
@David-566: why didn’g meyer talk to mujati in june already? by now he’d have either agreed to get a saffa passport or carry on trying to be a naturalised brit.
*sigh*
3 Nov 2012, 09:09 am
@Transformation-567:
My problem is that it’s to ensure that he has a full front row on the bench. Why leave it up to now to decide on Mujati? That issue should have been settled long before the tour.
It appears that Malherbe will be the other option. I wonder who else of our overseas props turned him down for him to suddenly turn to Mujati?
3 Nov 2012, 09:13 am
@Transformation-568:
You beat me to it.
3 Nov 2012, 09:21 am
@David-569: i can think of bj @ munster.
3 Nov 2012, 09:27 am
@Transformation-571:
Yeah, we have a number of THs over there.
3 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
This saga with Mujati and HM’s sooo last minute turnaround… #smh
3 Nov 2012, 11:00 am
Mujati is class….gotta give HM his dues….he continues to confound me…
On the negative side his fixation with M Steyn and shunning of D Fourie and Brussow…
On the plus side….F Louw, S Brits and now Mujati….got to respect that guys….REspect HM…
3 Nov 2012, 11:21 am
@David-566: @Transformation-568:
What’s with Meyer? He does not know that Mujati does not WANT to play for the Bokke anymore even if he was eligible?
Wonder what Bakkie thinks about this newest move from HM.
3 Nov 2012, 11:39 am
@nama1-575:
I assume he must have spoken to him. The only thing I can think of is that the other options overseas turned him down. I reckon that Pieter de Villiers is also giving him advice.
3 Nov 2012, 11:42 am
@nama1-575: We’ll have to wait and see; to get over his normal blues Bakkies now attends cake-baking classes on a Saturday morning.
3 Nov 2012, 11:48 am
@David-576:
Even if he did that David (spoken to Mujati), Mujati is still not a SA citizen and therefor not eligible to play for the Boks. This does not make any sense at all. It’s like saying that “Meyer is targeting Castrogiovani” for the Boks.
Can’t happen under our laws.
Malherbe joined the Boks in Aus/NZ. What’s wrong with him now?
Benoude katte maak benoude spronge, if you ask me.
3 Nov 2012, 11:57 am
@nama1-578: as david suggested, the other de villiers might’ve whispered in his ear & said malherbe is still green – see currie cup final.
wp nel is out there, so is bj & “the mooj” .
they can take the mooj to the embassy in london & get him sorted chop chop we back in business.
3 Nov 2012, 12:12 pm
@Transformation-579:
Not if they don’t involve Fikile. Do what SA cricket did last year before the CWC to get the Pakistani eligible to play for SA.
They should’ve done this a long time ago if they were serious about getting him to play for the Boks, as you have suggested earlier (p.568). Like I said earlier, this smacks of a coach who is very much nervous about this tour. (Benoude katte maak benoude spronge.)
Just take Malherbe along and see it as part of his learning curve towards 2015.
3 Nov 2012, 12:17 pm
Any Keoling registered a superbru for the upcoming internationals? If so, what is the details?
3 Nov 2012, 12:27 pm
@nama1-580:
I’m beginning to suspect there’s a win ratio somewhere in his contract.
3 Nov 2012, 12:43 pm
@David-582:
I read somewhere that his performance review will come up after the EOYT.
So yes, that definitely plays a role I think.
Can you imagine him losing two matches on this tour?
His record in his 1st year would then be: 5 losses, two draws and 5 wins. Not a good record huh?
3 Nov 2012, 13:03 pm
Yeah, he’ll probably claim the injury excuse and the fact that the Bulls players had deteriorated since he left.
3 Nov 2012, 13:04 pm
@David-584:
OK, I’m off to watch some local T20 cricket.
Enjoy your day, David.
3 Nov 2012, 13:24 pm
@ nama
This extinct wrist pass you guys are talking about…isn’t that exactly Aaron Smith’s biggest asset? Or is it different to Hipwell’s?
