With the winner of the 2023 FNB Varsity Shield to be crowned on Thursday, 13 April, we have reached the business end of the tournament where the best players of the season will be recognised for their outstanding performances. Conradie has won three Player
that Rocks cheques in 2023
The coaches have nominated three players and now the public can vote for who wins the 2023 overall FNB Varsity Shield Player That Rocks award, as well as the FNB Forward That Rocks and FNB Back That Rocks awards.
All eight FNB Varsity Shield head coaches have nominated three players in each category (excluding their own players) with first position worth three points, second position two points and third position one point. The votes were then added up and the three players with the most points in each category are now being put forward to the public, whose votes will determine the winners.
The public can cast their votes below from Thursday, 6 April until midnight on Monday, 10 April and the winners will be the players with the most votes at that time. You can only vote once per poll and select only one player from each category.
As it happens, UWC have two players up for the main awards, namely scrumhalf and placekicker Conwill Conradie (Overall Player and Back award) and hooker Mauritz Swart (Overall player and Forward award). Mauritz Swart on the charge against FNB Madibaz in the Round 7 match which sealed UWC's promotion back to FNB Vasity Cup.
Also up for an end-of-season award is winger Hlomla Ncana. He has been nominated as a Suzuki Rookie of Varsity Shield 2023.
With leading automotive brand Suzuki getting into the driving seat as a new sponsor of Varsity Rugby, we have added a new award which will see the best new players being crowned as the Suzuki Rookie of the Year in both the FNB Varsity Cup and FNB Varsity Shield competitions.
UFH try their best to thwart Hlomla Ncana
As the breeding ground for future talent, the tournament will be recognising and rewarding the players who made their debut in the Varsity Shield and Varsity Cup this year with this award.
To qualify as a rookie, a player must have made his debut in 2023 and not taken to the field previously in a Varsity Shield or Varsity Cup game. Each week during the round robin stages a player was selected as the Rookie of the Week. The seven selected players at the end of round 7 were then sent to the coaches of all the teams in the Shield competition. The coaches were then asked to nominate the Shield rookie they felt was the most promising player. The three players with the most nominations will be put to a public vote with the one receiving the most votes being declared the winner.
The public can cast their vote from Thursday, 6 April until midnight on Monday 10 April and the winner will be the player with the most votes at the deadline. The poll only allows you to vote once for one player.
The Suzuki Rookie of Varsity Shield 2023 will receive R3 500 as a prize.
The winner will be announced after the FNB Varsity Shield final on the 13 April.
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