Overview
- RugbyPass’ Top 10 places Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu first ahead of Antoine Dupont, with Pieter-Steph du Toit, Malcolm Marx and Ardie Savea rounding out the top five.
- South Africa lead all nations with six players in the top 10 and 17 in the Top 100, while New Zealand follow with 16 selections.
- Dupont, the 2024 No. 1, fell to second after missing most of 2025 with a ruptured cruciate ligament.
- Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s breakout year featured 11 Tests, Player of the Match against France, a 37-point hat-trick performance versus Argentina, and a new record for tries by a Springbok fly-half.
- Post-release reaction notes areas for growth, with Dan Biggar flagging a roughly 70% goalkicking rate off the tee as the main improvement point as Feinberg-Mngomezulu tempers hype and looks to 2026 assignments.