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Du Toit on Springboks-Dominated Shortlist for Best Men’s Rugby Player in 2025
Pieter-Steph du Toit aims to join rugby legends as a three-time world player of the year with South Africa’s Springboks dominating the 2025 shortlist.
- On Tuesday, Pieter-Steph du Toit, the Springboks flanker, was named on the 2025 men's World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist, with World Rugby announcing the winner on Saturday.
- With three nominees, the Springboks occupy most of the men's shortlist, including Malcolm Marx and Ox Nche, while France winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey completes the four-player list.
- Du Toit already won the award in 2019 and 2024, and a third win would place him alongside Dan Carter and Richie McCaw as only three-time winners in the 15s category.
- SA Rugby president Mark Alexander hailed the nominations, congratulating Pieter-Steph du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Ox Nche and Ethan Hooker and wishing them well ahead of Saturday’s announcement.
- The breakthrough award field includes Fabian Holland, New Zealand lock, Ethan Hooker, South Africa centre, Henry Pollock, England back-rower, and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Australia centre; World Rugby also named Sophie de Goede, Canada goalkicking lock, the women's 2025 best player after the World Cup in England.
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Du Toit on Springboks-dominated shortlist for best men's rugby player in 2025
Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit could join All Blacks greats Dan Carter and Richie McCaw as a three-time winner of the world player of the year award in men’s rugby after being included on the shortlist for the 2025 accolade.
·United States
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The winger of the Union Bordeaux-Bègles and the XV of France is one of the finalists for the prestigious player of the year 2025, presented by World Rugby Louis Bielle-Biarrey is in the
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World Rugby revealed the nominees for the title of best player of the year 2025. Frenchman Louis Bielle-Biarrey was selected with three South Africans: Pieter-Steph Du Toit, already sacred twice, Malcolm Marx and Ox Nche.
·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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