Fijian born Blues flanker Hoskins Sotutu has won the Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year during the 2024 NZ Rugby Awards.
Sotutu had arguably his best season of Super Rugby.
He was the equal top try scorer with 12 tries, second highest offloader (21), sat in the top 10 for carries and was the Blues’ most prolific lineout forward.
His excellence was recognised by the Blues as Players’ Player of the Year while he was also awarded the Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year across the entire competition.
Meanwhile, Olympic Gold medal-winning Black Ferns Sevens have swept the 2024 NZ Rugby Awards, claiming New Zealand Team of the Year, Cory Sweeney the Coach of the Year and Jorja Miller receiving the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year title.
Sweeney’s nod for Coach of the Year is his fifth time claiming the title, equalling the record held by Sir Steve Hansen.
The Blues almost made a clean sweep of the awards they were nominated for, picking up both National Men’s and Women’s Team of the Year, Katelyn Vahaakolo winning the Super Rugby Aupiki Player of the Year award and Vern Cotter taking home the Men’s Coach of the Year.
Weeks after receiving the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year award, Wallace Sititi was recognised as the All Blacks Player of the Year, while fellow All Blacks forward Tyrel Lomax (Ngāi Tuhoe, Muaupoko) took out the hotly contested Tom French Memorial Maori Player of the Year.
Source: NZ Herald
