World Rugby Hall of Fame

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Not to be confused with International Rugby Hall of Fame or World Rugby Museum.

The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The World Rugby Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and other individuals.[1] The Hall of Fame recognises the history and important contributions to the game, through one or more induction ceremonies that have been held annually except in 2010. The permanent physical home of the Hall of Fame was based at the Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library in Rugby, Warwickshire from 2016 until 2021.[2][3]

History[]

The Hall of Fame was introduced by the International Rugby Board (as World Rugby was then known) during the 2006 IRB Awards ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. The inaugural inductees were William Webb Ellis, who apocryphally caught the ball during a football game and ran with it, and Rugby School, which has left a huge legacy with the game in a number of ways.[4]

The second induction to the Hall of Fame took place in Paris on 21 October 2007, the night after the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final.[5] The next induction was in London on 23 November 2008.[6]

The third induction, in which nine figures entered the Hall, was held on 27 October 2009 at Rugby School. The voting process for the class of 2009 was geared toward the history of British & Irish Lions tours to South Africa, the most recent of which took place in that year; all of the candidates were either Lions or Springboks.[7]

For 2011, induction ceremonies were held at various locations around the world,[8][9] with the year's final ceremony taking place as part of the 2011 IRB Awards on 24 October in Auckland, the day after the Rugby World Cup Final in that city.[10] The inductions at the Auckland ceremony, according to the IRB, were "under the theme of Rugby World Cup founders, visionaries and iconic figures,"[10] and were made in three groups—first for the founders of the RWC, then all World Cup-winning captains and coaches through the 2007 World Cup (minus John Eales, inducted in 2007), and finally other iconic players of the World Cup.[11]

The pattern begun in 2011 was repeated in 2012, with six induction ceremonies being held in six countries. As in the two previous induction cycles, the 2012 inductions had an overriding theme; "Rugby - A Global Game". According to the IRB, it "celebrates Rugby’s expansion to become a global sport played by millions of men and women worldwide."[12]

On 31 July 2014, the IRB announced that its Hall would merge with the separate International Rugby Hall of Fame later in 2014. The merger saw the 37 members of the International Hall who had not already been honoured by the IRB formally enter the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014 and 2015.[13] The 2014 class of inductees also included six women.

On 19 November the IRB rebranded as World Rugby, and the Hall of Fame became known as the World Rugby Hall Of Fame.

Inductees[]

