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Flasher girls dance during the SARU Rugby Player of the Year Awards Ceremony at Execujet Hanger on November 01, 2012 in Cape Town. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Entertainment during the SARU Rugby Player of the Year Awards Ceremony. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Emraan Adams performs during the ceremony. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Hansie Graaff of the Griffons receives the Absa Currie Cup First Division Player of the Year Award. Hansie Graaff was one of the top point scorers in the Currie Cup despite playing for an unfancied team. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Player of the Year Deon Fourie of Western Province stands up after winning his award. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Province skipper Deon Fourie was crucial to Western Province's success. His versatility in playing in both the hooker and flank positions, as well as winning the man-of-the-match performance in the Currie Cup final ensured his team victory. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Cecil Afrika receives the Sevens Player of the Year Award after also winning the IRB Sevens Player of the Year Award. He was the top try and point-scorer for the IRB Sevens World Series; He scored 40 tries throughout the series with a total of 385 points. In 2011 he won the IRB International Sevens Player of the Year award. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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SA Under-20 Player of the Year Jan Serfontein during the SARU U-21 Rugby Player of the Year Awards. He plays as a centre for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup.
Serfontein was a member of the South Africa under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship. His performances in the tournament led to him being named 2012 IRB Junior Player of the Year. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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SA under-20 coach Dawie Theron and SA under-20 captain Wian Liebenberg on stage with the IRB Junior World Championship they won earlier this year. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Sharks captain Keegan Daniel was voted as Super Rugby Player of the Year by the six franchise coaches. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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The Sharks also scored a treble on the night with their Currie Cup team being named Absa Team of the Year and John Plumtree receiving the Coach of the Year Award. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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The two Awards the Sharks received could be seen as somewhat controversial after Western Province won the Vodacom Cup, the Super Rugby Conference trophy and the Currie Cup final. The Sharks managed to make it to two finals but were unable to win any silverware. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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The SARPA Players’ Player of the Year Award went to Springbok winger JP Pietersen who had a brilliant season for the Sharks. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Players Player of the Year JP Pietersen receives the trophy from last years winner Bismarck du Plessis. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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JP Pietersen was one of the top try scorers in Super Rugby and was brilliant in the test series against England. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Eben Etzebeth rises after he is named the SARU Young Player of the Year. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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The remarkable youngster has been a revelation for Western Province and the Stormers this year, showing a maturity well beyond his 21 years. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Bryan Habana rises after being named SA Rugby Player of the Year. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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It was the third time that Springbok and Western Province winger Bryan Habana had been named South African Rugby Player of the Year to add to his IRB World Player of the Year Award for 2007. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Habana was in superb form in the Green and Gold this year and scored seven tries in 2012, including a hat-trick against Australia at Loftus Versfeld in the Rugby Championship. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Habana (29) was rewarded for his striking form as he helped the Stormers to the top of the log in Super Rugby and the semi-finals of that competition, while extending his record try scoring streak with the Springboks to 47. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Bryan Habana played in the Currie Cup final in Western Province colours and won the coveted trophy with this team for the first time, after tasting glory with the Blue Bulls in 2009. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Janine Habana, Bryan's wife had to accept the trophy husband Bryan Habana as he was on crutches due to an injury. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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Players Player of the Year JP Pietersen, Janine Habana, SARU Rugby Player of the Year Bryan Habana and Young Player of the Year Eben Etzebeth during the SARU Rugby Player of the Year Awards Ceremony. (Shaun Roy / Gallo Images)
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