3 Nov 2012, 13:34 pm
@582 David
He definitely has a performance clause in his contract.
In PdV’s book he wrote about how only the performance clause in his contract saved his job on numerous occasions.
His crazy utterances would be brought up in his reviews and when the decision came as to whether they could fire him or not…his results spoke more than what ever else was coming out the media.
3 Nov 2012, 14:04 pm
Who is the most despicable cheat to have ever graced sport:
-Lance. USA.
-Tonya Harding. USA.
-Hansie.RSA.
-The Entire East German Women’s Olympic Team. GDR.
-The Entire Chinese Women’s Swimming Team. PRC.
-96% of contenders of the Tour de Farce.
-Ben Johnson. Canada / Jamaica.
-Marie-Reine le Gouge. Fr.
-The 1919 Chicago Black Sox. USA.
-Marion Jones.USA.
I’m going for a SA win here!
3 Nov 2012, 14:07 pm
And hey……………………………………………..Bakkies,
Don’t bother.
3 Nov 2012, 15:29 pm
@cane-589:
You most certainly have the S.A. component correct but since Marion Jones(she should be higher on the list) and Armstrong more than probably all others combined raked in the most millions in $, they win this damned thing hands down relative to ‘boertjie Hansie’s pennies.
3 Nov 2012, 15:47 pm
All know that empty vessels make the most awful noise and judging by the load of empty lies and ‘drol’sucks on this thread yesterday it must have been extremely noisy as confused conservatives battled with piggypink liberals over some other country that is not theirs.
The irony of it all is that almost all have their heads in the air eating pie-in-the-sky thus their feet are not on the ground of a country that does not belong to any of them.
Since my feet are at least on the ground I can safely say with unquestionable truthfulness that Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen is in the remaining 4 days doing 3 separate rallies at different locations with Obama and that will surely leave some cons(ervatives) asembarrassed, confused “Mormons” here.
That S.African with his Dave Matthew’s Band and others like Stevie Wonder, JC and more also have rallies with Obama.
In the meantime not even Dolly with her Part-ons want to do a rally with a ‘Domney (or is Domkey better).
3 Nov 2012, 16:08 pm
As for me,, although I am here as a “Resident Alien”, and will be affected one way or the other by any outcome(it is all relative) I have little or no interest.
All I say is that if NO money is wasted on wars to steal other people’s resources then more money will be available for the building of infra-structure the world over which would benefit all including the billions of poor.
Such actions, as for example building infra-structures such as sea barriers(see what Holland has done) will reduce the damage of a hectic NATURE caused somewhat by stupidly induced, human affected climate changes, and more importantly, such worthy actions will create millions of jobs too.
I have seldom ever witnessed such a level of destruction and disaster as that seen in New Jersey and New York. It boggles the mind.
And I have not read or seen a single report on any looting whilst looking for it in the NY Times ,Wash. Post, USA Today. and CNN and national channels ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX based in any of NY, Newark, Philly and more locations.
What concerns me the most this day is my drive back north in a few hours time.
Let your empty vessels noise now continue.
3 Nov 2012, 16:20 pm
Uh oh.
3 Nov 2012, 16:46 pm
@cane-588: Ooh, I’m going to enjoy this one!
Have quite a good story about Hansie and his crooked-cronies but probably won’t have time to post just yet…
3 Nov 2012, 17:03 pm
@ET.-592:
Huff Post reported about it in New Jersey.
