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Stormers top performers honored at WPRU awards ceremony

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The Western Province Rugby Union honoured their top achievers for this past season, and unsurprisingly, the Stormers duo of Evan Roos and Manie Libbok walked away with the top awards.

 

There are some parallels between Roos and Libbok. Both were under-utilised at the Sharks, both came to the Stormers seeking more game time, both played a major part in the Stormers’ URC triumph, and both are overlooked by the Springbok selectors.

 

 

Knocking on Springbok door

While Evan Roos spent some time in the Bok group and even made it out onto the park in the Wales Series in July, Libbok has only recently been invited to the party.

 

The Boks have some issues when it comes to flyhalves at the moment. They’ve been forced to look beyond the fourth-choice pivot that is Johan Goosen, as the Bulls man is also out injured. The Springboks are in Stellenbosch this week where they are fine-tuning and work-shopping before they name the squad on Friday.

 

In a statement released by the Stormers, it spoke of how big a part the flyhalf and utility back played during the 2021/22 URC campaign.

 

“Libbok and Roos were pivotal to the DHL Stormers’ claiming the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship title, with Libbok ending the campaign as the top points-scorer and Roos voted the Players’ Player of the tournament as well,” said the statement.

 

“Libbok kicked a crucial drop-goal and Roos scored a try in the Grand Final, to cap off a season which saw both make important contributions regularly as the DHL Stormers took the title.”

Sacha Mngomezulu, the future

The young Sacha Mngomezulu also earned himself a massive accolade at the awards ceremony last night. The 20-year-old former Bishops man found himself in the Stormers group in the latter part of the URC campaign, as injuries plagued the group.

 

Mngomezulu made his debut in the quarterfinal against Edinburgh and featured in the matchday squad for all three play-off matches at DHL Stadium. His solid performances for the Stormers in those high-stakes matches earned him the Breakthrough player of the year award.

 

Here is the full list of winners

DHL WP U20 Player of the Year

Lukhanyo Vokozela

 

DHL WP U21 Player of the Year

Keke Morabe

 

Breakthrough Player of the Year

Sacha Mngomezulu

 

DHL WP Girls’ School’s Player of the Year

Logan Welmann

 

DHL WP School’s Player of the Year

Zachary Porthen

 

Club Rugby Player of the Year

Jacques van Zyl

 

Club Rugby Sevens Player of the Year

Ashton Hendricks

 

Referee of the Year

Aimee Barrett-Theron

 

DHL WP Women’s Player of the Year

Sinazo Mcatshulwa

 

DHL WP Player of the Year

Nama Xaba

 

BrightRock Needs-matched Award

Damian Willemse

 

Beyond Rugby Award powered by SunBet

Ernst van Rhyn

 

DHL Stormers Player of the Year

Manie Libbok

 

DHL Stormers Players’ Player of the Year

Evan Roos

 

Ziaan Siems
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Ziaan is an unapologetically biased supporter of the Springboks, Stormers, and the Proteas. He was born with a rugby ball in his hand and is still an active sportsman. He’s an all-around cricket talent, who represents the WP Premier League club, Brackenfell CC. Ziaan also shares his expertise on the game of cricket on Pitch Visions coverage of domestic cricket.

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