Pollard honoured by SA Rugby after a superb Super Rugby season in 2019
Former Bulls flyhalf Handré Pollard was named South Africa's best player in the 2019 SuperRugby tournament last week, while Pieter Steph du Toit became only the third South African in history to win a hat trick as a SA player of the year.
Star flyhalf Handré Pollard, who had a great season for both the Bulls and the Springboks last year, was named South Africa’s SuperRugby player of 2019 last week.
Pollard’s Springbok team mate and tough-as-nails loose forward, Pieter-Steph du Toit, became only the third player in history to take the title as SA Rugby player of the year for a third time. With this achievement he follows in the footsteps of two Blue Bulls legends, Naas Botha and Brian Habana, while he was also named World Rugby player of the year in December last year.
Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks were also honoured for a brilliant 2019, when they won the Rugby World Cup and Rugby Championship, as well as the World Rugby Awards for coach and team of the year, by walking away with the same awards in South Africa.
Another winner from the Boks’ RWC squad was Herschel Jantjies, who was named South Africa’s young player of the year.
Pollard was the top points’ scorer at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. His 194 season points were also the most in the 2019 SuperRugby tournament as the Springbok pivot helped steer the Bulls to the quarter-finals.
Springbok sevens rugby captain, Siviwe Soyizwapi, who had a stellar year for the Blitzboks, was named South Africa’s sevens rugby player of the year.
Jaden Hendrikse, a key figure in the South African u.20s’ World Rugby u.20 Championship campaign in Argentina last year, was named Junior Springbok player of the year and Aseza Hele is the Springbok Women’s achiever of the year.
One dazzling performance after another in the Currie Cup gave Cheetahs hooker, Joseph Dweba, the accolade as Currie Cup player of 2019, while Cody Basson, loose forward of the Griffons won the Currie Cup First Division player of the year award.
The Club player of the year was won for a record third time by the evergreen Leon du Plessis of Rustenburg Impala.
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