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World Rugby Women's Sevens Player Of The Year
The World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year is awarded annually at the World Rugby Awards by 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 rug .... Winners and nominees Winners with multiple nominations References {{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] |
Michaela Blyde
Michaela Blyde (born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and Olympic gold medalist. Her mother, Cherry Blyde, became the first female president of the Taranaki rugby football union in 2022. Personal life Her younger brother, Liam Blyde also plays rugby as a developmental trialist for the men's Sevens team and played for the Taranaki Bulls team in 2021. Rugby career Blyde debuted for New Zealand as a 17-year-old in the 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in Australia. In 2018, she won gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. She also won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Blyde was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. She later won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Achievements and honours * 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team. * 2017, World Rugby Women's Sevens Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (born 26 April 1995) is an Irish rugby sevens and rugby union player, who has represented Ireland in both formats. At club level, she has played for Munster 15s and Railway Union. Murphy Crowe was the leading try scorer at the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Club career As a youngster, Murphy Crowe participated in athletics, and competed in the 100 metres and long jump in Tipperary. Aged 15, Murphy Crowe started playing rugby in Clanwilliam. She plays as a winger. In 2012, Murphy Crowe joined Munster Rugby's women's under-18 team. Aged 18, Murphy Crowe joined their senior team, where she played rugby union (15s rugby). She has also played club rugby for Railway Union. She was part of the Railway Union team that won the 2019 All-Ireland final. In 2020, Murphy Crowe returned to playing 15s rugby, as rugby sevens matches were on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She had not played 15s rugby since the 2014–15 season. International caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddison Levi
Maddison Levi (born 27 April 2002) is an Australian rules footballer and rugby sevens player currently playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW) and Australia women's sevens team. Early life Levi grew up on the Gold Coast and attended Miami State High School throughout her upbringing where she was a member of their Rugby Sevens Excellence Program. An accomplished junior rugby player, she represented Queensland as well as Australia in junior competitions and was named player of the tournament in the under-17 Youth Rugby Sevens National Championships. In 2018 Levi was asked to play Australian rules football for the first time with Miami High's AFLQ Schools Cup team and went on to play a pivotal role in the school's state championship win that year. In 2019 she signed up to play club football for the first time with the Burleigh Bombettes and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns' developmental academy. Just months later, Levi was selected to represent Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reapi Uluinisau
Reapi Ulunisau (born 2 November 1994) is a Fijian rugby player. She represents Fiji internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens. She won a bronze medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Rugby career 2021 Ulunisau competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the event. 2022 Ulunisau was part of the Fijiana sevens team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She also competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. 2023 Ulunisau was named in the Fijiana fifteens team for the 2023 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship. She made her test debut against Papua New Guinea on 26 May at Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alowesi Nakoci
Aloesi Nakoci (born 18 August 1991) is a Fijian rugby sevens player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal at the event. Nakoci was part of the Fijiana sevens team at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. In September she played in a warm up match against Canada. She was also named in the Fijiana squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, .... References External links * 1991 births Living people Female rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Fiji Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Place of birth missing (living people) Fiji internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Cécile Ciofani
Anne-Cécile Ciofani (born 14 December 1993) is a French rugby player. She was awarded World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year for 2021. Life She discovered rugby at age 18 when she started studying Science and technology of physical and sports activities (STAPS), while she practiced the heptathlon: Six months after her debut, however, she is summoned to the Elite Center of Marcoussis, but is only selected in the national team in 2018. In 2018, when she finished her first year as a professional player at AC Bobigny, she became vice-champion of the world of rugby 7 with the France team. She scored a test on the last action in the game against Australia, Olympic champion, which qualified France in the final and was elected best new player of the world tournament. She came from a sporting family, both parents participated in Olympiads, her father Walter Ciofani in the hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyla Nathan-Wong
Tyla Nathan-Wong (born 1 July 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens representative and two-time Olympic medalist. She became a silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Biography In 2015 and 2019, Nathan-Wong was named New Zealand Sevens Player of the Year. She began playing rugby when she attended Lynfield College. She is of the Ngāpuhi tribe, and is also of Chinese and European descent. In 2012 and 2013, she won the Junior Māori Sportswoman of the Year award and was a finalist for the same award in 2014. Nathan-Wong was selected for the women's sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, Nathan-Wong and her team won both the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast in Australia, as well as the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, United States. In 2019, Nathan-Wong was nominated as a World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year having completed the season as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Tui
Ruby Tui (born 13 December 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She competed internationally when the national rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournament. She won a gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Black Ferns team that won the 2021 Rugby World Cup. Career Sevens Tui made her sevens debut in 2012 in Fiji and has been a part of the national setup ever since. Tui has been described as a "powerful and aggressive prop". She is a product of the Go4Gold campaign of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Tui was named as a non-travelling reserve for the Black Ferns Sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Fifteens In November 2021, Tui was named in the Chiefs squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. Tui was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series and made her international debut against Australia at Tauranga on 6 June. She scored a brace of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghislaine Landry
Ghislaine Landry (born April 27, 1988) is a Canadian rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. During the 2016-17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On 20 October 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the women's sevens World Series. In 2016, Landry was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team, which won the bronze medal in a match against Great Britain. In 2017, Landry moved into first place all-time in HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series scoring with 706 points. In June 2021, Landry was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. Landry attended Saint Francis Xavier University. She came out as homosexual in 2006 and married her partner in 2018. Achievements and honours *2013, Canada, Sevens Silver medallist at Rugby World Cup Sevens. *2016, Canada, Sevens Bronze medallist at Rio Olympic Games. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Scarratt
Emily Scarratt (born 8 February 1990) is an English rugby union player. She currently plays centre and fullback for Loughborough Lightning and for England. She is also a qualified teacher. Club career Scarratt played for Leicester Forest before moving to Lichfield. In 2018 she joined Loughborough Lightning. International career Scarratt first played for England in 2008, scoring 12 tries in 12 games and earning comparisons to Brian O'Driscoll. In 2009 she helped England to victory in the 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship and was joint top try scorer with teammate Fiona Pocock. As England went on to win the next three Six Nations Championships, Scarratt again achieved top try scorer in 2010 and top point scorer in 2011. In 2014, Scarratt proved to be an invaluable player to England Women, scoring 16 points in the Rugby World Cup final to help England beat Canada to the title. In addition, Scarratt ended the tournament as top points scorer with 70 points. She not only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Caslick
Charlotte Emily Caslick (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2020, following the postponement of the international sevens circuit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she moved to rugby league, playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. In 2021 with the resumption of International 7's rugby, Caslick returned to duties with the Australian 7's team. In 2022 she was co-captain of the gold medal winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. Background Caslick was born in Brisbane and grew up in the suburb of Corinda. She attended Brisbane State High School. She is engaged to Rugby Union player Lewis Holland. Playing career R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
