Du Preez named SA’s best
3 Nov 2009
Fourie du Preez won the SA Player of the Year award while Springbok halfback partner Morne Steyn captured three accolades at the annual banquet in Johannesburg.
Du Preez beat Bok skipper John Smit, Victor Matfield, Heinrich Brussow and Steyn himself to claim the coveted title. Du Preez is a previous winner of the trophy, having walked away with the award in 2007.
Steyn was considered the best Test player in the British & Irish Lions series, the player of the Super 14 tournament and the Players’ Player of the Year.
Brussow was named the Young Player of the Year and the best provincial player to face the Lions.
Predictably, the Springboks won Team of the Year and Peter de Villiers Coach of the Year.
2009 SA Rugby awards:
Club Champs Player of the Year – Dustin Jinka (Hamiltons)
Women’s Rugby Achiever of the Year – Saloma Booysen
Refereeing Achievement of the Year – Jonathan Kaplan
Craven Week Player of the Tournament – Andile Jho (Border)
Vodacom Cup Player of the Year – Jonathan Mokuena
SA U20 Player of the Year – Lionel Cronje
SA Sevens Player of the Year – Frankie Horne
Try of the Year – Jaque Fourie (vs British & Irish Lions in second Test)
First Division Player of the Year – Allistair Kettledas
Currie Cup Player of the Year – Luke Watson
Super 14 Player of the Year – Morne Steyn
Coach of the Year – Peter de Villiers
Team of the Year – Springboks
Best provincial player against B & I Lions – Heinrich Brussow
Best Test player against B & I Lions – Morne Steyn
Young Player of the Year – Heinrich Brussow
Players’ Player of the Year – Morne Steyn
Player of the Year – Fourie du Preez
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2 Nov 2009, 22:02 pm
Well Done Heinrich!!!
Oh, screwed again.
2 Nov 2009, 22:05 pm
Thought the Bulls should have gotten team of the year, but there you go. We had to keep “everyone” satisfied, I guess.
2 Nov 2009, 22:09 pm
#2 Tacitus:
We all know that, if you were in charge, the Bulls would be team of the year everytime.
2 Nov 2009, 22:10 pm
It was s great rugby year. The Bulls, the Boks and the Sevens have achieved great heights. Choosing between these three was not easy.
2 Nov 2009, 22:10 pm
Well done to the above.
Some of these will very well be winning the IRB equivalent:
* IRB Coach of the Year – Peter de Villiers
* IRB Team of the Year – Springboks
* IRB Player of the Year – Fourie du Preez
2 Nov 2009, 22:11 pm
#4 dWeePer:
Isn’t sevens really just another name for touch rugby?
2 Nov 2009, 22:20 pm
Boks deserve the team of the year more than the Bulls. To beat the ABs 3-0 and take the BIL 2-0 and make the 3rd game academical was brilliant.
Peter de Villiers , i love you. Really a great year for you and your Springbok team.
2 Nov 2009, 22:20 pm
#6 Tacitus: Unfortunately yes. I always thought it was preseason training to get in shape for the real stuff but now it got Olympic status! The real manne like Schalk, Big Vic, Bakkies, John Smit etc will never be able to add an Olympic gold to their trophy cabinet – sevens players has to be fleet feeted dwarfs!
2 Nov 2009, 22:21 pm
Bull’s shoulda been team of the year although it pain me to say it. Super 14 champs against full strength New Zealand sides and winning the final in that style was incredible. Add to that the Currie Cup and you have history.
Also Brussouw had a far bigger impact the Steyn in the B&I Lions, seriously we were nowhere without that guy, Steyn did what a good flyhalf would do and banged over his kicks, nothing exceptional, his performances in the Super 14 and Tri-Nations were better. Brussouw was clearly the best player this year.
Take nothing away from Steyn and du Preez they’ve been nothing short of outstanding.
2 Nov 2009, 22:22 pm
Well done FdP on being selected. Player of the Year.
Well done Morne for Lions Series player and players player of the year.
Well done to Brussow for best Provincial player against the Lions and Young Player of the year.
They all deserved it.
WELL DONE TO OUR BOKKE FOR BEST TEAM OF THE YEAR.
Now finish off a good year and win the tests in the NH.
Well done to PdV too for coach of the year. Please don’t drop Brussow now for the Dirt Trackers. He has to start in the Tests.
Good Luck Boks for the eoyt.
2 Nov 2009, 22:22 pm
#8 Hier kom groot k..: “The real manne?”
Hahahahahaha
2 Nov 2009, 22:22 pm
#5 Saffa_Guy: President Of The PdV Supporters Club:
Nope, Like the cricketers, those Northerners will black SA out of the awards, in spite of the obvious.
The winners will be as follows:
Player of the Year:
Brian O’Driscoll
Team of the Year:
Wales
Coach of the Year:
Ian McGeechan
2 Nov 2009, 22:23 pm
#9 Bagel: Then again these awards are pretty trivial.
2 Nov 2009, 22:29 pm
WP was nominated for team of the year … Gmffffp bwahahaha!
