On Sunday night in Monaco, the annual World Rugby Awards were held. The glittering festival of International rugby is where the best and brightest men, women and national teams can be applauded – and Irish Rugby received the loudest applause in 2018. That was for the team, as much as for their individual players and […] READ MORE
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Suspensions to Antoine DuPont/Pieter-Steph du Toit for red cards
With suspensions announced for star players Antoine DuPont and Pieter-Steph du Toit, it comes at the wrong time for World Rugby. The last fully contested weekend of the Autumn Nations Series was bereft of two superstars that are both former recipients of World Rugby men’s Player of the Year. It is bad timing, especially for […] READ MORE
World Rugby Awards 2022 nominees set to celebrate full year of footy
With players and clubs able to successfully reactivate their calendars after the pandemic, the World Rugby Awards 2022 ceremony in Monaco is set to celebrate a ‘full year of footy’. Nominees have been unveiled across all categories, in the afterglow of the successful 2021 Rugby World Cup, and with two more weeks of the Autumn […] READ MORE
Virtual 2020 Rugby Awards highlight greatest players of the Decade
Hindered by the pandemic, a virtual 2020 Rugby Awards ceremony, in particular, highlighted the greatest players of the Decade this week. Not as refined or as formal as in previous years, the presentation was played out live online. World Rugby used both live and pre-recorded segments to finalize the vote for individuals and teams of […] READ MORE
One week until World Rugby Awards & Decades Greatest presented
In what will be a virtual awards ceremony, the 2020 World Rugby Awards are to be presented on Monday, November 7. And this year, the sport will also crown publically judged ‘decades greatest’ categories. World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee Maggie Alphonsi and rugby presenter Alex Payne host the show, which will be available for […] READ MORE
World Rugby Awards 2017 Recognize Women’s XV World Cup Winners
The awards winners have taken their bows, paparazzi have zoomed in on all the VIP guests and the champagne glasses were never empty–all this was seen last night in Monaco, as the World Rugby Awards 2017 recognized the Women’s XV World Cup winners as the Team of the Year. Never before have a women’s team held […] READ MORE