All the nominations for the Super14 Player of the Year award come from the finalists, the Bulls and the Stormers.

The 2009 winner, Bulls flyhalf Morne Steyn, has again been nominated along with team-mates Fourie du Preez and Gerhard van den Heever. They are joined by the Stormers lock Andries Bekker and centre Jaque Fourie.

The five nominees garnered the most votes from rugby media who had 26 candidates to choose from.

Steyn set a record of 263 points in a Super Rugby season as the Bulls won the title for the third time in four seasons. Van den Heever scored eight tries in the Bulls' march to the title, while Du Preez, the 2009 SA Rugby Player of the Year, was outstanding once again.

The Stormers' first appearance in a final was reflected in the fact that Bekker and Fourie - who scored seven tries in his debut season in Cape Town - garnered enough media votes to be in the running for the award.

Meanwhile, the Blue Bulls' last-gasp win in the Vodacom Cup was also reflected in nominations for the competition's Player of the Year award.

Team captain Gerrit-Jan van Velze, fullback Tiger Mangweni and flyhalf Francois Brummer - who kicked the after-the-hooter drop goal against the luckless Cheetahs to clinch the R1-million first prize - were all among the nominees.

Free State flyhalf Louis Strydom and Sharks No10 Monty Dumond, who edged the former as the competition's top scorer, completed the nominations.

The winners of the awards, as well as the rest of the SA Rugby Player of the Year awards, will be announced at the Springbok Banquet on November 2.