Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok has been named as the United Rugby Championship’s Fans’ Player of the Season after an outstanding year for the defending champions.
Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok celebrates a try. Picture: @THESTORMERS/Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok has been named as the United Rugby Championship’s Fans’ Player of the Season after an outstanding year for the defending champions.
Libbok finished the regular campaign as the tournament’s leading points-scorer, with 167 points from 16 appearances. He added 18 points to his tally in the 33-21 quarterfinal victory against the Bulls and another 23, including two tries, in a stupendous semifinal performance where he lead his team to a 43-25 win against Connacht.
The winner of the @Vodacom Fans’ Player of the Season Award goes to… @TheStormers’ Manie Libbok ????#URC | #URCAwards
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Despite the award, Libbok was not named in the URC’s Elite XV team of the season, which includes four South Africans. His Stormers teammates, Dan du Plessis and Steven Kitshoff, feature in that line-up, along with Bulls utility back Kurt-Lee Arendse and Sharks scrumhalf Grant Williams.
Bulls playmaker Johan Goosen has been named the winner of the URC’s Gilbert Golden Boot award as the season’s most accurate place-kicker. Goosen finished with a 90% success rate, having kicked 36 out of 40 for his team.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Lions fullback, Quan Horn, has been named URC Ironman of the Season after playing the most minutes over 18 rounds of the competition. He was one of only 10 players in the competition to feature in all of their team’s league matches.
The winner of the 22/23 @Gilbert_Rugby Golden Boot Award goes to… @BlueBullsRugby’s Johan Goosen ????????
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The winner of the Try of the Season 22/23 Award, powered by https://t.co/rEL2LervY4, goes to… @BenettonRugby’s Joaquin Riera for his outstanding try vs Cell C Sharks ????????#URC | #URCAwards
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The winner of the 22/23 Ironman Award goes to… @LionsRugbyCo’s Quan Horn ????
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URC Awards 2022-23 Winners
Top Try Scorer: Tom Stewart (Ulster)
Tackle Machine: John Hodnett (Munster)
Turnover King: Thomas Young (Cardiff)
Next-Gen Player of the Season: Tom Stewart (Ulster)
Elite XV: Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors), Daniel du Plessis (Stormers), Simone Gesi (Zebre Parma), Ross Byrne (Leinster), Grant Williams (Sharks), Gavin Coombes (Munster), Scott Penny (Leinster), Vaea Fifita (Scarlets), Federico Ruzza (Benetton), Niall Murray (Connacht), Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Dan Sheehan (Leinster), Steven Kitshoff (Stormers)
Try of the Season: Joaquin Riera (Benetton)
Ironman: Quan Horn (Lions)
Gilbert Golden Boot: Johan Goosen (Bulls)
Fans’ Player of the Season: Manie Libbok (Stormers)
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