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World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year

The World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year is awarded annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. The award is open to all women’s 15s players who have played international test matches in the voting year, voting is assessed on international test matches only.[1] Prior to 2015, the IRB presented the Women's Player of the Year award from 2001 to 2002, and in 2012 and 2014. The IRB Women's Personality of the Year award was presented from 2003 to 2011.

World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year
Awarded forBest Women's 15s Player of the Year
Date2015; 9 years ago (2015)
LocationMonaco
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2015
Currently held byEngland Ellie Kildunne (2024)
WebsiteWorld Rugby Awards

Winners and nominees

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Year Image Winning player Other nominees Ref(s)
IRB Women's Player of the Year
2001   Shelley Rae [2]
2002   Monique Hirovanaa
IRB Women's Personality of the Year
2003     Kathy Flores [3]
2004   Donna Kennedy [4][5]
2005     Farah Palmer [6][7]
2006     Maggie Alphonsi   Delphine Plantet
  Anna Richards 		[8]
2007   Sarah Corrigan
2008   Carol Isherwood [9]
2009   Debby Hodgkinson [10]
2010     Carla Hohepa   Margaret Alphonsi
  Danielle Waterman
  Nicole Beck 		[11][12]
2011   Ruth Mitchell
IRB Women's Player of the Year
2012   Michaela Staniford [13][14][15]
2014     Magali Harvey   Safi N'Diaye
  Kelly Russell
  Niamh Briggs 		[16][17][18]
World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year
2015     Kendra Cocksedge   Gaëlle Mignot
  Sophie Spence 		[19]
2016     Sarah Hunter   Fiao'o Fa'amausili
  Gaëlle Mignot 		[20]
2017     Portia Woodman [21]
2018     Jessy Trémoulière [22]
2019     Emily Scarratt   Katy Daley-McLean
  Sarah Bern
  Kendra Cocksedge
  Pauline Bourdon 		[23]
2021   Zoe Aldcroft   Caroline Boujard
  Poppy Cleall
  Laure Sansus 		[24][25]
2022     Ruahei Demant   Sophie de Goede
  Alex Matthews
  Laure Sansus
  Portia Woodman 		[26][27]
2023     Marlie Packer   Ruahei Demant
  Abby Dow
  Gabrielle Vernier 		[28][29]
2024     Ellie Kildunne   Pauline Bourdon
  Alex Matthews
  Alex Tessier 		[30][31][32]

References

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  27. ^ "Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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  29. ^ "Marlie Packer crowned World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year". World Rugby. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  30. ^ "Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2024". World Rugby. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  31. ^ Wright, Jared (2024-11-18). "World Rugby Awards: Springboks dominate nominations, Antoine Dupont up for top gong". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ "Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year". World Rugby. 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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