England captain Marlie Packer has been named this year’s World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year in partnership with Mastercard, receiving the coveted award in front of fans and her rugby comrades at Go Media Stadium Mt Smart at the conclusion of WXV 1 on Saturday, 4 November. Packer was welcomed on stage to
Katelyn Vahaakolo has been named World Rugby Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the year in partnership with Tudor following the Black Ferns loss against England (12-33) in the final round of WXV1 at Go Media Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland this evening. Vahaakolo debuted this year for the Black Ferns and has played five test
The mess World Rugby got itself into by arranging its annual awards at the end of the men’s world cup in Paris is now made worse by the announcement of the women’s awards. Nobody representing her country at WXV1 in New Zealand could attend in Paris; the overlap amounted to four days. WR couldn’t expect
World Rugby has today announced the shortlists for the prestigious World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year, Women’s Breakthrough Player of the Year and International Rugby Players Women’s Try of the Year. World Rugby has today announced the shortlists for the prestigious World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year, Women’s Breakthrough Player of
The women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 Award winners were announced on Sunday during a ceremony that saw Series champions New Zealand capturing many of the well-earned accolades. The outstanding performers of the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series were honoured at the Centre des Congrès in Toulouse, France on Sunday following the final
The winners of the seventh London Sport Awards, supported by The City of London Corporation, were announced last night. The 2023 edition of the annual awards event celebrated volunteers, organisations, companies, charities and individuals who had gone above and beyond to improve the lives of Londoners through sport and physical activity. The awards praised those
Dr Deb Robinson awarded prestigious Steinlager Salver Award Black Ferns win adidas New Zealand Team of the Year Ardie Savea recognised for second year in a row, as All Blacks Player of the Year Black Ferns co-captain and World Cup winner, Ruahei Demant has collected three major prizes at the 2022 ASB Rugby Awards, including
I have an unloved opinion about rugby: I don’t enjoy individual awards. After all, it’s meant to be a team game, isn’t it? ‘We are family’; ‘We belong together’; ‘I felt so at home as soon as I joined the club’; ’We hope we’ve made the country proud’. Then we have the problem in choosing
Ireland’s Josh van der Flier and New Zealand’s Ruahei Demant have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2022 in partnership with Mastercard respectively at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday. On a night to remember in the iconic Salle des Étoiles, a ceremony under the High Patronage
World Rugby has today unveiled the shortlists for the prestigious World Rugby Awards 2022, which will be presented in Monaco on Sunday, 20 November. Following a stellar year for international rugby culminating in a record-breaking Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand, nominees for the sport’s ultimate accolade feature players, coaches and unsung heroes who
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