2 Nov 2009, 22:30 pm
#2 Tacitus:
In totaal sedert die laaste Europese toer het die Bokke 10 uit 12 gewen. Dit sluit in ‘n 3nasie reeks en ‘n reeksoorwinning oor die Leeus asook ‘n onoorwonne toer in Europa. Hou verder in gedagte dat die Bokke uit verskillende spanne saamgestel word, elk met sy eie spelstyl. Hierdie spelers moet dan in ‘n kort tydjie afgerig word om ‘n ander spelstyl onder die knie te kry waarna hulle moet uitgaan om teen die bestes wat ander lande kan bied, mee te ding.
Hoe kan jy in vandag se tyd nog jou provinsiale span bo jou nasionale span verkies?
2 Nov 2009, 22:38 pm
#12 YoMama:
YoMama,
To which me mixed race genes will respond: Yo Ma Se ….
2 Nov 2009, 22:38 pm
FDP = Legend
Our forwards need to take care of him and he will take care of us winning.
Spies’s replacement needs to step up big time
2 Nov 2009, 22:42 pm
Geluk aan al die spelers wat toekennings ontvang het especially Luke Watson. The fact that nobody thus far has queried his award as CC player of the year, just shows how much he deserves it. Well done Luke.
2 Nov 2009, 22:44 pm
WOW and no one has mentioned anything about Watson….CC player of the year
2 Nov 2009, 22:45 pm
#15 nama1:
In the words of the immortal G13G:
1. God
2. Family
3. Northern Transvaal
4. And then country
2 Nov 2009, 22:51 pm
So when PdV wins IRB Coach of the year, are Keo & Rich going to pen a piece on how the PdV should do the sincere thing and rather bestow the award to Smit & Matfield who in turn should also do the sincere thing and rather bestow the award to Jake White who will in turn bestow the award to Eddie Jones who will in turn bestow the award to his father who … vorkit, at this rate may as well hand the award to the Aussie Prime Minister
2 Nov 2009, 23:00 pm
#20 Saffa_Guy: President Of The PdV Supporters Club:
LOL. He probably just forgot to put in, Volk, at no.3 or 4.
2 Nov 2009, 23:14 pm
Luke Watson my hero, congratulations!! You are a legend, if there ever was one. I salute you!!! Thanx for showing your detractors here in SA a big UP YOURS!!!! Respect!
2 Nov 2009, 23:41 pm
The CC player award is an award to the non-achievers. Not a single Bull or Cheeter was amongst the nominees.
Nobody remembers the losers if semi-finals!
3 Nov 2009, 00:24 am
Dweeper whatever you say it will remain a fact that Luke Watson was the best Currie cup player for 2009, not anyone else…And that you have to live with for the rest of your life. That’s such a nice feel for me u know.
3 Nov 2009, 00:47 am
it just occured to me tht ruan pienaar is the main goalkicker for the tigers game
he’s got no backup!!!!!!!!
3 Nov 2009, 03:58 am
… and the world’s best too, with Victor a close second
3 Nov 2009, 04:51 am
#26 mbaxman93: No. Earl Rose is also a reasonable goalkicker and Bosman is on the bench too.
3 Nov 2009, 06:35 am
Well done to all the winners, even Luke
3 Nov 2009, 07:20 am
Congrats to all these players , they deserve it. So lets go win some more games overseas guys.
Oh by the way , congrats to the Bulls on winning the CC. They are the best in the world.
3 Nov 2009, 07:22 am
LLLUUUUUUUUUUKKEEEEE!
3 Nov 2009, 07:32 am
Did anyone else think the awards ceremony was embarrassingly amateurish?
Broken or incoherent teleprompter, bad lip synching during performances, timing problems and lets not mention that silly oscar-imitation music they played each time a guy walked up to collect his award.
3 Nov 2009, 07:46 am
good to see sense prevailed and pretty much all these winners are good choices and expected…
now the the IRB awards…
gotta be FdP, PdViva! and the Boks…
3 Nov 2009, 07:47 am
is Lionel Cronje the young flyhalf Rassie signed for us???
still haven’t seen the kid play… must have something to get the U20 PofY!
3 Nov 2009, 08:06 am
Am I the only person who thinks Fabien Juries’ try against the Bulls should have been try of the year? I would have bet my house on it. Who chooses these awards?
3 Nov 2009, 08:14 am
#35 Cyborg:
Perhaps clinching the Lions series victory swayed them…
but for individual skill I agree with you…
3 Nov 2009, 08:15 am
35# Cyborg – totally agreed, go & watch the try again blondie(girlfriend) of the Bulls was so confused when he got behind the try line he signaled to the reff that Juries was running obstruction lines & crossed behind players.( in the meantime it was only Bulls) defending.
Best try in world rugby this year!!!
