World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year

World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year
Presented by	World Rugby
First awarded	2015
Currently held by	Zoe Aldcroft (2021)

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.

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[]

External links[]

• World Rugby Awards