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World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player Of The Year
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 World Rugby Awards are given out annually by World Rugby (until November 2014, known as the International Rugby Board), the worldwide governing body for rugby union, for major achievements in the sport. The idea of rewarding excellence in rug .... Winner & Nominees References External linksWorld Rugby Awards {{World Rugby Awards World Rugby Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rugby competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 120 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, Americas North, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Ntamack
Romain Ntamack (born 1 May 1999) is a French rugby union fly-half who currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14, and the France national rugby union team. International career In November 2017, Ntamack was selected for the French Barbarian team which played and beat the Māori All Blacks 19–15. He made his senior international test debut for France in a Six Nations game against Wales, on 1 February 2019 and got this date in Roman numerals tattooed on his left forearm. He was awarded the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2019. He was named Man of the Match in the Six Nations game against Wales on 22 February 2020. International tries Personal life Ntamack is the son of former French rugby union international Émile Ntamack and Marie Séguéla (formerly Ntamack - his parents are separated) who met whilst both studying sport science at university. He has a younger brother Théo also playing for Stade Toulousain and France youth teams, as a forward. They both s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manie Libbok
Immanuel Libbok (born 15 July 1997) is a South African International rugby union player for the Springboks and in United Rugby Championship in the Currie Cup. He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, fly-half, winger or centre. Rugby career 2013–2015: Schoolboy rugby Libbok was born in Humansdorp. He attended HTS Daniël Pienaar in Uitenhage, and earned his first provincial selection in 2013, representing Eastern Province at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week, scoring tries in matches against the Blue Bulls and the Golden Lions. Libbok moved to George for 2014, where he attended Hoërskool Outeniqua. He represented the George-based at the premier South African high schools rugby union tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2014 and 2015. In the first match at the 2015 tournament held in Stellenbosch, Libbok scored two tries, four conversions and one penalty for a personal points haul of 21 points in his side's 31–41 defeat to former side Eastern Province. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Bielle-Biarrey
Louis Bielle-Biarrey (born 16 June 2003) is a French professional rugby union wing who currently plays for Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14 and France national team. Biography Louis Bielle-Biarrey was born in La Tronche in the department of Isère, but he is also Reunionese on the side of his mother.Le Quotidien de La Réunion, ''Bielle-Biarrey, un kréopolitain pressé en route pour le mondial/ref> He started rugby at the age of five in the city of Seyssins Seyssins () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration). |
Dan Sheehan (rugby Union)
Dan Patrick Sheehan (born 17 September 1998) is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Club career Sheehan signed his first professional contract for Leinster in June 2020. He made his Leinster debut in October 2020 in Round 3 of the 2020–21 Pro14 against Zebre, scoring two tries. In June 2022 he was named Leinster's 2021–22 Men's Young Player of the Year. Sheehan was named to the 2022–23 URC Elite XV of the year. International career Sheehan made his senior international test debut on 6 November 2021 against Japan at the Aviva Stadium. In the 2022 Six Nations, Sheehan came off the bench in Ireland's win vs Wales and played the majority of the defeat to France after Rónan Kelleher came off Injured in the 26th minute. Sheehan earned his first start for Ireland in the February 2022 Six Nations match against Italy. In the final match of the 2022 Six Nations, he score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Hansen
MacKenzie Hansen (born 27 March 1998) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Connacht. Born in Australia, he represents Ireland at international level, qualifying through his Irish mother. Professional career After having played for the in Super Rugby, he signed a two-year deal with Connacht ahead of the 2021–22 season. Hansen appeared for Australia at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. Ireland national team Hansen is eligible to represent Ireland through his Cork-born mother. Hansen was included in the Ireland squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship when head coach Andy Farrell announced it in January 2022. He was selected in the starting XV for his debut, and impressed in Ireland's opening 29–7 victory against Wales on 5 February, earning the player of the match award. Hansen was nominated for the 2022 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year. He was called up to the Ireland squad again for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Arundell
