Malcolm Marx named SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2025: All the winners

Malcolm Marx has been crowned SA’s best rugby player for 2025. Picture: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has been named SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2025, along with his being awarded the crown ofWorld Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Yearlast season. It is the second time the Bok hooker has been named SA Rugby Player of the year.

He also won the award in 2017. On this occasion Marx beat Bok team-mates Pieter-Steph du Toit, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Ox Nche, and Jasper Wiese to the title. Rising backline star Ethan Hooker walked away with the award for SA Rugby Men’s Young Player of the Year.

Rassie Erasmus was named Coach of the Year for guiding the Boks to 11 wins from 13 Tests, while the world champions were also named Tem of the Year. On the women’s side, Nadine Roos made it a double, after being named Women’s Player of the Year for the second season in a row, with the other finalists being Byrhandré Dolf, Aseza Hele, Libbie Janse van Rensburg, and Babalwa Latsha. Roos was also named Springbok Women’s Sevens Player of the Year, while Dolf – herself a dual-international – was named as the first winner of the SA Rugby Young Women’s Player of the Year award.

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Shilton van Wyk (Springbok Sevens Men’s Player of the Year) and Haashim Pead (Junior Springbok Player of the Year) were also honoured for their brilliant performances in green and gold in 2025. Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, said: “Malcolm led the charge for the Springboks and richly deserves this accolade alongside his World Rugby Player of the Year Award, while Nadine was the spark that ignited the finest season we have ever witnessed from our Springbok Women,” said Alexander.

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