South Africa's Bryan Habana has won the IRB Player of the Year award at the 2007 IRB awards today. He is the second South African, after Schalk Burger, to pick up the most prestigious award on the Rugby calendar.
Habana has scored 13 tries in 10 internationals during 2007, including 8 tries during the Rugby World Cup.
South Africa was also named IRB Team of the Year and Jake White won the IRB Coach of the Year award, to add to the IRB Rugby World Cup crown they claimed against England yesterday.
Meanwhile Gordon Tietjen's New Zealand 7's team won the IRB 7's Team of the Year award for winning the 2006/2007 IRB World 7's Series while Afeleke Pelenise of New Zealand was named IRB 7's Player of the Year.
Habana named player of the year
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