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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 and Special Merit, as a part of the programme.

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  • World Rugby Player of the Year: Beauden Barrett  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Coach of the Year: Steve Hansen  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year: Maro Itoje  England
  • World Rugby Women's Player of the Year: Sarah Hunter  England
  • World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year: Seabelo Senatla  South Africa
  • World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year: Charlotte Caslick  Australia
  • World Rugby Referee Award: Alhambra Nievas Spain and Rasta Rasivhenge South Africa
  • IRPA Try of the Year Jamie Heaslip  Ireland
  • IRPA Special Merit Award Jean de Villiers  South Africa
  • Award for Character: Rugby Opens Borders  Austria
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Syd Millar

    • 2015

  • World Rugby Player of the Year: Dan Carter  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Coach of the Year: Michael Cheika  Australia
  • World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year: Nehe Milner-Skudder  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Women's Player of the Year: Kendra Cocksedge  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year: Werner Kok  South Africa
  • World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year: Portia Woodman  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Referee Award: Nigel Owens Wales
  • IRPA Try of the Year Julian Savea  New Zealand
  • 2015 Rugby World Cup best match moment:  Japan's final try and victory against  South Africa
  • IRPA Special Merit Award:
  • Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland
  • Nathan Sharpe  Australia
  • Award for Character: Pakistan Rugby Union
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Nigel Starmer-Smith

    • 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.

  • World Rugby Player of the Year: Brodie Retallick  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • World Rugby Coach of the Year: Steve Hansen  New Zealand
  • IRB Sevens Player of the Year: Samisoni Viriviri  Fiji
  • IRB Women's Player of the Year: Magali Harvey  Canada
  • IRB Women's Sevens Player of the Year: Emilee Cherry  Australia
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: Handré Pollard  South Africa
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Bob Francis  New Zealand
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Francois Hougaard  South Africa

    • 2013

  • IRB Player of the Year: Kieran Read  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Steve Hansen  New Zealand
  • IRB Sevens Player of the Year: Tim Mikkelson  New Zealand
  • IRB Women's Sevens Player of the Year: Kayla McAlister  New Zealand
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Michel Lamoulie  France
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Beauden Barrett  New Zealand

    • 2012

  • IRB Player of the Year: Daniel Carter  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Steve Hansen  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Tomasi Cama  New Zealand
  • IRB Development Award: South African Rugby Union  South Africa
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Paul Dobson  South Africa
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: Jan Serfontein  South Africa
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Viorel Morariu  Romania
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Lindsay Hilton  Canada
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Bryan Habana  South Africa
  • IRB Hall of Fame inductees:

    • 2011

  • IRB Player of the Year: Thierry Dusautoir  France
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Graham Henry  New Zealand
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: George Ford  England
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Cecil Afrika  South Africa
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Jock Hobbs  New Zealand
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Wooden Spoon Society United Kingdom
  • IRB Women's Personality of the Year: Ruth Mitchell
  • IRB Development Award winner: Rookie Rugby USA
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Keith Lawrence  New Zealand
  • IRPA Special Merit Award: George Smith  Australia
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Radike Samo  Australia
  • IRB Hall of Fame inductees:
  • Roger Vanderfield  Australia
  • Richard Littlejohn  England
  • Nicholas Shehadie  Australia
  • John Kendall-Carpenter  England
  • David Kirk  New Zealand
  • Nick Farr-Jones  Australia
  • Francois Pienaar  South Africa
  • Martin Johnson  England
  • John Smit  South Africa
  • Brian Lochore  New Zealand
  • Bob Dwyer  Australia
  • Kitch Christie  South Africa
  • Rod Macqueen  Australia
  • Clive Woodward  England
  • Jake White  South Africa
  • Gareth Rees  Canada
  • Agustín Pichot  Argentina
  • Brian Lima  Samoa
  • Jonah Lomu  New Zealand

    • 2010

  • IRB Player of the Year: Richie McCaw  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Graham Henry  New Zealand
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: Julian Savea  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Mikaele Pesamino  Samoa
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Jean-Claude Baqué  France
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Virreyes RC  Argentina
  • IRB Women's Personality of the Year Carla Hohepa  New Zealand
  • IRB Development Award winner Brian O'Shea  Ireland
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service Colin High
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Chris Ashton  England

