DHL Stormers vs Ulster Rugby

FINAL FOUR
DHL STORMERS VS ULSTER
DHL STORMERS’ BACK-ROW
EVAN ROOS IS THE URC’S
NEXT-GEN STAR OF THE
SEASON FOR 2021-22
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his award is open only
to players aged under
23 at the start of the
season and who have
earned no more than
five international caps at that point,
with a media panel voting for the
winner. Players are also required to
have made a minimum of nine URC
appearances to qualify.
Roos, 22, has had a stand-out
campaign for the Cape Town outfit,
proving himself a destructive ball
carrier with more successful carries
(126) and defenders beaten (49) than
any other player in the competition
over the 18 rounds.
“
IT IS A HUGE
HONOUR TO GET
THIS AWARD, I AM
SO GRATEFUL TO
EVERYONE WHO
HAS SUPPORTED
ME THIS SEASON”
Roos said: “It is a huge honour to
get this award, I am so grateful to
everyone who has supported me
this season. My family is a great
source of strength and pride for me
and everyone involved in the DHL
Stormers set-up has been amazing
as well. I am so proud to play for
this team and our incredible fans
every week.”
His performances this term have
seen growing calls for him to be
given a chance to shine in the
Springbok jersey.
He was overlooked for the first of
two South Africa alignment camps
in April but made himself impossible
to ignore with his subsequent
displays and was called up for the
second last month ahead of the
coming home Tests against Wales.
Following a Round 16 win against
Glasgow Warriors in which Roos
made a match-leading 10 successful
carries, beat five defenders and
scored a late try, South Africa
director of rugby Rassie
Erasmus tweeted: “Well
done Evan Roos,
that’s how you react
to disappointment
and make sure
you can’t be
ignored!”
It seems
certain Test
honours will
soon follow
for Roos,
who carried
his regularseason
form into the
play-offs by
putting in a URC
Man of the Match
performance against
Edinburgh Rugby in the
Final Eight.
Roos was earlier this week
named in the URC Dream
Team along with four of his
DHL Stormers colleagues.
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