How you voted in SARugbymag.co.za’s 2018 Fans’ Choice Awards across 20 categories.
SA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pieter-Steph du Toit (Stormers/Boks) – 31%
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions/Boks) – 19%
Faf de Klerk (Sale/Boks) – 19%
Malcolm Marx (Lions/Boks) – 17%
Siya Kolisi (Stormers/Boks) – 12%
Willie le Roux (Wasps/Boks) – 2%
SA BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions/Boks) – 73%
Damian Willemse (Stormers/Boks) – 12%
Ruhan Nel (WP) – 5%
Hacjivah Dayimani (Lions) – 4%
Marco van Staden (Bulls/Boks) – 4%
Embrose Papier (Bulls/Boks) – 2%
SA TEAM OF THE YEAR
Blitzboks – 45%
Springboks – 16%
Sharks (Currie Cup) – 13%
Lions (Super Rugby) – 12%
Maties (Varsity Cup) – 9%
Border U18 (Craven Week) – 5%
SA COACH OF THE YEAR
Neil Powell (Blitzboks) – 34%
Rassie Erasmus (Springboks) – 31%
Wessel du Plessis (Grey College) – 13%
Swys de Bruin (Lions) – 10%
John Dobson (WP) – 8%
Hawies Fourie (Maties) – 4%
SA SEVENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Werner Kok – 41%
Ruhan Nel – 24%
Siviwe Soyizwapi – 10%
Selvyn Davids – 10%
Dylan Sage – 9%
Dewald Human – 6%
SA SUPER RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Malcolm Marx (Lions) – 43%
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions) – 35%
Franco Mostert (Lions) – 10%
Jesse Kriel (Bulls) – 6%
Marco van Staden (Bulls) – 3%
Cyle Brink (Lions) – 3%
CURRIE CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Sergeal Petersen (WP) – 28%
SP Marais (WP) – 21%
Dan du Preez (Sharks) – 20%
Hacjivah Dayimani (Lions) – 12%
Aphelele Fassi (Sharks) – 10%
Ruhan Nel (WP) – 9%
OVERSEAS-BASED SAFFA OF THE YEAR
Faf de Klerk (Sale) – 57%
Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse) – 28%
Willie le Roux (Wasps) – 10%
Vincent Koch (Saracens) – 2%
Schalk Brits (Saracens) – 2%
Don Armand (Exeter) – 1%
ALSO READ: Five overseas Boks to watch in 2019
VARSITY CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Duncan Saal (Maties) – 28%
Chris Smith (Maties) – 23%
Tyrone Green (Wits) – 19%
Lubabalo Dobela (Shimlas) – 13%
Walt Steenkamp (Pukke) – 12%
Tapiwa Mafura (Pukke) – 5%
SA SCHOOLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zander du Plessis (Grey College) – 34%
Dawid Kellerman (Paarl Gim) – 16%
Juan Mostert (Paul Roos) – 14%
Muzi Manyike (Jeppe) – 13%
Adrian Alberts (Paarl Boys’) – 12%
Rynhardt Jonker (Glenwood) – 11%
SA TRY OF THE YEAR
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Boks vs All Blacks, Wellington) – 34%
Tyrone Abelse (Roses United vs Protea, Wellington) – 26%
Duane Vermeulen (Boks vs England, Bloemfontein) – 11%
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions vs Jaguares, Joburg) – 10%
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions vs Waratahs, Joburg) – 10%
Sergeal Petersen (WP vs Griquas, Cape Town) – 9%
SA BEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Pieter-Steph du Toit in tears after Boks beat All Blacks in Wellington – 49%
Blitzboks win World Rugby Sevens Series – 22%
Captain Siya Kolisi leads out Boks at Ellis Park – 20%
Sharks win Currie Cup final at Newlands – 5%
Wandisile Simelane scores hat-trick for SA U20 against Ireland – 2%
Beast Mtawarira wins his 100th Test cap in Bloemfontein – 2%
