Lions reveal their pride
AWARDS: Springboks Elton Jantjies and Malcolm Marx were the big winners at the Lions' 2018 awards ceremony.
Jantjies was named the Lions Player of the Year and the Lions Rugby Company's Most Valuable Player for 2018 at the Annual Player Awards held at Airline Park on Saturday.
The nominees for the Lions Super Rugby Player of the Year award were Jantjies, Malcolm Marx and Aphiwe Dyantyi.
Marx walked away with two awards: Players' Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year.
Courtnall Skosan is the Currie Cup Player of the Year.
The full list of prize winners were:
Under-19
Forward Player of the Year
Winner: Asenathi Ntlabakanye
Backline Player of the Year
Winner: Prince Nkabinde
Player of the Year
Winner: Dameon Venter
Under-21
Forward Player of the Year
Winner: Darrien-Lane Landsberg
Backline Player of the Year
Winner: Jan-Louis la Grange
Player of the Year
Winner: Tyrone Green & Darrien-Lane Landsberg
Currie Cup
Forward Player of the Year
Nominees: Sti Sithole, Rhyno Herbst, Hacjivah Dayimani
Winner: Hacjivah Dayimani
Backline Player of the Year
Nominees: Courtnall Skosan, Nic Groom, Shaun Reynolds
Winner: Shaun Reynolds
Player of the Year
Nominees: Hacjivah Dayimani, Shaun Reynolds, Courtnall Skosan
Winner: Courtnall Skosan
Super Rugby
Backline Player of the Year
Nominees: Elton Jantjies, Lionel Mapoe, Aphiwe Dyantyi
Winner: Aphiwe Dyantyi
Forward Player of the Year
Nominees: Marvin Orie, Kwagga Smith, Malcolm Marx
Winner: Malcolm Marx
Player of the Year
Nominees: Elton Jantjies, Malcolm Marx, Aphiwe Dyantyi
Winner: Elton Jantjies
Players Player of the Year
Nominees: Malcolm Marx, Aphiwe Dyantyi
Winner: Malcolm Marx
Fan's Player of the Year
Nominees: Malcolm Marx, Aphiwe Dyantyi
Winner: Malcolm Marx
Most Valued Player of the Year
Nominees: Elton Jantjies, Malcolm Marx, Aphiwe Dyantyi
Winner: Elton Jantjies