The PSL announced it’s #DStvPrem Monthly Awards Winners for August 2023 and September/October 2023 this afternoon. Sundowns’ duo Rulani Mokwena and Lucas Ribeiro scooped the August awards, while Bradley Grobler and Mabhuti Khanyeza took home the September/October prizes. Here are 5 stats to put these awards into context.
3 – Rulani Mokwena has won his third individual Coach of the Month award (also Dec/Jan and Feb/March last season).
2018 – Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro Costa is the first South American player to win the @OfficialPSL Player of the Month award since Argentina’s Emiliano Tade in November/December 2018 (for AmaZulu).
1 – Mabhudi Khenyeza has won his first Coach of the Month award, while he is the first Golden Arrows coach to do so since Clinton Larsen in August/September 2017.
2019/20 – Bradley Grobler is the first SuperSport player to win the @OfficialPSL Player of the Month award since Sipho Mbule in November 2019, while this is Grobler’s first award since August of the same season.
5/6 – Five of the last six instances where tone club has won both Coach and Players awards in the same months have included Sundowns.
| 2023/24 | August | Ribeiro | Mokwena | Sundowns |
| 2022/23 | Dec/Jan | Williams | Mokwena | Sundowns |
| 2021/22 | Feb/March | Macuphu | Maduka | Royal AM |
| 2021/22 | December | Jali | Mngqithi/Mokwena | Sundowns |
| 2021/22 | Aug/Sep | Shalulile | Mngqithi/Mokwena | Sundowns |
| 2020/21 | May/June | Shalulile | Mngqithi/Mokwena | Sundowns |