World Rugby Awards

The World Rugby Awards are given out annually by World Rugby (until November 2014, known as the International Rugby Board), the worldwide governing body for rugby union, for major achievement in the sport. They were first awarded in 2001. The International Rugby Players' Association also gives out two awards, for Try of the Year (since 2007) and Special Merit, as a part of the programme.

2001
  • IRB Player of the Year: Keith Wood  Ireland
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  Australia
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Rod Macqueen  Australia
  • IRB International Young Player of the Year: Gavin Henson  Wales
  • IRB International Women's Player of the Year: Shelley Rae  England
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Ed Morrison  England
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Tim Grandadge  India
  • IRB Distinguished Service Award: Tom Kiernan (Ireland)
  • IRB Development Award: Jorge Brasceras  Uruguay
  • IRB Chairman's Awards: Kath McLean, Sir Terry McLean, Albert Ferrasse, John Eales

2002

2003
  • IRB International Player of the Year: Jonny Wilkinson  England
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  England
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Sir Clive Woodward  England
  • IRB International U19 Player of the Year: Jean Baptiste Payras  France
  • IRB International U21 Player of the Year: Ben Atiga  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Michael & Linda Collinson  Eswatini
  • IRB Award for Distinguished Service: Bob Stuart  Australia
  • IRB Referee Distinguished Service Award: Derek Bevan  Wales
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Kathy Flores  United States
  • IRB Development Award: Tan Theany & Philippe Monnin
  • IRB Chairman's Award: Vernon Pugh  Wales

2004

2005

2006

2007
  • IRB International Player of the Year: Bryan Habana,  South Africa
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  South Africa
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Jake White,  South Africa
  • IRB Under-19 Player of the Year: Robert Fruean,  New Zealand
  • IRB Sevens Player of the Year: Afeleke Pelenise,  New Zealand
  • IRB Sevens Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB Women's Personality of the Year: Sarah Corrigan, referee, Australia
    In 2007, she became the first woman ever to referee in an IRB 15-man tournament outside of the Women's Rugby World Cup when she took charge of the match between  Zimbabwe and  Canada in the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship.
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Dick Byres, retired, Australia
    After refereeing 14 Tests, he was a charter member of the IRB Referee Selector panel when it was formed in 1997, and was the longest-serving member of the panel when he retired in 2007.
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: José María Epalza,  Spain
    After a playing career that saw him earn 38 caps for  Spain, and coaching the Spanish national team from 1986 to 1990, he went on to a distinguished career in rugby administration, serving in several key posts in the Spanish Rugby Federation and FIRA–AER.
  • Spirit of Rugby Award: Nicolas Pueta,  Argentina
    Pueta regularly plays club rugby despite having a congenital femoral deficiency that meant that his left leg never grew to the same size as his right one.
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Takudzwa Ngwenya,  United States
  • IRPA Special Merit Award: Fabien Pelous,  France
    Pelous is the most-capped player in France history, and also the most-capped lock ever.
  • IRB Development Award: Jacob Thompson, Jamaica
    Ever since returning home to Jamaica from England in the 1970s, Thompson has tirelessly worked to promote the sport in his homeland. He has been president of the Jamaica Rugby Union since 1999.
  • IRB Hall of Fame inductees:

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Note: Some of the awards for this year were presented before 19 November, when the International Rugby Board changed its name to the current World Rugby.

2015

2016

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2017

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2018

2019
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References
  1. "Barrett and Hunter named World Rugby Players of the Year 2016". World Rugby. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. "Barrett and Woodman named World Rugby Players of the Year 2017". World Rugby. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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