3 Nov 2009, 08:17 am
well they’re both WP players…
now…
3 Nov 2009, 08:20 am
Keo can you put the photo’s(email is floating AROUND SA) on the web of all the illegal tries the Bulls scored this weekend- just to put everything into perspective
3 Nov 2009, 08:22 am
Bulls you’ve won the CC, but please stop boosting that you played a fair game
3 Nov 2009, 08:25 am
Few things , Juries try probably a very close second to Fourie , Fourie though scored 2 match winning tries and either could have been nominated
The Boks deteam of the year ? I agree , Some will argue The bulls deserve it (read Tactless) and normally they would be correct when one considers what the Bulls achieved but so good was the Boks this year that they just pip the Bulls for the award , we never won back to back in NZ , we never beat the old nemisis 3/3 and when last did we win a Lions series ?
Hats off to the bulls though for a great season , if there should be a nomination in the world for rugby teams then the Bulls and the boks would have both topped that list.
Broussow a young player of the year ?? Guess they had to give him something , he did have a awesome year but he aint a young player having made his debut last year already.
Lastly and sweetly LLUUUUUUKKKKKKEEEEE !!!! LOL
3 Nov 2009, 08:28 am
#38 ufo: True !!!
3 Nov 2009, 08:29 am
The question is: Did the Bulls really win the Currie Cup?
Well, I’m not so sure. Let’s have a closer look at the game again.
Demas is in the air and the Bulls player is clearly not contesting for the ball. How is this for consistency with no penalty? This should have been a penalty, which means that the first try would not have been.
The penalty that resulted in the first try for the Bulls, what was that for? It seems that the Bulls player was holding on to the ball, with the Free State players contesting for the ball on their feet.
Was there a forward pass that gave the Bulls their second try? Joel Stransky thought so. Here is what he saw and all of us at home and at Loftus.
The third try for the Bulls was just as suspect. The question is; was Habana behind the ball when Fourie kicked it? Judge for yourself.
As you can see, the ball is still on the way down and already Habana is in front of the ball. Here is Habana after the ball was kicked.
The next penalty was given against Jacque-Louis for being off his feet when he initially played the ball. Kaplan stood on the other side and made the call.
Jacques-Louis is on this side with his hands on the ball and at no point is he off his feet.
Go and watch this section and you will clearly see that Jacque-Louis was always on his feet and how Kaplan made the call from that side is a mystery.
Next is one of the tries that the Cheetahs were denied. You will see that the ball never went forward. Mapoe actually has to stop and retreat to get to the ball.
Mapoe on the far side and Demas has the ball.
Did the ball really go forward? This try could have changed the dimensions of the game significantly.
Then there is the penalty against Demas for competing for the ball in the air. Spies was lifted high and the contact in the air resulted in both players falling to the ground.
Then with eight minutes to play another try was not allowed. Apparently, the ball did not travel the required five meters. Joel Stransky clearly did not agree with the call and here is why.
You will note that his feet does not move.
In rugby, as a player and a supporter, you should accept that some calls will be against you and some to your advantage. But how many of these calls should you accept as “just the way it goes”.
3 Nov 2009, 08:30 am
Sorry cannot upload the photo’s but please forward me YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS & I’ll send the proof
3 Nov 2009, 08:40 am
#41 sparticus:
3 Nov 2009, 09:09 am
#43 Kwagga: Nice fill swigg of sour grapes there Kwagga?
Anyway nobody will take you serious, especially after stating that Demas & Habanna ; JL Potgieter & M Steyn are on par!
Bulls won get over it!
Congrats to all nominees & winners!
3 Nov 2009, 09:24 am
#43 Kwagga:
You don’t understand the definition of a forward pass. Don’t worry, I didn’t either, until last year sometime until someone pointed out the IRB coaching video on forward passes to me.
Here is the crux of the matter:
Contrary to intuitive logic the receiving player IS allowed to catch the ball in front of the spot where the previous player passed the ball from.
Let me say it again. You can pass the ball behind the 22 metre line, and the next player can catch it in FRONT of the 22 metre line, and according to the laws of the game, it can be a perfectly legal pass.
The key is that the motion of the ball OUT OF THE HAND of the passing player, must be either backwards or flat. On Superrugby last night, that anti-Bull Kobus Wiese and his sidekicks Breytie Paulse and Asvin Willemse showed us that clip in slow motion.
It showed that the ball left Du Preez’s hands in a backward direction, but because of his forward momentum, it travelled forward and Habana therefore caught it in FRONT of where Fourie passed it.
According to the laws, that is in fact NOT a forward pass. It is perfectly legal. True to form, the three twats on TV looked at the same evidence, and came to the wrong conclusion!
Shows you how much they know about the game.
Go and look at the IRB website if you don’t believe me.
3 Nov 2009, 09:27 am
Well done to Luke Watson,I think this is one player that has been seriously screwed over by SA Rugby in the past!
All the best Watson!
3 Nov 2009, 09:36 am
#35 Cyborg:
The game at loftus,were he had to step something like 9 players in a space of about 20 meters…..?
If that is the try you talking about,I would hav to agree with you!
3 Nov 2009, 09:38 am
#47 Tacitus:
No Tact !!!!, I watched it last night, it was forward by any definition. While watching the game I gave the Bulls the benefit of the doubt but last night changed my opinion, you can spin in anyway you want, it was forward !!
If the roles were reversed would you be of the same opinion ??
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