Roos picks up another URC award
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Evan Roos has added a third prize of the inaugural United Rugby Championship Awards to his personal haul after being voted Fans’ Player of the Season.
The Stormers number eight has already been named Next-Gen Player of the Season, as well as earning a place in the Dream Team.
This latest accolade – determined by a public vote – is a testament to the 22-year-old’s outstanding performances over the course of the campaign, which have evidently caught the eye of URC fans around the world.
Roos has had a stand-out campaign for the Cape Town outfit, proving himself a destructive ball carrier with more successful carries (126) and defenders beaten (49) than any other player in the competition over the 18 rounds of the regular season.
He has carried that form into the play-offs, putting on a Man of the Match display as the DHL Stormers overcame Edinburgh Rugby in the Final Eight and scoring a try against Ulster in the Final Four.
Roos’ URC performances look set to earn him an imminent Test debut after he was named in the Springboks squad for next month’s home series against Wales.
His victory in this category continues a strong showing from the DHL Stormers in the URC Awards, with Leolin Zas taking home the Top Try Scorer prize and five players from the franchise included in the Dream Team.
The remaining two awards – Coach of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season – will be announced later this week.
URC Award Winners List 2021-22
Fan’s Player of the season: Evan Roos (Stormers)
Turnover King: Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
Golden Boot: Gareth Anscombe (Ospreys)
Top Try Scorer: Leolin Zas (Stormers)
Ironman: Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
Next-Gen Star of the Season: Evan Roos ( Stormers)
URC Dream Team: 15 Warrick Gelant (Stormers), 14 Seabelo Senatla (Stormers), 13 James Hume (Ulster), 12 Damian Willemse (Stormers), 11 Leolin Zas (Stormers), 10 Ross Byrne (Leinster), 9 Craig Casey (Munster), 8 Evan Roos (Stormers), 7 Nick Timoney (Ulster), 6 Marcell Coetzee (Bulls), 5 Ruan Nortje (Bulls), 4 Jean Kleyn (Munster), 3 Thomas du Toit (Sharks, 2 Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls), 1 Ox Nche (Sharks)
