Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx was named 2025 SA Rugby Player of the Year.

• Malcolm Marx won the SA Men’s Rugby Player of the Year gong for a second time in his career in Cape Town on Thursday.
• The Springbok hooker, who was also named World Player of the Year at the end of last year, last won the award in 2017.
• Springbok utility back Nadine Roos won the SA Women’s Rugby Player of Year award for a second successive year.
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Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx was named the 2025 SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year in Cape Town on Thursday night.

He can add that to his World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year accolade, which he received late last year.

Marx, who was voted the top men’s player in South Africa in 2017, was nominated for this year’s award alongside three-time winner Pieter-Steph du Toit, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Ox Nche and Jasper Wiese.

Nadine Roos completed the double by being named SA Rugby Women’s Player of the Year for a second successive season.

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Roos was voted the outstanding female player in South Africa in a season where the Springbok Women reached the Rugby World Cup play-offs for the first time.

The other finalists were Byrhandré Dolf, Aseza Hele, Libbie Janse van Rensburg and Babalwa Latsha.

Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks were also honoured for a brilliant 2025 season, by taking the awards for Coach and Team of the Year after successfully defending the Rugby Championship title while winning 11 of their 13 Tests.

 Ethan Hooker walked away with the award for SA Rugby Men’s Young Player of the Year among a list of finalists that included Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Canan Moodie, Haashim Pead, Zachary Porthen.

Two new awards were added to the roster on Thursday, with Roos also taking the crown as 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.

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.

On the domestic front, Stormers flyhalf Feinberg-Mngomezulu (SA URC Player of the Season for 2024/25), Donavan Don of the Boland Kavaliers (Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year), Andrew Kota of the Griffons (Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year) and Patience Mokone of the Bulls Daisies (Provincial Women’s Player of the Year) walked away with awards.

Aimee Barrett-Theron, who took charge of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup opening game and one of the semi-finals, earned the Referee of the Year Award for the fourth time.