SPRINGBOK second row Eben Etzebeth has become only the second player to win the SA Rugby Player of the Year award for the second successive year at a ceremony in Johannesburg on Thursday. The other finalists were Pieter-Steph du Toit – the first player to win back-to-back awards in 2018 and 2019 – as well as Bok skipper Siya Kolisi, Frans Malherbe and Damian Willemse. Springbok flyer Canan Moodie also did the double by winning the Young Player of the Year award.

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