World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year

World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year
Awarded forBest Women's Sevens Player of the Year
Sponsored byHSBC
Date2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2013
Currently held byAustralia Maddison Levi (2024)
WebsiteWorld Rugby Awards

The World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year is awarded annually at the World Rugby Awards by World Rugby. The award is based on the player's performance during the Women's SVNS tournament along with other international sevens tournaments during the year.

Winners and nominees

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Year Image Winning player Other nominees Ref(s)
2013 New Zealand Kayla McAlister Canada Jennifer Kish
Netherlands Kelly van Harskamp
[1]
2014 Australia Emilee Cherry Australia Charlotte Caslick
New Zealand Sarah Hirini
New Zealand Kayla McAlister
[2][3]
2015 New Zealand Portia Woodman Australia Charlotte Caslick
New Zealand Sarah Hirini
Russia Nadezhda Kudinova
[4]
2016 Australia Charlotte Caslick England Emily Scarratt
New Zealand Portia Woodman
[5][6]
2017 New Zealand Michaela Blyde Canada Ghislaine Landry
New Zealand Ruby Tui
[7][8]
2018 New Zealand Michaela Blyde New Zealand Sarah Hirini
New Zealand Portia Woodman
[9]
2019 New Zealand Ruby Tui New Zealand Sarah Hirini
New Zealand Tyla Nathan-Wong
[10][11]
2021 France Anne-Cécile Ciofani New Zealand Sarah Hirini
Fiji Alowesi Nakoci
Fiji Reapi Uluinisau
[12]
2022 Australia Charlotte Caslick Australia Maddison Levi
Republic of Ireland Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe
Australia Faith Nathan
[13][14]
2023 New Zealand Tyla Nathan-Wong New Zealand Michaela Blyde
Australia Maddison Levi
Fiji Reapi Ulunisau
[15]
2024 Australia Maddison Levi New Zealand Michaela Blyde
New Zealand Jorja Miller
[16][17][18]

Winners with multiple nominations

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Player Wins Nominations
New Zealand Michaela Blyde 2 (2017, 2018) 3 (2017, 2018, 2023)
Australia Charlotte Caslick 2 (2016, 2022) 4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2022)
New Zealand Tyla Nathan-Wong 1 (2023) 2 (2023, 2019)
New Zealand Portia Woodman 1 (2015) 2 (2015, 2018)
New Zealand Kayla McAlister 1 (2013) 2 (2013, 2014)

References

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  2. ^ "Cherry named Women's Sevens Player of Year - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. ^ "Four up for IRB Women's Sevens Player of Year". www.world.rugby. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. ^ "World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year 2015 nominees announced". infobae. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  5. ^ Newman, Beth (2016-11-13). "Caslick crowned Women's Sevens Player of the Year". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  6. ^ "Shortlists announced for World Rugby Awards 2016". www.world.rugby. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  7. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Awards: Vote for your Sevens Players of the Decade - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  8. ^ "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2017 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  9. ^ "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2018 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  10. ^ "Fiji's Jerry Tuwai and NZ's Ruby Tui named World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year". TP+. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  11. ^ "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  12. ^ Lloyd, Owen (2021-12-14). "Ciofani and Moneta win World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year awards". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  13. ^ "Nominees unveiled for World Rugby Awards 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  14. ^ "Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  15. ^ "World Rugby Awards 2023". www.world.rugby. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  16. ^ "Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2024". World Rugby. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  17. ^ Wright, Jared (2024-11-18). "World Rugby Awards: Springboks dominate nominations, Antoine Dupont up for top gong". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year". World Rugby. 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)