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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m W o r l d R u g b y P l a y e r o f t h e Y e a r )
The World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year is an award presented annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards .[1] It is given to honour "the achievements of those involved at the highest level of the world game on the field".[1] First presented in 2001,[2] it was initially named the IRB International Player of the Year ; from 2007 until 2014 it was the IRB Player of the Year and in 2014 it was titled World Rugby Player of the Year , before being given its current name in 2016.[2]
The winner receives a trophy at an annual awards ceremony.[3] The voting panel select a list of nominees who can then be voted for by players, coaches, media representatives and the public via Twitter . Informed by the vote, the panel then select the winner.[4] as of 2021[update] the voting panel comprises John Smit , George Gregan , Melodie Robinson , Maggie Alphonsi , Clive Woodward , Brian O'Driscoll , Richie McCaw , Thierry Dusautoir and Fiona Coghlan .[5]
The first winner of the award was Ireland hooker Keith Wood . The winner for 2022 was Ireland's Josh van der Flier . New Zealand players have received the most awards, winning ten times. Two players have won three times – flanker Richie McCaw (2006, 2009 and 2010) and fly-half Dan Carter (2005, 2012 and 2015). Nominations for the award are dominated by players from Tier 1 nations; only United States' Joe Taufete'e has ever been nominated from a Tier 2 side. Fly-halves have won the award most often, with seven wins, followed by flankers with five.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
Correct as of the 2023 award
By country [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "World Rugby Awards 2016" . Getty Images . Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "World Rugby Awards Voting Criteria 2017" (PDF) . World Rugby. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "Voting panel" . World Rugby. Retrieved 23 October 2023 .
^ Murray, Shane (12 November 2001). "Wood wins prestigious title" . RTE News . Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021 .
^ a b "Brian O'Driscoll leads nominations for IRB player of the year" . The Guardian . 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "O'Driscoll and Wood nominated for award" . The Irish Times . 20 September 2001. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ a b "Thierry Dusautoir wins IRB player of the year award" . BBC Sport. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "IRB announce Player of the Year nominations" . ESPN. 11 November 2002. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ Hewett, Chris (13 December 2011). "Jonny Wilkinson: the player who got the very best out of himself" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "Wilkinson joins Waugh in player of year nominations" . ABC News . 18 November 2003. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ "Burger wins IRB award" . The Daily Telegraph . 29 November 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "IRB announce player of the year nominations" . ESPN . 6 October 2004. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
^ a b "New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter named player of the year" . BBC Sport. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "IRB Award nominees announced" . British and Irish Lions . 28 September 2005. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ a b c "Richie McCaw named IRB player of the year" . The Daily Telegraph . 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "IRB nominates Fourie du Preez" . News24. 6 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ "Habana wins player of year award" . BBC Sport. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ Wildman, Rob (24 November 2008). "Shane Williams hails 'incredible' year as Welsh winger awarded IRB player of the year" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "Dusautoir crowned IRB player of year" . ESPN . 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2011 .
^ "Kieran Read named world player of the year as New Zealand dominate" . BBC Sport. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "Retallick named Player of the Year" . ESPN. 23 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "Ireland's Johnny Sexton nominated for IRB's player of the year award" . The Guardian . 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
^ "Dan Carter wins World Rugby player of the year award" . Stuff.co.nz . 2 November 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "World Rugby Awards: All Blacks, Steve Hansen, Beauden Barrett win top awards again" . The New Zealand Herald . 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017 .
^ "World Rugby Player of Year nominations announced" . Rugby Australia . 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ "Nominees for World Rugby Players of the Year announced" . World Rugby. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017 .
^ Strang, Ben (30 November 2017). "NZ Rugby boss says Black Ferns world rugby award sign of things to come" . Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2017 .
^ Purewal, Nick (26 November 2018). "Johnny Sexton named World Rugby Player of the Year as Ireland sweep up top three men's awards" . The Independent . Retrieved 8 February 2019 .
^ "World Rugby Awards: Pieter-Steph Du Toit & Emily Scarratt named players of the year" . BBC Sport. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020 .
^ worldrugby.org. "Awards Roll of Honour | World Rugby" . www.world.rugby . Retrieved 1 December 2021 .
^ worldrugby.org. "Awards | World Rugby" . www.world.rugby . Retrieved 10 December 2021 .
^ "Nominees unveiled for World Rugby Awards 2022" . www.world.rugby . 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022 .
^ "Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022" . www.world.rugby . 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 .
^ "Ardie Savea named World Rugby Men's Player of the Year 2023" . www.world.rugby . 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Rugby_Men%27s_15s_Player_of_the_Year&oldid=1182646696 "
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