The Vodacom United Rugby Championship has been the right platform for Springbok talisman and Sharks captain Lukhanyo Am to once more underline his standing as one in every of world rugby’s greatest centres when he was voted the competitors’s Participant of the Month for February.
Am has embraced the problem of a contest centered on showcasing the ability and variety of South Africa’s main gamers. He’s been one of many major driving forces behind the Sharks’ rise to throughout the prime eight on the United Rugby Championship desk with each his distinctive particular person play and management skill.
In line with the South African rugby media, “Am is arguably the very best outdoors centre in world rugby for the time being. The superlatives to explain him this previous month fall wanting his genius, which is barely bettering.”
Am’s particular person attempt towards the Vodacom Bulls has additionally been hailed by worldwide rugby pundits because the attempt of the season to this point.
“It was extraordinary,” mentioned former Springbok skipper and famend pundit Bob Skinstad. “I couldn’t consider the ability degree he confirmed to get via there, from that kick-off. Am is so calm underneath strain. He talks to the referee nicely and has a pleasant method about him. He’s clearly a pacesetter within the midfield.”
In voting for Am, the South African rugby journalists had been unanimous of their conclusion that, “Whether or not knifing via a maze of defenders, or throwing visionary lengthy passes, Am has been a pivotal determine.”
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