How you voted in SARugbymag.co.za’s 2017 Fans’ Choice Awards across 21 categories.

SA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Malcolm Marx (Lions/Boks) – 58%
Siya Kolisi (Stormers/Boks) – 19%
Rosko Specman (Blitzboks) – 14%
Eben Etzebeth (Stormers/Boks) – 6%
Jan Serfontein (Bulls/Boks) – 3%

SA BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Warrick Gelant (Bulls) – 30%
Damian Willemse (WP) – 27%
Curwin Bosch (Sharks) – 20%
S’bu Nkosi (Sharks) – 16%
Juarno Augustus (SA U20) –  7%

SA TEAM OF THE YEAR
Blitzboks – 49%
Lions (Super Rugby) – 22%
Western Province – 14%
Paarl Boys’ High – 10%
False Bay – 5%

SA SUPER RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Malcolm Marx (Lions) – 40%
Kwagga Smith (Lions) – 36%
Jaco Kriel (Lions) – 13%
Curwin Bosch (Sharks) – 8%
Courtnall Skosan (Lions) – 3%

CURRIE CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Rob du Preez (WP) – 40%
Warrick Gelant (Bulls) – 28%
Curwin Bosch (Sharks) – 13%
Nizaam Carr (WP) – 10%
Wilco Louw (WP) – 9%

OVERSEAS-BASED SAFFA OF THE YEAR
Frans Steyn (Montpellier) – 53%
Schalk Brits (Saracens) – 25%
Ashley Johnson (Wasps) – 12%
Don Armand (Exeter) – 5%
Michael Rhodes (Saracens) – 5%

GOLD CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Graham Knoop (False Bay) – 23%
Keagan May (Tygerberg) – 22%
Tapiwa Tsomondo (False Bay) – 21%
Chris Jordaan (College Rovers) – 20%
Jacques Erasmus (QBR) – 14%

VARSITY CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kobus van Dyk (Maties) – 30%
Craig Barry (Maties) – 28%
Aphiwe Dyanti (UJ) – 18%
Sibahle Maxwane (Tuks) – 17%
Kevin Kaba (Madibaz) – 7%

SA SCHOOLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
KennedyMpeku (KES) – 30%
Muller du Plessis (Paarl Gym) – 27%
Christen van Niekerk (Monument) – 16%
Henco Martins (Paarl Gym) – 14%
JJ van Mescht (Glenwood) – 13%

SA COACH OF THE YEAR
Johan Ackermann (Lions) – 42%
Neil Powell (Blitzboks) – 33%
Sean Erasmus (Paarl Boys’) – 11%
John Dobson (WP) – 9%
Jono van der Walt (False Bay) – 5%

TRY OF THE YEAR
Rosko Specman (Blitzboks vs New Zealand, Cape Town) – 34%
SP Marais (Stormers vs Chiefs, Cape Town) – 32%
Siya Kolisi (first try, Boks vs Argentina, Salta) – 21%
Sean O’Brien (Lions vs All Blacks, 1st Test) – 8%
Vaea Fifita (All Blacks vs Argentina, New Plymouth) – 5%

SA MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Blitzboks winning Sevens Series – 60%
WP winning Currie Cup final – 17%
Lions topping overall Super Rugby log – 10%
Ruan Combrinck winning penalty vs Sharks – 9%
False Bay winning Gold Cup – 4%

SA BEST WIN OF THE YEAR
Lions beat Hurricanes (Super Rugby semi-final) – 32%
WP beat Sharks (Currie Cup final) – 27%
Blitzboks beat Fiji (Wellington Cup final) – 24%
Kings beat Bulls (Super Rugby) – 14%
Tuks beat Maties (Varsity Cup final) – 3%

COMICAL MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Nigel Owens yellow-cards ball boy – 53%
Lion bites Ospreys hooker in SA – 19%
Eddie Jones swears on TV, upsets mom – 12%
Warren Gatland wears clown nose – 9%
Brodie Retallick opts not to tackle streaker – 7%

BLOOPER OF THE YEAR
Raymond Rhule misses nine tackles (vs All Blacks, Albany) – 39%
Kwagga Smith red card (Super Rugby final) – 29%
Elton Jantjies misses late penalty (vs Wallabies, Bloemfontein) – 18%
Romain Poite doesn’t award late penalty (All Blacks vs Lions, 3rd Test) – 9%
Sonny Bill Williams red card (All Blacks vs Lions, 2nd Test) – 5%

PALOOKA OF THE YEAR
Allister Coetzee (Bok coach) – 71%
Thelo Wakefield (WP president) – 9%
Nollis Marais (Bulls coach) – 8%
Jaco Peyer (SA referee) – 6%
Romain Poite (French referee) – 6%

CRAZY COMMENT OF THE YEAR
Allister Coetzee: ‘There were a lot of positives [after losing 57-0]’ – 79%
Ollie le Roux: ‘Allister Coetzee’s got no right to even mention the word Springbok, because he’s not a Springbok’ –16%
Nollis Marais: ‘The Bulls are not up to the level of New Zealand teams with fitness and intensity’ – 2%
Tim Dlulane: ‘The Bulls treated me like a dying horse’ – 2%
Warren Gatland: ‘I hated the tour’ – 1%

SA BATTERING RAM AWARD
Malcolm Marx (Lions/Boks) – 42%
Jean-Luc du Preez (Sharks/Boks) – 25%
Eben Etzebeth (Stormers/Boks) – 22%
Ruan Ackermann (Lions) – 7%
Coenie Oosthuizen (Sharks/Boks) – 4%

SA TACKLER OF THE YEAR
Siya Kolisi (Stormers/Boks) – 34%
Jean-Luc du Preez (Sharks/Boks) – 32%
Franco Mostert (Lions/Boks) – 26%
Nizaam Carr (Stormers/WP) – 5%
Philip van der Walt (Sharks) – 3%

SA REVOLVING DOOR AWARD
Pieter-Steph du Toit (Stormers/Boks) – 34%
Curwin Bosch (Sharks/Boks) – 21%
Raymond Rhule (Cheetahs/Boks) – 18%
Elton Jantjies (Lions/Boks) – 17%
Clayton Blommetjies (Cheetahs) – 10%

FINISHER OF THE YEAR
Makazole Mapimpi (Kings/Cheetahs) – 40%
Rosko Specman (Blitzboks) – 31%
Warrick Gelant (Bulls/SA A) – 12%
S’bu Nkosi (Sharks) – 9%
Courtnall Skosan (Lions/Boks) – 8%

Photo: Anne Laing/HM Images