Springbok Women’s Nadine Roos is the first ever recipient of the MyPlayers Women Players’ Player of the Year Award.
Since their establishment in 2005, the MyPlayers Players’ Player of the Year was only selected by the men’s fifteens game, but this year everything changed. The members of MyPlayers decided to introduce three categories: Men’s fifteen, Men’s sevens and Women’s sevens.
Players had a week to vote for their favourites and the 2022 rugby recipients had to compete against their own teammates. In the Women Players’ Player of the Year category, Nadine Roos was nominated amongst her teammates Ayanda Malinga, Aphiwe Ngwevu and Sizophila Solontsi.
It was the 26-year-old Roos, who plays rugby for both the fifteens and sevens, walked away with the award.
Roos has been outstanding on the field this year starting with the Sevens World Cup that was hosted in Cape Town, to being included in the fifteens Rugby World Cup squad, who are currently in New Zealand.
Eugene Henning, CEO of MyPlayers said: “Nadine was nominated in the most tightly contested category of the three, and I think that says something about the team spirit and effort of the Bok Women to elevate the game to a different standard, over two years in particular. Nadine is a member of both fifteens and sevens squads, and her performances at the recent Sevens World Cup in Cape Town underscored her class as a player, while this reward illustrates how highly her teammates regard her as a player and person.”
Henning added: “By being named the first Women Players’ Player of the Year, she’s breaking new ground for women’s rugby in South Africa, and her example will inspire many more girls to follow in her footsteps.”
Commenting on being named the 2022 Women Players’ Player of the Year award Roos said: “I live by the mantra, “Work hard in silence, and let success make the noise”. When I reflect on what it means to me to be named as the first Women Players’ Player of the Year, I have to reflect on the people I spend most of my time with- my teammates. In the off-season, we run the most work the hardest, and those are the times when we have to push and pull each other through tough moments in pursuit of our ultimate goals. It’s also when players really get to know one another, how hard someone is willing to work and what they stand for.”
Photo 1 Caption: Springbok Women’s Nadine Roos is the first ever recipient of the MyPlayers Women Players’ Player of the Year Award. Photo: Women Boks (Twitter)
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