The Springboks and SA Rugby scooped a grand total of eight prizes at the glitzy SA Sports Awards ceremony at Sun City.
SA Rugby’s Aimee Barrett-Theron, Marco van Staden, Malcolm Marx, Manie Libbok, Mark Alexander and Rian Oberholzer at the awards ceremony. Image: Via SA Rugby.
The awards covered the period from 1 September 2022 to 31 December 2023, during which time the Springboks won a second successive Rugby World Cup.The Springboks scooped the Team of the Year prize, while its World Cup-winning boss Jacques Nienaber won the Coach of the Year gong. SA Rugby was crowned as the Federation of the Year and its President, Mark Alexander, was named the Sports Administrator of the Year.
“Rugby has worked hard over a long period to reach this point and we are now fortunate to be enjoying a golden age, and these awards are a reward for all that hard work, dedication and passion that are daily poured into the sport at every level – from the school fields to the provincial unions and of course at the Springbok level.
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