It’s a SARU award to be won and by my reckoning outside centre Imanuel Libbok’s two stand out attacking performances for South Western Districts should have him in pole position heading into the final day at Craven Week 2015. Libbok of Outeniqua in George has produced some serious pace to go along with an instinctive reading of game and his backed this up with useful goal-kicking.
2014 winner Curwin Bosch (Grey High) produced an off the chart performance during Eastern Province’s 41-34 victory over SWD on Tuesday but was off his best during the narrow win against KZN a couple of days later. Nevertheless he has been instrumental to defending champions EP being in the final against Western Province and it offers the gifted flyhalf another high profile opportunity to showcase his talent and perhaps become the first player to win the SARU award twice. An interesting footnote is that Bosch and Libbok then of Daniel Pienaar in Uitenhage were EP Grant Khomo teammates back in 2013 before the latter moved to Outeniqua.
In seven previous season’s there has never been a forward winner of the Craven Week Player of the Tournament. 2015 favourites Western Province had a 65-5 field day against Griffons in their semi-final with numerous flashy backs unlocking the Free Staters’ defence at will, however a lot of the damage in their crucial win against the Blue Bulls on Monday was the result of the work done in the engine-room. Here the contributions of big players in the form of captain Ernst van Rhyn (Paarl Gim), Salmaan Moerat and Ruben de Villiers (both HJS Paarl Boys’ High) have been vital.
Other individual performances that have also so far caught the eye belong to Kwezi Mafu (Grey High, EP), Adriaan van der Bank (Worcester Gim, Boland) and Richman Gorrah (Welkom Gim, Griffons).
Previous Winners:
2014: Curwin Bosch (Grey High & Eastern Province)
2013: Grant Hermanus (Paarl Gymnasium & Western Province)
2012: Sergeal Petersen (Grey High & Eastern Province))
2011: Jan Serfontein (Grey College and Free State)
2010: Johan Goosen (Grey College and Free State)
2009: Andile Jho (Dale College and Border)
2008: Sampie Mastriet (HTS Drostdy and Boland)
@Tandem: Hoekom vra jy is dit oor die hoofveld speel of oor die spellers wat jy so?
@TuksStudent: Are you on medication mate ?
Valke dink ons was in gedoen hulle moes op die hoof veld gespeel het saterdag no 5 Valke en Valke no 10 Crause dink ons vedien n plek in SA spanne 9 van WP was baie goed 8 van OP baie goed 13 van WP baie goed KZN 2 vir ons baie goed 13 van SWD baie goed Bosch moet 15 speel hys baie goed op aanval maar sikkel om teverdeedig sy pinte was ok 31 in 3 gams Crause pinte was 32 in twee gams laste gam was Crause beseer 10 van WP goed en en en …..
Nog n speler wat my baie be-indruk het by CW was Damian Willemse van Paul Roos en WP. Ek het hom al baie sien speel en hom meer beskou as n baie een dimensionele tipe losskakel wat meestal staatmaak op sy flair vir gapings en teenaanvalle. Hierdie week het hy gewys hy is baie goeie verdediger in die 10 kanaal en sy verspreiding was ook puik. Hy het ook nie geskroom om by die losgemale in te gaan en bal te wen nie. Hy het ook oordeelkundig sy skopvoet gebruik. Well done seun, jy het n nuwe aanhanger gekry en het gewys daar steek baie meer in jou as net jou side-step!. Hoop daar is net goeie dinge vir jou in die toekoms.
I enjoyed the wp number 6 visser
Ernst van Rhyn would get my vote as well. All round good performance in each match.
As a forward Ruben de Villiers or Salmaan Moerat ,if it is a back Curwin Bosch or Manie Libbok will get my vote.It is going to be difficult to decide on this award for SARU because of the many brilliant performances of individual players during the week.
Visser, the little pocket dynamite no 6 from WP, get my vote.
If it would have to be a forward, then Ernst van Rhyn has been inspirational for WP, not only is he a quality player, he’s a very natural leader who leads from the front. I have become a huge fan over the last week