Malcolm became the second South African player in a row to win the World Rugby Men\u2019s 15s Player of the Year<\/a> award, after being nominated alongside Pieter-Steph and Ox. In addition, Ethan Hooker was nominated for the World Rugby Breakthrough Men\u2019s 15s Player of the Year award. As SA Rugby, we could not be prouder of them and the entire Springbok team.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Springboks are a true symbol of what we can achieve as a country and as a team when everyone works together. It is a brotherhood more than anything else and I\u2019d like to congratulate coach Rassie Erasmus, his coaching staff and management team for ensuring that the players remain the best version of themselves on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Alexander also congratulated the Springboks on their season to date and wished them well for their final Test of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, the Springboks have had a remarkable season, with only two defeats in 13 matches. To retain the top place on the world rankings in such a competitive year is exceptional,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey still have one match to play and everyone at SA Rugby and across the country will be behind them on Saturday when they line up against Wales. We wish them luck as they aim to finish their November tour unbeaten for the second consecutive year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nche, Marx, Pieter-Steph du Toit, and Kolbe were among the seven Springboks named in the 2024 Dream Team, along with Eben Etzebeth, Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel.<\/p>\n
World Rugby Men\u2019s 15s Dream Team:
15 Will Jordan (NZ)
14 Cheslin Kolbe (SA)
13 Huw Jones (Scotland)
12 Len Ikitau (Australia)
11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey (France)
10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (SA)
9 Cam Roigard (NZ)
8 Harry Wilson (Aus)
7 Tom Curry (England)
6 Pieter-Steph du Toit (SA)
5 Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
4 Maro Itoje (England)
3 Thomas du Toit (SA)
2 Malcolm Marx (SA)
1 Ox Nche (SA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All six players delivered stand-out performances on the international stage this season, in which the Springboks have won…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-307383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}