3 Nov 2012, 17:12 pm
Watching Mujati first 40 minutes with a renewed interest
Same old, lazy, always away from points of contact, didn’t make one tackle and didn’t carry the ball once
The Beast comes to mind however he is faster, doesn’t get stuck in no man land, Mujati on the other hand is sticking out doing nothing throughout the 1st Half
Good luck HM
3 Nov 2012, 17:32 pm
@Transformation-567:
@nama1-575:
i must say i am genuinely surprised by this, genuinely surprised.
personally i would never have selected him again in light of the mujatigate affair even if it was only to play a squad member backup role, which is what it probably is.
i suppose one good outcome of this is that it proves the haters wrong again with regards to heyneke meyer, at least in so far as his perceived ‘verkrampte’ pretoria leaning houding is concerned. the guy is certainly proving to be very open minded and is pursuing whatever is best for springbok rugby as a whole… and if that means picking mujati irrespective of race issues, which in the past would have been career ending, then so be it.
i can only lament the fact that since picking almost a whole squad of ABABP’s the success of the boks has nosedived and sadly the players have let him down rather badly. to be fair, the bulls as it is, ar estill rebuilding their squad so would not have been able to make a huge difference. though, i suspect the pride and competitiveness may have been just a little greater had there been a few more in the squad.
as for mujati, i can only guess that having already played for the boks and therefore being ineligible for the poms he really has nothing to lose if he were to get another opportunity to play for the greatest team the game has ever known.
3 Nov 2012, 17:38 pm
Slow day today…what time is the Bath game with Flo?
3 Nov 2012, 17:43 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-597:
I think he’s a different type of All Black.
3 Nov 2012, 17:46 pm
@cane-588:
@cane-589:
seriously cane, seriously…???..
wow! fish much..?..
i dont want to dignify this with an answer but i will.
lets start by going over just a few of the many, many articles and opinions offered all over the world wide web:
During the Super XV finals, for example, a former Australian captain and now its television cheer squad director (rather than commentator in the accepted sense of the word), on air directly tagged the Auckland Blues as “cheats”, linking that further to the All Blacks and, inevitably, McCaw.
That speaks, incidentally, to the corrosion of contemporary sports commentary, especially in Australia: partisanship and commercialist spruiking replace dispassionate analysis.
http://theconversation.edu.au/rugby-world-cup-are-cheats-prospering-3416
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or:
On the negative aspects of All Black play, which has resulted in much criticism – and, as I have said, from many parts of the world. Just as the All Blacks value the necessity of quick ball for their own attack, they clearly recognise the threat that opposition quick ball poses to their defence. In fact, I thought that the All Black defence was unusually vulnerable to attack from quick ball, as evidenced by two quite simple Springbok tries in their second test in Wellington and a few similar efforts by the Wallabies. They strive therefore to limit such recycles from their opponents. Nothing wrong with that – all teams have a similar agenda – so long as they do so within the laws of the game.
It is here that I, and many others, question their tactics. Black jerseyed tacklers finish on the ground, on the wrong side of the ball, so often, that I can’t believe that it’s by accident. This prevents their opponents from arriving quickly to support their team-mate and allowing other All Black support players to attack opposition ball on the ground. Further, opposition scrum-halves are having difficulty getting in close to clear the ball and are forced to “lift” the ball for their pass to clear Black bodies. This slows down the clearing pass and gives valuable time to the defence. And, it’s illegal!
On New Zealand ball at the tackle. Whilst they, generally, arrive “through the gate” on opposition ball, they enter from outrageously off-side positions on their own ball – sometimes they are clearing out opponents from positions a metre or two BEYOND the ruck/maul. This has the beneficial effect of limiting opposition hands to the tackle ball and allowing their “early, long place” ball for instant recycle to their excellent support players. If any one doubts this, they should Google “All Blacks at the Breakdown” and view an excellently compiled video from the Wellington test v the Springboks. It is even on the increase. All players play their part, and while McCaw, Franks and Smith have been serial offenders, Kieran Read has recently perfected his technique also. It is dramatically effective and frequently brings tries – and it’s illegal!
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/dwyers-view-all-blacks-2010/
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and here’s to the lottery we can thank you filthy phukers for:
http://theconversation.edu.au/rugby-world-cup-a-lottery-amid-refereeing-chaos-3906
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