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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
De villiers: Top awardSpringbok centre Jean de Villiers was named SA Rugby Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year at an annual awards banquet. The 27-year-old Western Province player was the clear winner in a poll of South African rugby journalists for the SA Rugby Player of the Year title ahead of four players from the Sharks - Bismarck du Plessis, Adrian Jacobs, Ryan Kankowski...
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Springboks centre Adrian Jacobs has revealed how a closed-doors pre-game team talk from captain John Smit inspired the South Africans on to inflicting a humiliating 42-6 on England at Twickenham."
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
De Villiers, from Western Province, headed off four Sharks players -- Bismarck du Plessis, Adrian Jacobs, Ryan Kankowski and Tendai Mtawarira -- in polling by South African journalists. He also received the players' player of the year award, the first to win both since Ashwin Willemse in 2003.De Villiers started in all 13 Tests this year, and scored four tries in three wins against Six...
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Springbok centre Jean de Villiers was named SA Rugby Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year at an annual awards banquet on Tuesday.The 27-year-old Western Province player was the clear winner in a poll of South African rugby journalists for the SA Rugby Player of the Year title ahead of four players from the Sharks - Bismarck du Plessis, Adrian Jacobs, Ryan Kankowski and Beast...
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SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... the SA Rugby Player of the Year title ahead of four players from the Sharks: Bismarck du Plessis, Adrian Jacobs, Ryan Kankowski and Beast Mtawarira.De Villiers completed a memorable double as he was also awarded the prestigious Players' Player of the Year Award, voted for by members of the South African Rugby Players' Association (SARPA); he is the first man to complete the double...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The best of the best in SA rugby recognised November 26 2008 at 07:32AM All the winners from Tuesday night's awards ceremony in Midrand.SA Rugby Player of the Year(The outstanding rugby player of the 2008 South African season)Winner: Jean de Villiers Also nominated: Bismarck du Plessis, Adrian Jacobs, Ryan Kankowski, Beast MtawariraSasol Young Player of the Year(The outstanding young...
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... Smit supporter a while back but have new respect for the man now. Great captain.Springboks centre Adrian Jacobs has revealed how a closed-doors pre-game team talk from captain John Smit inspired the South Africans on to inflicting a humiliating 42-6 on England at Twickenham. In 136 years of Test rugby at Twickenham, England have never lost by such a large margin and Jacobs...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... Boks did not make good use of the width of the field and did not stretch their opponents enough.Adrian Jacobs's try against England was a brilliantly-executed move, and the final try by Bryan Habana was very significant. The ball was moved quickly through six pairs of hands and Habana was put over in the corner. But why not attempt that earlier in the game?It seems as if many of the...
