Malcolm Marx cleans up in SA Rugby awards

As expected‚ Lions and Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx was on Friday named South African Rugby Player of the Year.

Marx in fact‚ walked off with three awards‚ just like he did at the Lions awards presentation last week.

Apart from the top award the 23-year-old was also named the SA Rugby Young Player (U23) and Super Rugby Player of the Year for 2017.

Marx‚ who retained the Young Player of the Year award he won in 2016‚ is the first player since Ashwin Willemse in 2003 to win the prestigious SA Rugby Player and Young Player of the Year Awards in the same season.

“This is a magnificent achievement for Malcolm and on behalf of the entire South African rugby fraternity‚ I would like to congratulate him on a superb season‚” said SA Rugby President‚ Mr Mark Alexander.

“Malcolm was a rock for both the Springboks and the Emirates Lions and at only 23 I’m sure he will still go on to accomplish big things in our game.”

The Springbok Sevens team and their coach‚ Neil Powell‚ were also rewarded for a sterling season in which they won the World Rugby Sevens Series by winning the awards for Team and Coach of the Year.

The fleet-footed Rosko Specman was named Springbok Sevens Player of the Year.