World Rugby Junior Player of the Year
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2008
Last awarded2019

The World Rugby Junior Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by the World Rugby. It is awarded to the player of the tournament in that year's World Rugby Under 20 Championship. It replaces the now defunct U21 Player of the Year and the U19 Player of the Year. From 2008 until 2013, it was the IRB Junior Player of the Year. Since 2014, following the International Rugby Board becoming World Rugby, the award has been titled the World Rugby Junior Player of the Year.

List of Winners and Nominees

Year Winner Other nominees Ref
2008 Luke Braid ( New Zealand) New Zealand Chris Smith
England Joe Simpson 		[1]
2009 Aaron Cruden ( New Zealand) New Zealand Winston Stanley
England Carl Fearns
Australia Richard Kingi 		[2]
2010 Julian Savea ( New Zealand) New Zealand Tyler Bleyendaal
Australia Robbie Coleman
Argentina Ignacio Rodriguez Muedra 		[3]
2011 George Ford ( England) New Zealand Luke Whitelock
New Zealand Sam Cane 		[4]
2012 Jan Serfontein ( South Africa) Ireland JJ Hanrahan
South Africa Shaun Adendorff 		[5]
2013 Sam Davies ( Wales) New Zealand Ardie Savea
England Jack Clifford 		[5]
2014 Handré Pollard ( South Africa) Ireland Garry Ringrose
New Zealand Tevita Li
England Nathan Earle 		[6][7][8]
2015 James Chisholm ( England) New Zealand Akira Ioane
New Zealand Tevita Li
Australia Jonah Placid
2016 Max Deegan ( Ireland) England Harry Mallinder
New Zealand Shaun Stevenson
Japan Ataata Moeakiola
South Africa Curwin Bosch 		[9][10]
2017 Juarno Augustus ( South Africa) England Zach Mercer
New Zealand Will Jordan
New Zealand Tiaan Falcon
England Gabriel Ibitoye 		[11][12][13]
2018 Jordan Joseph ( France) France Romain Ntamack
England Gabriel Ibitoye
England Jordan Olowofela
2019 Juan Pablo Castro ( Argentina) Australia Fraser McReight
France Louis Carbonel
South Africa Jaden Hendrikse

Other IRB Awards

Further information: IRB Awards

References

  1. ^ "Luke Braid nominated for IRB junior player of year". RNZ. 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  2. ^ "Cruden named IRB Junior Player of the Year". IRB. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Savea named IRB Junior Player of the Year". IRB. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Nominees announced for Junior Player of Year". www.world.rugby. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ^ a b "IRB Junior Player of the Year nominees set to join elite group of rugby players". boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  6. ^ "Pollard named Junior World Player of the Year". ESPN Scrum. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Ringrose nominated for Junior Player Award". Leinster Rugby. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  8. ^ "Pollard named IRB Junior Player of the Year | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  9. ^ "Deegan nominated for World Rugby award". Leinster Rugby. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  10. ^ O'Sullivan, John. "Max Deegan on World Player of the Year shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  11. ^ "Juarno Augustus named world's best U20 player!". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  12. ^ "Augustus wins top U20 award". PlanetRugby. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  13. ^ "Augustus wins U20 award". SA Rugby magazine. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2022-01-02.

External links

World Rugby Awards
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