Henry Arundell (born 8 November 2002) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Racing 92 and the England national team. Early life Arundell was born on Cyprus in 2002, at the then Royal Air Force base in Dhekelia; a Sovereign Base Area and British Overseas Territory. He spent the first two years of his life on Cyprus before moving back to the United Kingdom. His father, Ralph Arundell, was an army officer in The Rifles (formerly The Light Infantry) for thirty years, completing tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. His mother, Jane Arundell, is a nurse and health visitor working for the NHS. Arundell started his sporting career at a young age, excelling at various sports while a pupil at Holt VC Primary School. He subsequently attended Beechen Cliff School in nearby Bath. After his father joined the staff of Harrow School, Arundell enrolled at the all-boys London boarding school, putting him in the catchment area for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ange Capuozzo
Ange Capuozzo (, ; born 30 April 1999) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a Rugby union positions#Full-back, full-back or a Rugby union positions#Wing, wing for French Top 14 club Stade Toulousain, Toulouse and the Italy national rugby union team, Italian national team. Born and raised in France, Capuozzo qualified for Italy through his paternal grandparents. He began his career at FC Grenoble, Grenoble before signing for Toulouse in 2022. After previously playing for the Italy national under-20 rugby union team, Italy U20 and Italy A national rugby union team, Italy A teams, he made his senior debut for Italy against Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland during the 2022 Six Nations Championship. Early life Ange Capuozzo was born on 30 April 1999 in Le Pont-de-Claix, in the outskirts of Grenoble, France to French parents. His father is of Italian descent; Capuozzo's paternal grandparents were from the Naples area and arrived in Isère after World War II when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Smith (rugby Union)
Marcus Sebastian Smith (born 14 February 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who primarily plays fly-half for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership. He has also represented England at international level, having made his test debut against the United States in 2021. Background Born in the Philippines to a British father and a Filipina mother, Smith started playing rugby union at the age of seven for Centaurs RFC when his family moved to Singapore. He moved to the United Kingdom at the age of thirteen and subsequently received a sports scholarship to attend Brighton College, where he captained the school's 1st XV. The young fly-half was named Player of the Tournament at the 2016 St Joseph's Rugby Festival. Club career Developmental The fly-half first represented Harlequins at the 2016 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series. During the 2016–17 season, as part of the Harlequin Elite Player Development Group (EPDG), Smith played five fixtures for the Harlequin U18s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Rees-Zammit
Louis Rees-Zammit (; born 2 February 2001) is a Welsh rugby union wing who currently plays for Gloucester in the English Premiership and for Wales at national level. In 2021, Rees-Zammit was selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions. Early life Rees-Zammit was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. He attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff and played rugby for the school. Club career Rees-Zammit started his youth career at Cardiff Blues, before moving to Hartpury College and from there to the academy of Gloucester Rugby. He broke into the Gloucester senior team in the 2019–20 season, becoming the club's youngest ever Premiership player at 18 years and 70 days. Rees-Zammit would also become Gloucester's youngest European player and youngest European try scorer in 2019. He scored two tries against Worcester during a 36–3 win in December 2019, and later the same month became the first 18-year-old to score a hat-trick of tries during a 33–26 loss to Northa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Kellaway (rugby Union)
Andrew Kellaway (born 12 October 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. He also previously played for the and English club Northampton. Kellaway has been capped for Australia's national team, the Wallabies. His regular playing positions are Centre, fullback or wing. Early life After beginning his junior rugby at the Hunters Hill Rugby Club, Kellaway went on to represent Australia at schoolboy and under-20 level. His total of ten tries at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship broke the tournament record previously held by Julian Savea and Zac Guildford. He then captained the under-20 side in 2015. Rugby career In late 2014, Kellaway began playing for the New South Wales Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship. He made his Super Rugby run-on debut for the Waratahs against the Brumbies in April 2016. The following week, he signed a further two-year contract with the Waratahs. Kellaway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Jordan (rugby Union)
William Thomas Jordan (born 24 February 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for the Tasman Mako in the Bunnings NPC and the in Super Rugby. His position of choice is fullback. Jordan received the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award in 2021. Youth rugby Jordan attended Fendalton Open Air School then Cobham Intermediate then Christchurch Boys' High School in Christchurch, New Zealand. He played as fullback for the top side, and led the UC Championship in tries scored in 2015. Professional career After a successful school career, Jordan made his debut for the Tasman Mako in Round 1 of the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup against at Trafalgar Park in Nelson. In the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season he scored 5 tries, and was second in the tournament for clean breaks. Jordan made his debut for Super Rugby team the in 2019 after missing the 2018 season with injury. Jordan was part of the Mako side which won the Mitre 10 Cup for the first time in 2019. He was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
