Mapimpi one of seven SA nominees for PRO14 dream team

Springbok winger Makazole Mapimpi, who will be in action against Argentina in the Rugby Championship Durban on Saturday, is one of seven South Africans who are in line to make the PRO14 Dream Team of the season for 2017/18.

 

The other players nominated from the Cheetahs and Southern Kings are Ox Nche (prop), Torsten van Jaarsveld (hooker), Oupa Mohoje (flanker), Reniel Hugo (lock), Bobby de Wee (lock), and Uzair Cassiem (No 8).

 

Teams from each of the five participating nations have been included in the 45-man shortlist, which features three players in each position. The PRO14 Dream Team will be announced at Monday night’s Awards ceremony and 2018/19 Season Launch Party in Glasgow.

  

2017/18 PRO14 Dream Team nominees:

 

Loosehead prop

Rob Evans (Scarlets)

Ox Nche (Toyota Cheetahs)

Cian Healy (Leinster Rugby)

 

Hooker

Sean Cronin (Leinster Rugby)

Torsten van Jaarsveld (Toyota Cheetahs)

Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby)

 

Tighthead prop

Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby)

Samson Lee (Scarlets)

Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)

 

Lock

Scott Fardy (Leinster Rugby)

Bobby de Wee (Southern Kings)

Devin Toner (Leinster Rugby)

Tadhg Beirne (Scarlets)

Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys)

Reniel Hugo (Toyota Cheetahs)

 

Blindside flanker

Aaron Shingler (Scarlets)

Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues)

Oupa Mohoje (Toyota Cheetahs)

 

Openside flanker

James Davies (Scarlets)

Callum Gibbins (Glasgow Warriors)

Jordi Murphy (Leinster Rugby)

 

No 8

Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby)

Uzair Cassiem (Toyota Cheetahs)

Nick Williams (Cardiff Blues)

 

Scrumhalf

John Cooney (Ulster Rugby)

Luke McGrath (Leinster Rugby)

Gareth Davies (Scarlets)

 

Flyhalf

Rhys Patchell (Scarlets)

Jarrod Evans (Cardiff Blues)

Ross Byrne (Leinster Rugby)

 

Left Wing

Jacob Stockdale (Ulster Rugby)

Makazole Mapimpi (Toyota Cheetahs)

James Lowe (Leinster Rugby)

 

Inside Centre

Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets)

Rory Scannell (Munster Rugby)

Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby)

 

Outside Centre

Sammy Arnold (Munster Rugby)

Nick Grigg (Glasgow Warriors)

Willis Halaholo (Cardiff Blues)

 

Right Wing

Jordan Larmour (Leinster Rugby)

Johnny McNicholl (Scarlets)

Andrew Conway (Munster Rugby)

 

Fullback

Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby)

Charles Piutau (Ulster Rugby)

Matteo Minozzi (Zebre Rugby Club)