{"id":148671,"date":"2025-11-22T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148671\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:29:09","slug":"the-complete-list-of-2025-world-rugby-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148671\/","title":{"rendered":"The complete list of 2025 World Rugby Awards winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the announcement of the men\u2019s 15s player of the year, the full complement of World Rugby Awards winners for 2025 has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the awards were staggered across the year, starting with the sevens awards winners in May and followed by the women\u2019s awards winners after the World Cup this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the men\u2019s international calendar has almost drawn to a close, the individual awards for the year are complete, with only the men\u2019s 15s dream team to be announced this week.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full list of winners from the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game in both 15s and sevens:<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Men\u2019s 15s Player of the Year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/malcolm-marx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm Marx<\/a> (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763846949_68_808.png.webp\" alt=\"Team Logo\"\/> Match Summary <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763846949_748_815.png.webp\" alt=\"Team Logo\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/ireland-vs-south-africa\/?g=946480\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Men\u2019s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/fabian-holland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabian Holland<\/a> (New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>International Rugby Players Association Men\u2019s 15s Try of the Year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/santiago-pedrero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santiago Pedrero<\/a> (Chile, v Samoa, South America\/Pacific Play-off, RWC 2027 qualifier \u2013 October)<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Coach of the Year: John Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>International Rugby Players Association Women\u2019s 15s Try of the Year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/maia-joseph\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maia Joseph<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a> v Ireland, RWC 2025 pool match \u2013 September)<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Women\u2019s 15s Player of the Year 2025 in partnership with HSBC: Sophie de Goede (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Women\u2019s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year 2025: Braxton Sorensen-McGee (New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Women\u2019s 15s Dream Team of the Year in partnership with Asahi: 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/hannah-botterman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Botterman<\/a> (England), 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/emily-tuttosi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Tuttosi<\/a> (Canada), 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/maud-muir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maud Muir<\/a> (England), 4. Sophie de Goede (Canada), 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/abbie-ward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abbie Ward<\/a> (England), 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/alex-matthews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Matthews<\/a> (England), 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jorja-miller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorja Miller<\/a> (New Zealand), 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/kaipo-olsen-baker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaipo Olsen-Baker<\/a> (New Zealand), 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/justine-pelletier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justine Pelletier<\/a> (Canada), 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/zoe-harrison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zoe Harrison<\/a> (England), 11. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/joanna-grisez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joanna Grisez<\/a> (France), 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/sylvia-brunt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvia Brunt<\/a> (New Zealand), 13. Megan Zones (England), 14. Braxton Sorensen-McGee (New Zealand), 15. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/ellie-kildunne\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie Kildunne<\/a> (England)<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Referee Award in partnership with Emirates: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)<\/p>\n<p>International Rugby Players Special Merit Award: Dan Carter (New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>HSBC SVNS Men\u2019s Player of the Year in partnership with HSBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/luciano-gonzalez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luciano Gonzalez<\/a> (Argentina)<\/p>\n<p>HSBC SVNS Men\u2019s Player of the Year in partnership with HSBC: Jorja Miller (New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>HSBC SVNS Men\u2019s Rookie of the Year: Enahemo Artaud (France)<\/p>\n<p>HSBC SVNS Women\u2019s Rookie of the Year: Nia Toliver (USA)<\/p>\n<p>SVNS Men\u2019s Top Try Scorer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/joji-nasova\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joji Nasova<\/a> (Fiji) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/marcos-moneta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcos Moneta<\/a> (Argentina)<\/p>\n<p>SVNS Women\u2019s Top Try Scorer: Madi Levi (Australia)<\/p>\n<p>HSBC SVNS Men\u2019s Try of the Year: Marcos Moneta (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/argentina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> in Hong Kong)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the announcement of the men\u2019s 15s player of the year, the full complement of World Rugby Awards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-148671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}