World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year explained

World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
Awarded For:	Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
Presenter:	World Rugby
Year:	2015
Holder:	Wallace Sititi (2024)
Website:	World Rugby Awards

The World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year is an award given annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. The award is given to 15s players who have played no more than one year of international rugby. Voting is assessed on international test matches only.^[1]

Winner & Nominees

Year	scope=col class=unsortable	Image	Winner	Nominees
2015		Nehe Milner-Skudder	Mark Bennett Vasil Lobzhanidze	^[2] ^[3]
2016		Maro Itoje	Anton Lienert-Brown Ardie Savea	^[4] ^[5]
2017		Rieko Ioane	Emiliano Boffelli Damian Penaud	^[6] ^[7]
2018		Aphiwe Dyantyi	Jordan Larmour Karl Tu'inukuafe	^[8] ^[9]
2019		Romain Ntamack	Joe Cokanasiga Herschel Jantjies	^[10] ^[11]
2021		Will Jordan	Andrew Kellaway Louis Rees-Zammit Marcus Smith	^[12] ^[13]
2022		Ange Capuozzo	Henry Arundell Mack Hansen Dan Sheehan	^[14] ^[15]
2023		Mark Tele'a	Louis Bielle-Biarrey Manie Libbok Tamaiti Williams	^[16]
2024		Wallace Sititi	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Immanuel Feyi-Waboso Jamie Osborne	^[17] ^[18] ^[19]

External links

• World Rugby Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wright . Jared . 2024-10-24 . 2024 World Rugby Awards: Star-studded voting panels, criteria and date confirmed for the prestigious event . 2024-10-27 . Planet Rugby . en.
2. Web site: Nehe Milner-Skudder finalist for World Rugby's breakthrough player of the year . stuff.co.nz . 20 December 2021.
3. Web site: Nehe Milner-Skudder . halosport.co.nz . 20 December 2021.
4. Web site: Maro Itoje crowned World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year . espn.com . 20 December 2021.
5. Web site: Maro Itoje, England and Saracens star, named breakthrough player of the year at World Rugby Awards . standard.co.uk . 20 December 2021.
6. Web site: Rieko Ioane is World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year . rugbypass.com . 20 December 2021.
7. Web site: Rieko Ioane named as finalist for World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year . stuff.co.nz . 20 December 2021.
8. Web site: Dyantyi wins World Rugby award . sarugbymag.co.za . 20 December 2021.
9. Web site: Aphiwe Dyantyi scoops big prize at World Rugby awards . timeslive.co.za . 20 December 2021.
10. Web site: World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year nominees announced . world.rugby . 20 December 2021.
11. Web site: NTAMACK FINISHES OFF GLITTERING YEAR WITH BREAKTHROUGH AWARD . sixnationsrugby.com . 20 December 2021.
12. Web site: All Black Will Jordan wins World Rugby award as Ian Foster misses out . stuff.co.nz . 20 December 2021.
13. Web site: Rugby: All Blacks wing Will Jordan scoops World Rugby award, history made for top coach . . 20 December 2021.
14. Web site: 2022-11-14 . Nominees unveiled for World Rugby Awards 2022 . 2022-11-14 . www.world.rugby.
15. Web site: 2022-11-20 . Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022 . 2022-11-21 . www.world.rugby.
16. Web site: 2023-10-30 . Ardie Savea named World Rugby Men's Player of the Year 2023 . 2023-10-30 . www.world.rugby.
17. News: 18 November 2024 . Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2024 . live . 18 November 2024 . World Rugby.
18. Web site: Wright . Jared . 2024-11-18 . World Rugby Awards: Springboks dominate nominations, Antoine Dupont up for top gong . live . 2024-11-18 . Planet Rugby . en.
19. Web site: 2024-11-24 . Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year. live . 2024-11-25 . World Rugby . en.