Stormers fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been crowned the URC‘s players’ player of the season in a poll of the captains and vice captains from the 16 teams.
The 24-year-old Springboks sensation was the top points scorer in the URC regular season with 158, while he was also second for goal kicking (113), third for defenders beaten (54) and in the top six for tries scored (9), clean breaks (20) and metres gained (762).
Stormers director of rugby John Dobson said: “I think he is a generational player. We are going to enjoy him for a while to come.
“He has grown up very quickly from being the X-Factor, playing off the cuff guy to taking the responsibility of driving the team.”
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He added: “You think it’s all this natural ability, but his work ethic and his detail is magnificent. He spends a lot of time previewing the opposition, looking at what their triggers are.”
Ivan van Rooyen was named coach of the season, by his fellow coaches and directors of rugby for the remarkable job he has done at the Lions.
Last season, they finished 11th on 40 points, with eight wins from 18. This term, they claimed 10 wins and a draw to rack up 54 points to come seventh and qualify for the play-offs and Champions Cup rugby.
They scored the second most points (532) and the third most tries (73) in the league under the 44-year-old South African, and won the South African Shield for delivering the best results overall in the domestic derbies, with four victories out of six.
Van Rooyen said: “I am extremely proud of the hard work and effort that has been put in by everyone.
“I think the coaches and the players are really aligned about what we want and what we need. The players have also got more experience now.”
Springbok ace: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
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