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 byWorld Rugby
First awarded2008
Last awarded2019

List of Winners and Nominees

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

Other IRB Awards

References