World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year

World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year
Awarded forBest Women's 15s Player of the Year
Date2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2015
Currently held byEngland Marlie Packer (2023)
WebsiteWorld Rugby

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

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

References

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  4. ^ "Donna Kennedy". Rugby World. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  5. ^ "Burger best, as Kennedy and Fleming also rewarded". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  6. ^ "Farah Palmer". Rugby World. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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  12. ^ "Four players nominated for World Player of the Year". Scrumqueens. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  13. ^ "England's Michaela Staniford named the IRB Women's Player of the Year". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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  20. ^ "Sarah Hunter crowned women's player of the year by World Rugby". the Guardian. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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  23. ^ "England's Emily Scarratt crowned women's world player of the year". the Guardian. 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  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.
  26. ^ "Nominees unveiled for World Rugby Awards 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  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.
  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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