SA Sports Awards: All the winners

The Springboks may have scooped eight of the 19 awards on offer at the SA Sports awards, but there were also 11 other winners and below is a complete list revealing every one of them.

Rugby was honoured in eight categories collecting the awards for Federation, Administrator, Team, Coach, Sportsman, Newcomer, Sports Star, and People’s Choice winner, with Springbok captain Siya Kolisi collecting the latter two awards.

The eight awards exceeded rugby’s previous best showing (five awards in 2022) and is believed to be the most collected by a single sport in the history of the 17-year-old awards.

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Sailing South Africa’s Kirsten Neuschäfer collected the Sportswoman of the Year award, while Simone Kruger (from South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled, Para Athletics) was crowned as the Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability.

The Sportsman of the Year With a Disability award went to Mpumelelo Mhlongo (South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled).

Diketo Gauteng was named the Indigenous Games Team of the Year,  Hoër Lanbouskool Oakdale‘s Tug of War 560kg junior men’s team scooped the School team of the Year gong, and Hlabi Secondary School’s U-19 netball side won the Developing School Team of the Year prize.

SA Sports Awards winners

• Administrator of the Year: Mark Alexander (SA Rugby Union) 
• Sportsman of the Year: Eben Etzebeth (Springboks)
• Sportsman of the Year With a Disability: Mpumelelo Mhlongo (South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled) 
• Sportswoman of the Year: Kirsten Neuschäfer (Sailing South Africa)
• Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability: Simone Kruger (South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled, Para Athletics) 
• Team of the Year: Springboks
• Newcomer of the Year: Manie Libbok (Springboks)
• Coach of the Year: Jacques Nienaber (Spingboks)
• Volunteer of the Year: Rebecca Ntsanwisi (Vakhegula Vakhegula)
• Indigenous Games Team of the Year: Diketo Gauteng
• National federation of the Year: South African Rugby Union
• Recreation Body of the Year: Amandla Social Enterpises (WC)
• Sport Photo of Visual Journalist of the Year: Samuel Shivambu
• Sport Journalist of the Year: Khanyiso Tshwaku
• Sport Star of the Year: Siya Kolisi (Springbok captain)
• People’s Choice of the Year: Siya Kolisi (Springbok captain) 
• School team of the Year: Hoer Lanbouskool Oakdale — Tug of War 560kg junior men’s team
• Developing School Team of the Year: Hlabi Secondary School — Netball U-19 team
• Technical Official of the Year: Sean Rapaport (South African Hockey Association)