World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year

The World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year is awarded annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. Prior to 2015, the IRB presented the Women's Player of the Year award from 2001–2002 and in, 2012 and 2014. The IRB Women's Personality of the Year award was presented from 2003–2011.

World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2015
Currently held by Zoe Aldcroft (2021)

Winners and nominees
Year Winner Other nominees Ref(s)
IRB Women's Player of the Year
2001 Shelley Rae [1]
2002 Monique Hirovanaa
IRB Women's Personality of the Year
2003 Kathy Flores [2]
2004 Donna Kennedy [3][4]
2005 Farah Palmer [5][6]
2006 Margaret Alphonsi Delphine Plantet
Anna Richards		 [7]
2007 Sarah Corrigan
2008 Carol Isherwood [8]
2009 Debby Hodgkinson [9]
2010 Carla Hohepa Margaret Alphonsi
Danielle Waterman
Nicole Beck		 [10][11]
2011 Ruth Mitchell
IRB Women's Player of the Year
2012 Michaela Staniford [12][13][14]
2014 Magali Harvey Safi N'Diaye
Kelly Russell
Niamh Briggs		 [15][16][17]
World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year
2015 Kendra Cocksedge Gaëlle Mignot
Sophie Spence		 [18]
2016 Sarah Hunter Fiao'o Fa'amausili
Gaëlle Mignot		 [19]
2017 Portia Woodman [20]
2018 Jessy Trémoulière [21]
2019 Emily Scarratt Katy Daley-McLean
Sarah Bern
Kendra Cocksedge
Pauline Bourdon		 [22]
2021 Zoe Aldcroft Caroline Boujard
Poppy Cleall
Laure Sansus		 [23][24]

References
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  12. "England's Michaela Staniford named the IRB Women's Player of the Year". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  13. "Staniford named IRB women's player of the year". ESPN.com. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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  19. "Sarah Hunter crowned women's player of the year by World Rugby". the Guardian. 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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  22. "England's Emily Scarratt crowned women's world player of the year". the Guardian. 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "England's Aldcroft named World Rugby women's POTY". ESPN.com. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  24. "Zoe Aldcroft named as World Rugby's Player of the Year". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
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