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, 12:17 pm
@cane-298:
Really big team too.
I watched ReUnion after the game and Tony and co said the Boks were simply too big.
Not often you hear that these days.
2 Nov 2012, 12:21 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-283:
2 Nov 2012, 12:22 pm
@Transformation-292:
I R B ………………………….the i is for International.
get it.
2 Nov 2012, 12:23 pm
@cane-300: I just think rampant American conservative capitalism and paranoia is dangerous to the entire planet.
2 Nov 2012, 12:23 pm
It should have been ” The Rock” Vermeulen, no one moves him.
2 Nov 2012, 12:24 pm
But then again ,………….. he does not move himself either.
2 Nov 2012, 12:25 pm
@capebull-305: Not even he himself. I think he makes attacking meters through continental drift.
2 Nov 2012, 12:26 pm
@capebull-306: Ah, snaperoo.
2 Nov 2012, 12:27 pm
I am shattered
Inconsolable…….utterly floored 
http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/Riaan-Cruywagen-retiring-after-37-years-20121102
How dare he.
2 Nov 2012, 12:27 pm
@londonshark-291:
awesome team and a trully awesome achievement by them.
you cant script that sort of story and was a real case of overcoming the odds considering the start to their tournament which they had.
my pick too and probably the all the faceless sa rugby public fans’ pick too.
@londonshark-295:
thats the spirit
2 Nov 2012, 12:28 pm
@londonshark-301:
That they were London.
Muscle and bone,
and plenty of it.
P.S. sorry to see your side go down in the CC Final.
I was hoping the WeePees could be kept humble.
2 Nov 2012, 12:31 pm
@katman-308: I think I will send him Naas’s book on ” How to tackle”
2 Nov 2012, 12:31 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-309:
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain
I’ve lived a life that’s full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
2 Nov 2012, 12:32 pm
@cane-311: We ‘WeePees’ are never humble. 11 Years of winning absolutely fuckingnothing couldn’t keep us humble…….
Ever.
We don’t do humble
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-310: By far the most deserved for Team of the Year award. Was honestly quite shocked the kids didn’t get it.
2 Nov 2012, 12:33 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-313: “me plz”
2 Nov 2012, 12:36 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-314:
the kids are alright…
2 Nov 2012, 12:36 pm
What happened to the Shabir Shaik award that was meant to go to the Kings?
2 Nov 2012, 12:38 pm
@katman-304:
The people will make their choice katman.
For what it’s worth…………………………i would like to Obama pull through.
But if he doesn’t …………………………..the people have spoken.
2 Nov 2012, 12:40 pm
@cane-318: It’s a well known fact that the majority of the people are also idiots.
2 Nov 2012, 12:42 pm
@cane-318:
Romney is a Nazi.
2 Nov 2012, 12:43 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-314:
I’ve noticed.
2 Nov 2012, 12:43 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-309: I am devastated too. I loved that guy. Most of all, will miss the funny Youtube video’s they made of him.
2 Nov 2012, 12:44 pm
@Jinx2-320:
And an out and out liar.
2 Nov 2012, 12:45 pm
@rossoneri-322: Indeed
There were some classics. It’s the end of the world as we know it 
2 Nov 2012, 12:47 pm
The sharks won the team of the Year award?
For getting fisted in two finals?
2 Nov 2012, 12:48 pm
And now for some more awards…
“Referees’s C*ck-up of the Year” – Awarded to Marius Jonker for his “missing” of the blatant knock-on by one M Steyn during the Bulls’ game against us @ Loftus resulting in our losing our conference and subsequently missing the playoffs by one point.
“Linesmens’ C*ck-up of the Year” – Jointly awarded to Stefan Breytenbach & Lourens van der Merwe for their roles in the above bloop.
“TMO’s C*ck-up of the Year” – To whoever he was that fateful night in April – See above.
THANKS GUYS, STERLING EFFORT THERE.
And finally, SARU’s very own “Pinnochio Award” – the judges were at a stalemate about this one and finally awarded it jointly to Messrs Hoskins & Roux for misleading the rugby-loving players public so much…
And finally
2 Nov 2012, 12:49 pm
@katman-317: It was traded for a fillet steak.
2 Nov 2012, 12:49 pm
@gunther-325:
seriously, you cant script that stuff.
there’s a movie in there somewhere.
2 Nov 2012, 12:49 pm
@gunther-325: And taking it so well. That’s what the judges were looking for.
2 Nov 2012, 12:51 pm
@Jinx2-320:
Actually he is a Mormon.
