RugbyPass SVNS Sequence writers will assessment every event this season with their MVP votes. Finn Morton, Ben Smith, Joe Harvey and Lachlan Gray weigh in with 3-2-1 votes in the direction of the RugbyPass Males’s and Girls’s SVNS Sequence MVP leaderboard.
There are new co-leaders on the RugbyPass Males’s SVNS Sequence MVP leaderboard after final weekend’s occasion in Cape City. Shilton van Wyk and Luciano Gonzalez are the Participant of the 12 months frontrunners, whereas Jorja Miller did sufficient to retain prime spot within the ladies’s rankings.
Van Wyk obtained Participant of the Last honours after one other phenomenal efficiency at DHL Stadium, with South Africa leaving it late in an exhilarating 21-19 win over Gonzalez’s Argentina. Van Wyk arrange the match-defining strive with lower than one minute remaining.
Gonzalez opened the scoring for Los Pumas Sevens within the second minute, just for Donovan Don to hit again for the Blitzboks quickly after. Argentina piled on 12 unanswered factors from there as they took management, with Marcos Moneta scoring two tries.
1000’s on the Western Cape venue sat on the sting of their seats, hoping to see the Blitzboks full an unbelievable comeback when it mattered most. Particular person brilliance from debutant Sonwabo Sokoyi gave the Boks hope, earlier than van Wyk magic all however received the match.
Van Wyk delivered the ultimate move to try-scorer Chrisite Grobbelaar, who raced down the fitting sideline to degree the scores at 19-all. Ricardo Duarttee nailed the conversion from in entrance to present South Africa the lead, and the playmaker secured the win with a pilfer penalty within the remaining play.
Whereas it wasn’t an entire shock to see van Wyk rewarded with Participant of the Last honours, that accolade may’ve gone to a couple gamers. Don was impactful, and Ryan Oosthuizen offered physicality on each side of the ball – each gamers incomes votes from a RugbyPass author.
Nevertheless it was a becoming finish to van Wyk’s sensational marketing campaign, which started with a hat-trick of tries in a thriller towards Fiji. South Africa received 4 of their 5 matches with tries within the final minute, and van Wyk was concerned in these heroic efforts most of the time.
Gonzalez scored eight tries throughout the two-day occasion, and was rewarded with 9 votes by RugbyPass writers. These two sit in equal first on the standings after not polling any factors on the season-opening cease in Dubai final month.
Akuila Rokolisoa and Brady Rush are subsequent on the leaderboard with eight and 6 votes respectively. Australia’s Dietrich Roache and Wallace Charlie, South Africa’s Don, and Fiji’s Viwa Naduvalo have additionally been rewarded for spectacular begins to the season.
Within the ladies’s competitors, Australia made a press release with a commanding 26-12 conquer arch-rivals New Zealand. Australia led 26-0 earlier than the New Zealanders received on the board, with Kelsey Teneti and Stacey Waaka crossing for second-half tries.
Australia co-captain Isabella Nasser scored a strive within the decider and was topped Participant of the Last as her teammates continued to have a good time. Nasser completed day one as the highest tackler within the ladies’s draw, having scored some tries and received some pilfer penalties as properly.
Maddison Levi polled properly after scoring a formidable variety of tries in Cape City, together with a key five-pointer within the Cup Last. Levi is degree on MVP rating votes with Nasser, though the co-skipper didn’t ballot any votes in Dubai.
Jorja Miller scored a hat-trick of tries towards Fiji in pool play, and later set Waaka up with a strive help within the semi-final 18-7 win over France. The reigning SVNS Sequence Participant of the 12 months made a number of try-saving tackles throughout the weekend too, and holds onto prime spot.
There’s an honest hole between the highest three gamers and the remainder, with Miller on 14 votes, and Nasser and Maddison Levi equal on 11. Kelsey Teneti sits in fourth with 5 factors, whereas Teagan Levi is barely additional again with three.
Subsequent up, SVNS Singapore on the Nationwide Stadium on January 31 to February 1.
RugbyPass SVNS Sequence MVP 3-2-1 votes – Cape City
Finn Morton
Males: Shilton van Wyk (South Africa), Luciano Gonzalez (Argentina), Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji)
Girls: Isabella Nasser (Australia), Jorja Miller (New Zealand), Maddison Levi (Australia)
Joe Harvey
Males: Shilton van Wyk (South Africa), Luciano Gonzalez (Argentina), Ryan Oosthuizen
Girls: Isabella Nasser (Australia), Kelsey Teneti (New Zealand), Teagan Levi (Australia)
Ben Smith
Males: Luciano Gonzalez (Argentina), Shilton van Wyk (South Africa), Marcos Moneta (Argentina)
Girls: Isabella Nasser (Australia), Madison Levi (Australia), Kelsey Teneti (New Zealand)
Lachlan Gray
Males: Donovan Don (South Africa), Luciano Gonzalez, Shilton van Wyk (South Africa)
Girls: Maddison Levi (Australia), Isabella Nasser (Australia), Kelsey Teneti (New Zealand)
RugbyPass Males’s SVNS Sequence MVP leaderboard
Shilton van Wyk (South Africa), Luciano Gonzalez (Argentina) – 9 votes
Akuila Rokolisoa (New Zealand) – 8 votes
Brady Rush (New Zealand) – 6 votes
Dietrich Roache (Australia) – 4 votes
Donovan Don (South Africa), Wallace Charlie (Australia), Viwa Naduvalo (Fiji) – 3 votes
Pilipo Bukayaro (Fiji), Ryan Oosthuizen (South Africa), Marcos Moneta (Argentina) – 1 vote
RugbyPass Girls’s SVNS Sequence MVP leaderboard
Jorja Miller (New Zealand) – 14 votes
Isabella Nasser (Australia), Maddison Levi (Australia) – 11 votes
Kelsey Teneti (New Zealand) – 5 votes
Teagan Levi (Australia) – 3 votes
Mahina Paul (New Zealand) – 2 votes
Hanako Utsumi (Japan), Reapi Ulunisau (Fiji) – 1 vote
