SA Rugby Player of the Year winners list since 1992
2026-03-06 - 06:53
Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has been crowned SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2025, to go with the ward he also won in 2017. There have been a number of multiple winners over the years, among them Schalk Burger, Bryan Habana and Pieter-Steph du Toit. Here is a list of the men’s players who’ve received SA rugby’s biggest individual award. Also, we’ve listed the women’s winners, since 2004, as well as the men’s Young Player of Year winners, and the best Sevens player winners. SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year winners (since 1992): 1992: Tiaan Strauss 1993: Gavin Johnson 1994: Chester Williams 1995: Ruben Kruger 1996: André Joubert 1997: Os du Randt 1998: Gary Teichmann 1999: André Venter 2000: Breyton Paulse 2001: André Vos 2002: Joe van Niekerk 2003: Ashwin Willemse 2004: Schalk Burger 2005: Bryan Habana 2006: Fourie du Preez 2007: Bryan Habana 2008: Jean de Villiers 2009: Fourie du Preez 2010: Gurthrö Steenkamp 2011: Schalk Burger 2012: Bryan Habana 2013: Jean de Villiers 2014: Duane Vermeulen 2015: Lood de Jager 2016: Pieter-Steph du Toit 2017: Malcolm Marx 2018: Pieter-Steph du Toit 2019: Pieter-Steph du Toit 2020: Duane Vermeulen 2021: Siya Kolisi 2022: Eben Etzebeth 2023: Eben Etzebeth 2024: Cheslin Kolbe 2025: Malcolm Marx SA Rugby Women’s Player of the Year winners (since 2004): 2004: Ronwin Kelly 2005: Ingrid Botha 2006: Mandisa Williams 2007: Natasha Hoffmeester 2008: Lorinda Brown 2009: Saloma Booysen 2010: Dolly Mavungwana 2011: Cebisa Kula 2012: Yolanda Meiring 2013: Zenay Jordaan 2014: Fundiswa Plaatjie 2015: Veroeshka Grain 2016: Marithy Pienaar 2017: Babalwa Latsha 2018: Nolusindiso Booi 2019: Aseza Hele 2021: Lusanda Dumke 2022: Nadine Roos 2023: Libbie Janse van Rensburg 2024: Nadine Roos 2025: Nadine Roos SA Rugby Young Player of the Year winners (since 2001): 2001: Conrad Jantjes 2002: Pedrie Wannenburg 2003: Ashwin Willemse 2004: Bryan Habana 2005: Jongi Nokwe 2006: Pierre Spies 2007: Frans Steyn 2008: Robert Ebersohn 2009: Heinrich Brussow 2010: Elton Jantjies 2011: Pat Lambie 2012: Eben Etzebeth 2013: Eben Etzebeth 2014: Handre Pollard 2015: Jesse Kriel 2016: Malcolm Marx 2017: Malcolm Marx 2018: Sbu Nkosi 2019: Herschel Jantjies 2020: Wandisile Simelane 2021: Aphelele Fassi 2022: Canan Moodie 2023: Canan Moodie 2024: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 2025: Ethan Hooker Springbok Seven’s Men’s Player of the Year winners (since 2001): 2001: Andre Pretorius 2002: Brent Russell 2003: Marius Schoeman 2004: Kabamba Floors 2005: Stefan Basson 2006: Stefan Basson 2007: Mzwandile Stick 2008: Renfred Dazel 2009: Frankie Horne 2010: Kyle Brown 2011: Cecil Afrika 2012: Cecil Afrika 2013: Cornal Hendricks 2014: Seabelo Senatla 2015: Werner Kok 2016: Seabelo Senatla 2017: Rosko Specman 2018: Dylan Sage 2019: Siviwe Soyizwapi 2020: Stedman Gans 2021: Ronald Brown 2022: JC Pretorius 2023: Ricardo Duarttee 2024: Selvyn Davids 2025: Shilton van Wyk