World Rugby Junior Player of the Year explained

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year
Presenter:	World Rugby
Year:	2008
Year2:	2019

The World Rugby Junior Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by the World Rugby. It is awarded to the player of the tournament in that year's World Rugby Under 20 Championship. It replaces the now defunct U21 Player of the Year and the U19 Player of the Year. From 2008 until 2013, it was the IRB Junior Player of the Year. Since 2014, following the International Rugby Board becoming World Rugby, the award has been titled the World Rugby Junior Player of the Year.

List of Winners and Nominees

Year	Winner	Other nominees	Ref
2008	Luke Braid	Chris Smith Joe Simpson	^[1]
2009	Aaron Cruden		^[2]
2010	Julian Savea		^[3]
2011	George Ford	Luke Whitelock Sam Cane	^[4]
2012	Jan Serfontein	JJ Hanrahan Shaun Adendorff	^[5]
2013	Sam Davies	Ardie Savea Jack Clifford
2014	Handré Pollard	Garry Ringrose Tevita Li Nathan Earle	^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
2015	James Chisholm	Akira Ioane Tevita Li Jonah Placid
2016	Max Deegan	Harry Mallinder Shaun Stevenson Ataata Moeakiola Curwin Bosch	^[9] ^[10]
2017	Juarno Augustus	Zach Mercer Will Jordan Tiaan Falcon Gabriel Ibitoye	^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
2018	Jordan Joseph	Romain Ntamack Gabriel Ibitoye Jordan Olowofela
2019	Juan Pablo Castro	Fraser McReight Louis Carbonel Jaden Hendrikse

External links

• Official World Rugby Awards website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008-08-13. Luke Braid nominated for IRB junior player of year. 2022-01-02. RNZ. en-nz.
2. Web site: Cruden named IRB Junior Player of the Year . IRB . 20 June 2014 . 21 June 2009.
3. Web site: Savea named IRB Junior Player of the Year . IRB . 20 June 2014 . 21 June 2010.
4. Web site: 2011-07-07. Nominees announced for Junior Player of Year. 2022-01-02. www.world.rugby.
5. Web site: IRB Junior Player of the Year nominees set to join elite group of rugby players. 2022-01-02. boxscorenews.com.
6. Web site: Pollard named Junior World Player of the Year . ESPN Scrum . 20 June 2014 . 20 June 2014.
7. Web site: 2014-06-17. Ringrose nominated for Junior Player Award. 2022-01-02. Leinster Rugby. en.
8. Web site: 2014-06-21. Pollard named IRB Junior Player of the Year World Rugby. 2022-01-02. www.world.rugby.
9. Web site: 2016-06-22. Deegan nominated for World Rugby award. 2022-01-02. Leinster Rugby. en.
10. News: O'Sullivan. John. Max Deegan on World Player of the Year shortlist. 2022-01-02. The Irish Times. en.
11. Web site: Juarno Augustus named world's best U20 player!. 2022-01-02. www.iol.co.za. en.
12. Web site: 2017-06-18. Augustus wins top U20 award. 2022-01-02. PlanetRugby. en.
13. Web site: 2017-06-18. Augustus wins U20 award. 2022-01-02. SA Rugby magazine. en-US.