Sacha going up against Bulls duo for top prize

NEWS: The nominees for South Africa’s United Rugby Championship Player of the Season have been revealed.

Stormers star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, along with the Bulls duo of Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw, were rewarded for their consistent good form during the season.

They received the most nominations as SA’s URC Player of the Season.

Voting closed last Friday, with the coaching teams of the Springboks and the four South African franchises, as well as members of the media, casting their votes for players from the four SA URC teams.

Seventeen players from all four SA franchises received votes.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Hanekom and Louw – all three of whom attended the Boks’ alignment camp in Cape Town last week – garnered the most support.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been central to the Stormers’ attacking threat this season, and he’s joint-fifth on the list for most points scored after the league phase of the competition.

Hanekom has been in great form with ball in hand and on defence for the Bulls.

He has beaten more defenders, won more turnovers and made more tackles than any of his teammates, and is fifth on the overall list for offloads.

Louw, who returned to the Bok team last year for the first time since 2021, has been the anchor of the Bulls’ scrum, which has been the best in the league this season.

The winner will be announced on Thursday, June 5, as part of the annual URC Awards.

A number of other South African players are still in the running for individual accolades.