World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year

World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year
Awarded for	Best Women's 15s Player of the Year
Date	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Location	Monaco
Presented by	World Rugby
First awarded	2015
Currently held by	Ellie Kildunne (2024)
Website	World Rugby Awards

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.

Winners and nominees

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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24. "England's Aldcroft named World Rugby women's POTY". ESPN.com. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
25. "Zoe Aldcroft named as World Rugby's Player of the Year". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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28. "Women's nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2023". World Rugby. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
29. "Marlie Packer crowned World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year". World Rugby. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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31. Wright, Jared (2024-11-18). "World Rugby Awards: Springboks dominate nominations, Antoine Dupont up for top gong". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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.

External links

• World Rugby Awards