This year, the B-Factor is the buzz for the SA Rugby Awards. Heinrich Brüssouw and a host of Bulls players and Bokke players dominate the Nominations.
Heinrich Brüssow, one of the stars of the 2009 season, has been nominated 5 times and heads the list of nominees with three of his Springbok team-mates for awards to be made at the SA Rugby Player of the Year banquet which will take place at a glittering event at Vodaworld, Midrand, on Monday, November 2.
Apart from Brüssow, Fourie du Preez (4), Springbok captain John Smit (3) and Morné Steyn (3) have also been nominated for multiple awards.
In addition, Peter De Villiers and Paul Treu, the 2 National coaches of the 15-man and 7-man codes respectively, are rewarded as nominees for coach of the year.
It will be difficult to decide some of the winners in the categories, for instance, as Teams of the year there is the triumphant Super 14 winners, The Bulls, but also the Springboks, who won both the B & I Lions Tour and the Tri-Nations.
All the nominees are carefully chosen and deserve their honours.
All the nominations are (in alphabetical order):
SA Rugby Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Fourie du Preez
Victor Matfield
John Smit
Morné Steyn
Young Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Juan de Jongh
Francois Hougaard
Lionel Mapoe
Frans Steyn
Team of the Year
GWK Griquas – Vodacom Cup and Absa Currie Cup
Springboks
Springbok Sevens
Vodacom Bulls – Vodacom Super 14
Vodacom Western Province – Absa Currie Cup
Absa Coach of the Year
Allister Coetzee – Vodacom Western Province
Peter de Villiers – Springboks
Frans Ludeke – Vodacom Bulls
Dawie Theron – GWK Griquas
Paul Treu – Springbok Sevens
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year
Juan de Jongh – Vodacom Western Province
Joe Pietersen – Vodacom Western Province
Sarel Pretorius – GWK Griquas
Stefan Terblanche – The Sharks
Luke Watson – Vodacom Western Province
The Absa Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year
Cecil Afrika – Griffons
De Wet Barry – BA Mighty Elephants
Ricardo Croy – SWD Eagles
Allistair Kettledas – Pumas
Braam Pretorius – Pumas
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Provincial Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
Willem de Waal – Vodacom Western Province and Emerging Springboks
Mpho Mbiyozo – Southern Kings
Joe Pietersen – Vodacom Western Province
Dewald Potgieter – Emerging Springboks
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Fourie du Preez
Tendai Mtawarira
John Smit
Morné Steyn
Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Cheetahs
Fourie du Preez – Vodacom Bulls
Wynand Olivier – Vodacom Bulls
Pierre Spies – Vodacom Bulls
Morné Steyn – Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year
Cecil Afrika – Griffons
Francois Brummer – Vodacom Blue Bulls
Jonathan Mokoena – GWK Griquas
Naas Olivier – GWK Griquas
Riaan Viljoen – GWK Griquas)
Supersport Try of the Year
Fourie du Preez – second try in the Vodacom Super 14 Final, Vodacom Bulls v Chiefs in Pretoria on May 30.
Jaque Fourie – Second Test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Pretoria on June 27.
Bryan Habana – Second Test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Pretoria on June 27.
Fabian Juries – Absa Currie Cup, Vodacom Free State Cheetahs v Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria on September 26.
John Smit – First Test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Durban on June 20.
** Awards will also be made in the following categories – Coca-Cola Craven Week Player of the Tournament, Marriott Referee Award, Women’s Achiever of the Year, SAA Club Championship Player of the Tournament, SA U20 Player of the Year and Springbok Sevens Player of the Year
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Personally, I would award top honours as follows:
SA Rugby Player of the Year
Fourie du Preez
Young Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Team of the Year
Springboks & Vodacom Bulls – Vodacom Super 14 (tied)
Absa Coach of the Year
Peter de Villiers – Springboks
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year
Juan de Jongh – Vodacom Western Province & Joe Pietersen – Vodacom Western Province (tied)
The Absa Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year
Ricardo Croy – SWD Eagles
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Provincial Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year
Morné Steyn
Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year
Morné Steyn – Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year
Jonathan Mokoena – GWK Griquas
Supersport Try of the Year
Fabian Juries – Absa Currie Cup, Vodacom Free State Cheetahs v Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria on September 26.
