Rugby union trophies and awards have been given out to teams and participants from the very earliest days of the sport's history. In common with many other sports

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

has an array of competitions, both domestic international, covering the spectrum of competition structures from season long leagues, to one-off matches. The list below is divided into sections such that trophies and awards competed for by national sides are grouped together, as are those competed for by club and provincial sides. In both cases, the type of award can differ. The award might be a perpetual trophy, which is one competed for in perpetuity by two sides such that on each occasion they meet, which may or may not be on a regular basis, that honour is contested. The award may be one that is given to the winner of a tournament, or as a subset of this, as an award for a particular honour attained in that tournament. Additionally, the sport of rugby union bestows certain honours on individual players, and these too have their own dedicated section below.

International Trophies

Current international

Past International Trophies

International Honours not represented by Trophies

Domestic and Club Trophies

Current Domestic and Club Trophies

World Rugby Awards

World Rugby Player of the Year The World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. The award is presented to honour "the achievements of those involved at the highest level of the world game on the field". Th ...

World Rugby Team of the Year The World Rugby Team of the Year is awarded by the World Rugby in the spring each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Team of the Year. In 2017 the New Zealand Black Ferns became the first women's team to win the awa ...

World Rugby Coach of the Year The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by the World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach of the Year. List of winners List of winners by coach, team and nationality ...

* World Rugby Junior Player of the Year * World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year * IRB International Sevens Team of the Year * IRB Award for Distinguished Service * IRB Chairman's Award * IRB Development Award * IRB Distinguished Service Award *

World Rugby Hall of Fame The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The World Rugby Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and other ...

IRB International U21 Player of the Year The IRB International U21 Player of the Year was awarded by the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) in the autumn each year from 2001 to 2006. In 2008, it was combined with the IRB International U19 Player of the Year to create the IRB Jun ...

* IRB International U19 Player of the Year * IRB International Women’s Personality of the Year * World Rugby Women's Player of the Year * IRB International Young Player of the Year *

IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service IRB may refer to: Organizations * Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, a Canadian administrative tribunal * Indian Reserve Battalion, a special unit of the Indian Police Force * ''Institut Ruđer Bošković'' ( Ruđer Bošković Institute), ...

IRB Spirit of Rugby Award The IRB Spirit of Rugby Award was an award that was previously presented by the IRB at their annual IRB Awards. Recipients References External links World Rugby Awards {{World Rugby Awards World Rugby Awards ...

* IRPA Special Merit Award *

IRPA Try of the Year The IRP Men's Try of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. The International Rugby Players (IRP) – formerly International Rugby Players Association – select the nominees from which the winner is d ...

* Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service

Halls of Fame

International Rugby Hall of Fame The International Rugby Hall of Fame (IRHOF) was a hall of fame for rugby union. It was created in 1997 in New Zealand and is run as a charitable trust with an address at Chiswick in London. Most of the trustees are also inductees. IRHOF acc ...

* World Rugby Museum Wall of Fame

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