SA Rugby
Springbok centurion Eben Etzebeth has been voted SA Rugby's Player of the Year for 2022 in his 10th season of playing Test rugby.
Canan Moodie won the Young Player of the Year award and Nadine Roos was named Springbok Women's Player of the Year.
The 31-year-old Etzebeth, who made his Test debut in 2012 and reached his 100th Test against Wales in July, earned the award for the first time after narrowly losing out to Springbok captain Siya Kolisi in 2021.
Last season, the towering lock was a constant star in the green and gold, along with fellow nominees for the top award in Kolisi, Lukhanyo Am, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Frans Malherbe.
Hard-working forward JC Pretorius won the award for Springbok Sevens Player of the Year during a season in which the Blitzboks won four tournaments and just missed out on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title.
Lusanda Dumke, who led the Border Ladies to a second successive Women's Premier Division title, won the award for Provincial Women's Player of the Year.
The DHL Stormers, who won the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship, were voted as the Team of the Year, with their coach John Dobson duly taking the award for Coach of the Year.
Other category winners for 2022 are:
Junior Springbok Player of the Year: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
Carling Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year: Sebastian de Klerk (Airlink Pumas)
Carling Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year: Jaywinn Juries (Down Touch Griffons)
OUTsurance Referee of the Year: Aimee Barrett-Theron
Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season: Evan Roos (DHL Stormers)