    • 2009

  • IRB Player of the Year: Richie McCaw  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  South Africa
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Declan Kidney (Ireland)
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: Aaron Cruden  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Ollie Phillips  England
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: L'Aquila Rugby  ItalyThe town of L'Aquila, with long rugby traditions, was hit on 6 April 2009 by an earthquake which left 307 people dead and tens of thousands homeless. Amongst the victims was promising young prop Lorenzo Sebastiani, who had played in the last IRB Junior World Championship in Wales. L'Aquila Rugby Club provided shelter, refuge and comfort to people in the town. L'Aquila's Rugby were in the front line of the rescue effort, and helped evacuate victims from damaged buildings.
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: to be awarded
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Debby Hodgkinson  Australia
  • IRPA Special Merit Award: Kevin Mac Clancy
  • IRB Development Award: to be awarded
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Jaque Fourie  South Africa

    • 2008

  • IRB Player of the Year: Shane Williams,  Wales
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Graham Henry,  New Zealand
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year: Luke Braid,  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: DJ Forbes,  New Zealand
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Roelien Muller and Patrick Cotter
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Andre Watson  South Africa
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Carol Isherwood  England
  • IRPA Special Merit Award: Agustín Pichot  Argentina
  • IRB Development Award: TAG Rugby Development Trust and Martin Hansford  England
  • IRPA Try of the Year: Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland

    • 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, AustraliaIn 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, AustraliaAfter 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,  SpainAfter 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,  ArgentinaPueta 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,  FrancePelous is the most-capped player in France history, and also the most-capped lock ever.
  • IRB Development Award: Jacob Thompson, JamaicaEver 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:
  • Pierre de Coubertin,  France
  • Wilson Whineray,  New Zealand
  • Danie Craven, South Africa
  • Gareth Edwards,  Wales
  • John Eales,  Australia

    • 2006

  • IRB International Player of the Year: Richie McCaw,  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Graham Henry,  New Zealand
  • IRB International U19 Player of the Year: Josh Holmes  Australia
  • IRB International U21 Player of the Year: Lionel Beauxis  France
  • IRB International Sevens Team of the Year:  Fiji
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Uale Mai  Samoa
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Polly Miller
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Brian Lochore  New Zealand
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Peter Marshall  Australia
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Margaret Alphonsi  England
  • IRB Development Award: Mike Luke  Canada
  • IRB Hall of Fame inductees: William Webb Ellis and Rugby School  England

    • 2005

  • IRB International Player of the Year: Daniel Carter  New Zealand
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Graham Henry  New Zealand
  • IRB International U19 Player of the Year: Isaia Toeava  New Zealand
  • IRB International U21 Player of the Year: Tatafu Polota-Nau  Australia
  • IRB International Sevens Team of the Year:  Fiji
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Orene Ai’i  New Zealand
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Jean Pierre Rives  France
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Peter Crittle  Australia
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Paddy O'Brien  New Zealand
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Farah Palmer  New Zealand
  • IRB Development Award: Robert Antonin  France
  • IRB Chairman's Award: Sir Tasker Watkins V.C., G.B.E, D.L  Wales

    • 2004

  • IRB International Player of the Year: Schalk Burger  South Africa
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  South Africa
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Jake White  South Africa
  • IRB International U19 Player of the Year: Jeremy Thrush  New Zealand
  • IRB International U21 Player of the Year: Jerome Kaino  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year: Simon Amor  England
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Jarrod Cunningham  New Zealand
  • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service: Ronnie Dawson Ireland
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Jim Fleming  Scotland
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year: Donna Kennedy  Scotland
  • IRB Development Award: Guedel Ndiaye  Senegal
  • IRB Chairman's Award: Marcel Martin  France

    • 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  Swaziland
  • 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

    • 2002

  • IRB Player of the Year: Fabien Galthié  France
  • IRB International Team of the Year:  France
  • IRB International Coach of the Year: Bernard Laporte  France
  • IRB International U19 Player of the Year: Luke McAlister  New Zealand
  • IRB International U21 Player of the Year: Pat Barnard  South Africa
  • IRB International Sevens Team of the Year:  New Zealand
  • IRB International Women's Player of the Year: Monique Hirovanaa  New Zealand
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service: Colin Hawke  New Zealand
  • IRB Distinguished Services Award: Allan Hosie  Scotland
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award: Old Christians Club  Uruguay
  • IRB Development Award: John Broadfoot  England
  • IRB Chairman's Awards: Bill Mclaren, George Pippos (posthumously)

    • 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

    • References

    World Rugby Awards Wikipedia
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