Year Nation Inductee Link
2006  England William Webb Ellis [1]
2006  England Rugby School [2]
2007  South Africa Danie Craven [3]
2007  France Pierre de Coubertin [4]
2007  Australia John Eales [5]
2007  Wales Gareth Edwards [6]
2007  New Zealand Wilson Whineray [7]
2008  New Zealand 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team [8]
2008  Scotland Ned Haig [9]
2008  Ireland Jack Kyle [10]
2008  Scotland Melrose Rugby Football Club [11]
2008  Argentina Hugo Porta [12]
2008  France Philippe Sella [13]
2008  New Zealand Joseph Astbury Warbrick [14]
2009  South Africa and  Argentina Barry Heatlie [15]
2009  Scotland Bill Maclagan [16]
2009  Ireland Willie John McBride [17]
2009  Scotland Ian McGeechan [18]
2009  Ireland Syd Millar [19]
2009  Wales Cliff Morgan [20]
2009  Ireland Tony O'Reilly [21]
2009  South Africa Bennie Osler [22]
2009  South Africa Frik du Preez [23]
2011  United Kingdom Barbarian Football Club [24]
2011  France Serge Blanco [25]
2011  France André Boniface [26]
2011  Wales Cardiff Rugby Football Club [27]
2011  England William Percy Carpmael [28]
2011  New Zealand Dave Gallaher [29]
2011  Ireland Mike Gibson [30]
2011  Wales Frank Hancock [31]
2011  France Lucien Mias [32]
2011  France Jean Prat [33]
2011  England Alan Rotherham [34]
2011  England Harry Vassall [35]
2011  South Africa Kitch Christie [36]
2011  Australia Bob Dwyer [37]
2011  Australia Nick Farr-Jones [38]
2011  England Martin Johnson [39]
2011  England John Kendall-Carpenter [40]
2011  New Zealand David Kirk [41]
2011  Samoa Brian Lima [42]
2011  New Zealand [43]
2011  New Zealand Brian Lochore [44]
2011  New Zealand Jonah Lomu [45]
2011  Australia Rod Macqueen [46]
2011  South Africa François Pienaar [47]
2011  Argentina Agustín Pichot [48]
2011  Canada Gareth Rees [49]
2011  Australia Nicholas Shehadie [50]
2011  South Africa John Smit [51]
2011  Australia IR Vanderfield [52]
2011  South Africa Jake White [53]
2011  England Clive Woodward [54]
2012  United States 1920 and 1924 United States Olympic rugby team [55]
2012  Romania 1924 Romania Olympic rugby team [56]
2012  Chile Donald Campbell [57]
2012  Chile Ian Campbell [58]
2012  Japan Yoshihiro Sakata [59]
2012  New Zealand Gordon Tietjens [60]
2012  Zimbabwe Kennedy Tsimba [61]
2012  Zimbabwe Richard Tsimba [62]
2013  Scotland David Bedell-Sivright [63]
2013  Australia David Campese [64]
2013  Australia Ken Catchpole [65]
2013  Ireland Ronnie Dawson [66]
2013  Australia Mark Ella [67]
2013  Australia George Gregan [68]
2013  England Alfred St. George Hamersley [69]
2013  Scotland Gavin Hastings [70]
2013  Soviet Union Vladimir Ilyushin [71]
2013  Australia Thomas Lawton, Snr [72]
2013  Wales Jack Matthews [73]
2013  United Kingdom Robert Seddon [74]
2013  United Kingdom 1888 British Lions [75]
2013  Fiji Waisale Serevi [76]
2013  Australia John Thornett [77]
2013  Wales Bleddyn Williams [78]
2014  New Zealand Fred Allen [79]
2014  New Zealand Don Clarke [80]
2014  New Zealand Grant Fox [81]
2014  New Zealand Sean Fitzpatrick [82]
2014  New Zealand Michael Jones [83]
2014  New Zealand Ian Kirkpatrick [84]
2014  New Zealand John Kirwan [85]
2014  New Zealand Terry McLean [86]
2014  New Zealand Colin Meads [87]
2014  New Zealand Graham Mourie [88]
2014  New Zealand George Nēpia [89]
2014  France Nathalie Amiel[n 1] [90]
2014  England Gillian Burns[n 1] [91]
2014  United States Patty Jervey[n 1] [92]
2014  England Carol Isherwood[n 1] [93]
2014  New Zealand Anna Richards[n 1] [94]
2014  New Zealand Farah Palmer[n 1] [95]
2014  Wales Keith Rowlands [96]
2014  Scotland James Greenwood [97]
2014  Wales J.P.R. Williams [98]
2014  Australia Michael Lynagh [99]
2014  France Jo Maso [100]
2014  Ireland Keith Wood [101]
2014  Wales Ieuan Evans [102]
2014  England Jason Leonard [103]
2014  England Jonny Wilkinson [104]
2014  England Bill Beaumont [105]
2015  Australia Tim Horan [106]
2015  Australia Tom Richards [107]
2015  England Edgar Mobbs [108]
2015  England Ronald Poulton-Palmer [109]
2015  England Wavell Wakefield [110]
2015  France Jean-Pierre Rives [111]
2015  France Marcel Communeau [112]
2015  Ireland Basil Maclear [113]
2015  Ireland Fergus Slattery [114]
2015  Ireland Tom Kiernan [115]
2015  Scotland Andy Irvine [116]
2015  Scotland Bill McLaren [117]
2015  Scotland Gordon Brown [118]
2015  South Africa Danie Gerber [119]
2015  South Africa Hennie Muller [120]
2015  South Africa Joost van der Westhuizen [121]
2015  South Africa Morne du Plessis [122]
2015  South Africa Naas Botha [123]
2015  South Africa Nelson Mandela [124]
2015  Wales Barry John [125]
2015  Wales Carwyn James [126]
2015  Wales Gerald Davies [127]
2015  Wales Gwyn Nicholls [128]
2015  Wales Mervyn Davies [129]
2015  Wales Phil Bennett [130]
2015  Wales Johnny Williams [131]
2016  Australia and
 United States 		Daniel Carroll [132]
2016  Canada Heather Moyse[n 1] [133]
2016  England Margaret Alphonsi[n 1] [134]
2016  England Lawrence Dallaglio [135]
2016  England Jeremy Guscott [136]
2016  Ireland Brian O'Driscoll [137]
2016  Japan Daisuke Ohata [138]
2016  Scotland G.P.S. Macpherson [139]
2016  Wales John Dawes [140]
2016  Wales Arthur Gould [141]
2016  Wales Shane Williams [142]
2017  Argentina Felipe Contepomi [143]
2017  Canada Al Charron [144]
2017  England Rob Andrew [145]
2017  France Fabien Pelous [146]
2017  United States Phaidra Knight[n 1] [147]
2018  Australia Stephen Larkham [148]
2018  France Pierre Villepreux [149]
2018  Ireland Ronan O'Gara [150]
2018  New Zealand Bryan Williams [151]
2018  Wales Liza Burgess[n 1] [152]
2019  New Zealand Richie McCaw [153]
2019  Japan Shiggy Konno [154]
2019  South Africa Os du Randt [155]
2019  Samoa Peter Fatialofa [156]
2019  New Zealand Graham Henry [157]
2019  Uruguay Diego Ormaechea [158]
2021  Fiji Osea Kolinisau [159]
2021  Kenya Humphrey Kayange [160]
2021  New Zealand Huriana Manuel[n 1] [161]
2021  Australia Cheryl McAfee[n 1] [162]
2021  England Will Carling [163]
2021  Scotland Jim Telfer [164]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l This inductee is a woman.

References[]

  1. ^ IRB Hall of Fame: Objective Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine irb.com
  2. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry and Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame set to close as deal ends and council tightens purse strings". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ Two inaugural inductees in IRB Hall of Fame irb.com
  5. ^ Rugby News Service (21 October 2007). "Habana named IRB Player of the Year". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  6. ^ "IRB Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees". International Rugby Board. 23 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Nine inductees to join IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Five French legends into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 19 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Hancock and Cardiff inducted to Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Stars set for glittering finale at IRB Awards" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  11. ^ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Chilean Rugby greats added to IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 2012-05-26. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Rugby greats to join definitive Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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