SA WORST MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Ashwin Willemse walks off SuperSport studio – 37%
All Blacks overturn 17-point deficit to beat Boks at Loftus – 34%
Boks suffer record loss to Argentina in Mendoza – 12%
Eastern Province U21 lose 173-0 to Western Province – 8%
Bulls and Stormers lose to Sunwolves – 6%
Free State ‘B’ lose all six Currie Cup matches – 3%
SA BEST WIN OF THE YEAR
Boks beat All Blacks 36-34 in Wellington – 86%
Blitzboks beat England 24-14 in Paris final to clinch series title – 6%
Sharks beat WP 17-12 at Newlands to win Currie Cup – 3%
Lions beat Waratahs 29-0 for their first win in Sydney – 3%
Boks beat England 42-39 at Ellis Park – 1%
Sharks beat Blues 63-40 in Auckland – 1%
CRAZY COMMENT OF THE YEAR
Constant Beckerling (Wits captain): ‘The guys came out and played with enormous testicles. It was a fantastic effort’ – 39%
Ashwin Willemse (former SuperSport expert): ‘I’m not going to be patronised by two individuals who played in apartheid’ – 39%
Peter de Villiers (Zimbabwe coach): ‘The job is bigger than the Springbok job because 95% of the people in SA expected me to fail’ – 8%
Thelo Wakefield (WPRFU president): ‘On paper we are the richest union in South Africa’ – 6%
Israel Folau (Wallabies fullback, on where gays are destined):‘Hell. Unless they repent their sins and turn to God’– 5%
Eddie Jones (England coach, on Bath owner): ‘Bruce Craig sounds like the Donald Trump of rugby. He has the same hairstyle’ – 3%
COMICAL MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Rassie Erasmus shows André Esterhuizen how to tackle ‘legitimately’ – 61%
Impi warriors slip at wet Newlands after running out of the tunnel – 24%
Romain Poite knocked over during Champions Cup match – 5%
New Sealand Sevens’ Kurt Baker poses naked for photos after World Cup win – 4%
Eddie Jones loses his cool during a Six Nations match – 4%
Saracens’ Maro Itoje celebrates with Glasgow – 2%
BLOOPER OF THE YEAR
Referee Angus Gardner fails to penalise Owen Farrell for a shoulder charge against Boks – 47%
Freddie Burns drops ball over tryline while celebrating – 20%
Blue Bulls captain Hanro Liebenburg admits he didn’t know extra-time regulations – 12%
Beauden Barrett misses four conversions against Boks in Wellington – 12%
Israel Folau doesn’t pass to unmarked man, Wallabies lose to Argentina – 9%
PALOOKA OF THE YEAR
Christian Ambadiang (WP U19 wing who started brawl vs EP U19) – 29%
Thelo Wakefield (president of cash-strapped WPRFU) – 24%
John Mitchell (left Bulls to join England) – 19%
Israel Folau (Wallabies wing said gays are destined for hell) – 18%
Pierre Schoeman (banned twice for foul play) – 10%
ALSO READ: Rassie’s 2019 wishlist
SA FINISHER OF THE YEAR
Aphiwe Dyantyi (Lions/Boks) – 65%
Sergeal Petersen (WP) 13%
S’bu Nkosi (Sharks/Boks) 12%
Makazole Mapimpi (Cheetahs/Sharks/Boks) 5%
Siviwe Soyizwapi (Blitzboks) 4%
Rabz Maxwane (Cheetahs) 1%
ALSO READ: Six key Boks to watch in 2019
SA TACKLER OF THE YEAR
Pieter-Steph du Toit (Stormers/Boks) 62%
Siya Kolisi (Stormers/Boks) 14%
Franco Mostert (Lions/Boks) 11%
Warren Whiteley (Lions/Boks) 6%
Jeremy Ward (Sharks) 6%
Tyler Paul (Sharks) 1%
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