• Source: SA Rugby Player of the Year

The SA Rugby Player of the Year is awarded annually to honour the South Africa's outstanding rugby union player of the year.




List of winners






= Multiple winners

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4 times:
1979, 1981, 1985, 1987 - Naas Botha
3 times:
2005, 2007, 2012 - Bryan Habana
2016, 2018, 2019 - Pieter-Steph du Toit
2 times:
1990, 1991 - Uli Schmidt
2004, 2011 - Schalk Burger
2006, 2009 - Fourie du Preez
2008, 2013 - Jean de Villiers
2014, 2020 - Duane Vermeulen
2022, 2023 - Eben Etzebeth




= Notable absences

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Joost van der Westhuizen - Nominee 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
Victor Matfield - Nominee 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Damian de Allende - Nominee 2015, 2019, 2021
Bakkies Botha - Nominee 2003, 2004, 2005
Bismarck du Plessis - Nominee 2008, 2011, 2013
Percy Montgomery - Nominee 1997, 2007
Francois Pienaar - Nominee 1993, 1995
Willie le Roux - Nominee 2013, 2014
Handré Pollard - Nominee 2014, 2018
Makazole Mapimpi - Nominee 2019, 2021
Joel Stransky - Nominee 1990, 1995
Juan Smith - Nominee 2003, 2007
Lukhanyo Am - Nominee 2021, 2022
Cheslin Kolbe - Nominee 2019
Morné Steyn - Nominee 2009
Henry Honiball - Nominee 1996
John Smit - Nominee 2009
Pierre Spies - Nominee 2006
Mark Andrews - Nominee 1994
Rassie Erasmus - Nominee 2000
Pieter Rossouw - Nominee 1997
James Small - Nominee 1993
Tendai Mtawarira - Nominee 2008
Francois Steyn - Nominee 2020
Jaque Fourie
Faf de Klerk




References






External links


PHOTO ESSAY: SA Rugby POTY award winners list (1994-2022), The South African.
All South Africa’s Player of the Year award winners for the past 32 years, Planet Rugby.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Australia
• Argentina
• SA Rugby Player of the Year
• Naas Botha
• Fourie du Preez
• World Rugby Junior Player of the Year
• Uli Schmidt
• Schalk Burger (rugby union, born 1955)
• 2024 end-of-year rugby union internationals
• Malcolm Marx
• World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year
• Schalk Burger