World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year

The World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year is an award given annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards.

World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year
Awarded forBreakthrough Player of the Year
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2015
Currently held by Will Jordan (2021)

Winner & Nominees
YearWinnerNomineesRefs
2015 Nehe Milner-Skudder Mark Bennett
Vasil Lobzhanidze		[1][2]
2016 Maro Itoje[3][4]
2017 Rieko Ioane Emiliano Boffelli
Damian Penaud		[5][6]
2018 Aphiwe Dyantyi Jordan Larmour
Karl Tu’inukuafe		[7][8]
2019 Romain Ntamack Herschel Jantjies
Joe Cokanasiga		[9][10]
2021 Will Jordan Andrew Kellaway
Louis Rees-Zammit
Marcus Smith		[11][12]

References
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  2. "Nehe Milner-Skudder". halosport.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. "Maro Itoje crowned World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year". espn.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. "Maro Itoje, England and Saracens star, named breakthrough player of the year at World Rugby Awards". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. "Rieko Ioane is World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year". rugbypass.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. "Rieko Ioane named as finalist for World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. "Dyantyi wins World Rugby award". sarugbymag.co.za. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. "Aphiwe Dyantyi scoops big prize at World Rugby awards". timeslive.co.za. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. "World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year nominees announced". world.rugby. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  10. "NTAMACK FINISHES OFF GLITTERING YEAR WITH BREAKTHROUGH AWARD". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  11. "All Black Will Jordan wins World Rugby award as Ian Foster misses out". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  12. "Rugby: All Blacks wing Will Jordan scoops World Rugby award, history made for top coach". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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