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
Currently held by Juan Pablo Castro (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
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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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