Swear at me, smileys are gone… it affected load speeds too much!
@grootblousmile –
Cheers GBS, ek is ook uit vir die dag, berge en sonskyn toe, lieflike herfsweer hier!
(Ja, klink my jou host is so stadig soos ABSA met geldoorplasings…..flippin’ nou al amper n week en my geldjies is nog nie in SA nie……mens verloor baie so, met die wiselkoerse wat op en af gaan.
Dis nou maar een ding van Nedbank, jou geld is binne n dag in SA, van waar ookal in die wereld jy dit oorplaas.)
@grootblousmile –
GBS, ek dink dis nou al die derde keer wat ek dit gaan se, in een week, maar ek like die site moerse baie. Suck dat die smileys weg is, maar nou ja.
Wil net weet, klink my baie van die ouens hier was eers op Keo, wat het gebeur, is hierdie ‘n rebel group?
In elke geval, fok daai site. Al wat dit is is Jake White’s Winning Way’s, 3 (soms 4) ouens wat NOKOL insig, kreatiewe skryf vermoe en objektiwiteit het, wat elk 50 artikels ‘n dag post. En al “nuus” wat hulle lewer is wat het elke liewe klein nai gese.
Nee wat, daai site is dood vir my. Rugby-talk is die shizzness 😉
93@Greenpoint-Gunner –
sommige ouens is weg omdat elke liewe argument op keo gewoonlik in ñ politieke moddergooiery ontaard het.
voeg daarby k@k artikels, hidden agendas ens deur die joernaliste en dit gee jou ñ idee waarom ek daar weg is.
simpel voorbeeld … vergelyk die artikels geskryf deur ouens soos tighthead, morné ens ens, en die ouens op keo kom nie naby nie!! ek het in die kort tydjie wat ek op RT is meer geleer as in al die jare op keo!
@Ashley -Jaaaaa swaer….dis naar, maar dis waar.
@smallies72 – 2
Yes is has to be. Try of the year to F. Juries.
Morning Piet and Ash.
Team of the Year
GWK Griquas – Vodacom Cup and Absa Currie Cup
Springboks
Springbok Sevens
Vodacom Bulls – Vodacom Super 14
Vodacom Western Province – Absa Currie Cup
Verduidelik vir my hoe nomineer jy WP as span vir die jaar as hulle 4 punte agter die Haaie op die log eindig in die CC en die kans 80% is dat hulle nie eens die final sal haal nie.
Wie dink hierdie k@k uit?
Hi puma
Seems like the cheetahs supporters think they will walk over the Sharks this weekend.
The Cheetahs couldn’t beat the sharks this year home or away, and suddenly every anti-sharks supporters think that a fairy waved a magic wand to make the cheetahs a better team that what they are.
One has to wonder sometimes!!
@Greenpoint-Gunner – Sal nie sovêr gaan om te sê ons is ‘n rebel groep nie.
Baie van ons het nie gehou van die aanslag op die ander site nie en besluit om dit te doen wat ONS graag wil sien.
Om ons met ander professionel sites te vergelyk is baie onregverdig aangesien ons ‘n 100% amateur rugby talk site is. Almal wat bydraes hier maak, doen dit sonder 1c se inkomste. It’s all for the love of the sport.
Ja, dis lekker om te sien as ons ander manne ‘n biethjie ‘n go gee met aantal hits per dag etc, maar dit was nooit die idee om ‘n “beter” site as die ander te wees nie.
Jy sal bv bitter min sien dat daar enige verwysing gegee word na ander sites en ons het nooit in ‘n modder gooiery betrokke geraak toe ons weg is op anders sites nie.
