World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year

World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year was first presented in 2021 by World Rugby. They were voted by a panel of international past players and coaches, World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees and rugby media. The 2021 panel were Liza Burgess (WAL), Lynne Cantwell (IRE), Fiona Coghlan (IRE), Stephen Jones (The Sunday Times, WAL), Gaëlle Mignot (FRA), Jillion Potter (USA), Melodie Robinson (NZL), Karl Te Nana (NZL), and Danielle Waterman (ENG).

Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year
Presented byWorld Rugby
First awarded2021

In 2021, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and Wales each had one player in the selection; France had six players and England had five. There was a total of 539 caps across the Dream Team.[1][2][3][4]

Dream Team of the Year edit

Year Team Refs
2021
  1.   Annaëlle Deshayes
  2.   Agathe Sochat
  3.   Sarah Bern
  4.   Safi N’Diaye
  5.   Abbie Ward
  6.   Zoe Aldcroft
  7.   Karen Paquin
  8.   Poppy Cleall
  9.   Laure Sansus
  10.   Caroline Drouin
  11.   Abby Dow
  12.   Beatrice Rigoni
  13.   Stacey Fluhler
  14.   Caroline Boujard
  15.   Jasmine Joyce
[5]
2022
  1.   Hope Rogers
  2.   Emily Tuttosi
  3.   Sarah Bern
  4.   Abbie Ward
  5.   Madoussou Fall
  6.   Alex Matthews
  7.   Marlie Packer
  8.   Sophie de Goede
  9.   Laure Sansus
  10.   Ruahei Demant
  11.   Ruby Tui
  12.   Theresa Fitzpatrick
  13.   Emily Scarratt
  14.   Portia Woodman
  15.   Abby Dow
[6]
2023
  1.   Krystal Murray
  2.   Lark Atkin-Davies
  3.   Sarah Bern
  4.   Zoe Aldcroft
  5.   Maia Roos
  6.   Alex Matthews
  7.   Marlie Packer
  8.   Liana Mikaele-Tu'u
  9.   Pauline Bourdon Sansus
  10.   Ruahei Demant
  11.   Abby Dow
  12.   Gabrielle Vernier
  13.   Amy du Plessis
  14.   Ruby Tui
  15.   Ellie Kildunne
[7]

Statistics edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Three All Blacks and one Black Fern named in World Rugby Dream Teams". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  2. ^ Harte, Eoin (2021-12-08). "France and England dominate World Rugby's 2021 women's dream team". Pundit Arena. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. ^ "Trio named in World Rugby Dream Team". Bristol Bears. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  4. ^ "Women's Six Nations stars dominate World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year". Six Nations Rugby. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  5. ^ "Canadian flanker Karen Paquin named to World Rugby's 2021 Dream Team". The Globe and Mail. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Marlie Packer crowned World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year". World Rugby. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

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