World Rugby Junior Player of the Year

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.

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year
Presented by	World Rugby
First awarded	2008
Last awarded	2019

List of Winners and Nominees

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

• Official World Rugby Awards website