Our dignity is in tact and we have pure motives.
Anybody that want to talk rugby, should come to Rugby-Talk.
Yes we talk a lot of nonsence in between, but that is what happens when you become Rugby-Talk friends.
Politics and religion is a definite no no. I mean, show me one war that did not start because of one of the 2.
Jeez, I’m running away here with to much thoughts….
Anyway, welcome bro. nice to see a new face.
@Snoek – 99
Hello Snoek,
Probably because of that huge win against us in the S14. This is different now. Sharks should win on Saturday. Really can not see us lose. Then it is knock out game so anything can happen. Just think we should win.
Now just hoping that Bissie can start too and Beast. Not sure about their injuries.
When will the Sharks team be announced?
SA Rugby Player of the Year
Fourie du Preez
Young Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Team of the Year
Springboks
Absa Coach of the Year
Peter de Villiers – Springboks
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year
Luke Watson – Vodacom Western Province
The Absa Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year
Ricardo Croy – SWD Eagles
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Provincial Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
Dewald Potgieter – Emerging Springboks
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year
Heinrich Brüssow
Vodacom Super 14 Player of the Year
Wynand Olivier – Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year
Jonathan Mokoena – GWK Griquas
Supersport Try of the Year
Jaque Fourie – Second Test in the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series in Pretoria on June 27.
Okay just going to try this and see our smiley faces are gone at the bottom 😆
@Puma – 103
Never worked. GBS where are our smiley faces?
@Snoek – Oops, haal vir Dewalt uit daai lys van my.
😆
Ja nokkol niks nie!!
@Snoek – 102
Feel similar about those picks of yours. F. du Preez has to be Player Of The Year. Brussow Young Player Of The Year.
Team of the year. Has to be Springboks.
Coach of the year. P. de Villiers – Boks.
Also thought Brussow was the stand out player in during the Lions series.
@Snoek – 107
Smiley laughing..hahaha. Where are our smiley faces GBS?
@Puma – Hey Puma
Are you going to watch the semi in Durban?
Hallo isi
Looking forward to your official outing this weekend?
My slim vrou het vir ons ‘n naweek weg van die beskawing beplan vir die naweek, ek sal die recordings van die game eers sondag aand kyk.
Wee my siel.
Anyway, laat ek maar aan die werk spring.
@grootblousmile – 91
Bring them back. Otherwise just put in a few.
@Snoek – 110
Wish Snoek. Have some mates coming round to my place and will just braai and watch from home.
Not the same as going to the game. I don’t a have season ticket either. Think the seats that are available are not in good spots either. Going to get one for next year though.
@Snoek – 112
hahaha. Sometimes its better to watch the game when you know who won. Much more relaxing. Enjoy where ever you going to this weekend.
@Snoek – Howzit Snoek
Looking quit forward to it yes, specially the press conference afterwards.
Think a lot get’s lost in translation between the board room and the news papers.
I would like to give an as full as possible word by word account to R-T readers.
We will see the loosing captain and couch first and then the winners.
I will suss the vibe out, but I would want R-T readers to contribute to the press conference directly.
In otehr words, pose questions to me at the latter stage of the game, myself and the webmoster choose a few good ones and I can pose them directly to whom ever you want at the press conference i.e. Big Vic, Small Luke etc etc.
Now wouldn’t that be something?
Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series Test Player of the Year.
This MUST be Morne Steyn,
he saved us that series, his tackle on Monye and his deadly kicking was the difference between winning and losing that series.
@isigidi – couch-coach
@superBul – 118
Yes M. Steyn saved us with great kicking in the 2nd test against the Lions and that last kick was brilliant. Right through the middle. It could be him or Brussow he too was awesome in all the tests. Just have to see in the 2nd test when Burger played. We only really started to get more ball once Brussow came on and of course when M.Steyn came on we started to get the kicks over too. Between those two.
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