Don’t drink no coffee,
don’t drink no tea.
2 Nov 2012, 12:52 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-328:
Unvictus.
2 Nov 2012, 12:54 pm
The Shabir Sheikh awards will make these look like the prizes at the local school tombola stall.
2 Nov 2012, 12:54 pm
@wnbb-299: oops sorry didnt see that lol. He´s 33 btw.
2 Nov 2012, 12:54 pm
@cane-330:
Shame
What does he drink then
2 Nov 2012, 12:54 pm
@gunther-325: Now now Gunther. You know it was in the national interest to give the guppies something…..
2 Nov 2012, 12:57 pm
@gunther-325: No for losing 2 finals
2 Nov 2012, 12:57 pm
@Dawn-334: milk shake
2 Nov 2012, 12:59 pm
@Dawn-334:
Juice.
Unfermented.
2 Nov 2012, 12:59 pm
@capebull-337:
From his own cows
Mormons do that
2 Nov 2012, 13:00 pm
@BrumbiesBoy-326:
still harping on that…
i would have thought a more fitting bunch of recipients would have been
keith brown
ar’s simon moore & julian pritchard
and tmo george ayoub
for their disgusting handling of the cheetahs first game away on their arstrelasian tour against those ‘largesse receiving from the refs’ brumbies.
a game which by all accounts they should have won… where would your brumbies have been then..?
in case you dont remember so good:
Sanzar referees boss Lyndon Bray has admitted there was a “big imbalance” in the way Keith Brown allowed the Brumbies an advantage in hitting in at the scrums in their match on Saturday.
Bray has also called for more clarity on the final penalty, the one which gifted the Brumbies a victory on the whistle after they were behind for most of the match.
It is clear that Sanzar are not happy with Brown’s calls in the game, especially in the setpiece, where the Cheetahs were penalised five times, often within striking distance, and saw the Brumbies claw their way back from 23-10 to win the game.
While there is nothing that can be done about the result, talk within refereeing circles is that Brown is on shaky ground and will need to up his game or fall off the Sanzar refereeing panel.
2 Nov 2012, 13:00 pm
@cane-330: Don’t pay no taxes……
2 Nov 2012, 13:01 pm
@cane-318: … or about half have spoken loud enough
2 Nov 2012, 13:02 pm
Morne Steyn is set to start at flyhalf against Ireland, with Pat Lambie wearing the No 10 jersey against Scotland and England
This from SA Rugby Magazine….
So Elton has to go hold tackle bags again…..
Farkit Meyer, get over this fixation with M Steyn man!
2 Nov 2012, 13:02 pm
@cane-330: Romney is a sneaky littlefucker…..Trust him about as much as what Bakkies trusts Kiwi refs….
2 Nov 2012, 13:02 pm
@cane-330:
Apparently Ma’a Nonu is one too.
2 Nov 2012, 13:03 pm
@stormersboy-341:
I thought that was the Amish and Memonites.
2 Nov 2012, 13:04 pm
@BrumbiesBoy-326:
The penalty that handed the Brumbies victory over the Cheetahs on Saturday will be investigated by Sanzar.
With the siren having sounded referee Keith Brown adjudged the Cheetahs to have deliberately and illegally rotated the scrum. Christian Lealiifano subsequently kicked the penalty that gave the Brumbies a 24-23 victory.
Lyndon Bray, SANZAR’s refereeing boss, told the Beeld that three scrum specialists – former Bok prop Balie Swart, New Zealand scrum coach Mike Cron and former Wallaby prop Patricio Noriega – will review that decision as well as two other calls to determine their legitimacy.
‘Keith may not have been very sharp with the early engagement of the scrums and therefore it wasn’t a pretty sight throughout the game. But, concerning that last decision, we’ll have to determine if the teams firstly scrummed forward and then lawfully swayed the scrum with momentum. When it sways immediately without force, it may be unlawful,’ said Bray
http://keo.co.za/2012/03/13/scrum-calls-under-scrutiny/
http://www.supersport.com/rugby/article.aspx?Id=1286831
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Ref-did-wrong-Cheetahs-Bray-20120313
2 Nov 2012, 13:04 pm
@gunther-345:
What…………………………………………A Republican.
2 Nov 2012, 13:05 pm
@katman-329:
LMAO
2 Nov 2012, 13:05 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-340: Hey, these are Souff Effrican awards – Brown doesn’t qualify!!!
P.S. Thought I’d wind you up on that one!
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