World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year was first presented in 2021 by
World Rugby
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. They were voted by a panel of international past players and coaches,
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inductees and rugby media. The 2021 panel were
Liza Burgess
Liza Jane "Bird" Burgess (born 24 March 1964) is a former Welsh women's rugby union player who was a member of the 2018 World Rugby Hall of Fame class of inductees. Her career spanned three decades, which included participating in Wales' first-ev ...
(WAL),
Lynne Cantwell
Lynne Cantwell (born 27 September 1981) is an Irish rugby union player. 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She is 's most capped female player. She played at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
In 2019, she was on the first panel to determine the Worl ...
(IRE),
Fiona Coghlan
Fiona Coghlan (born March 3, 1981) is a former Ireland women's rugby union international. Coghlan represented Ireland at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also captained the Ireland team that won the 2013 Women's Six Nati ...
(IRE),
Stephen Jones (
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, WAL),
Gaëlle Mignot
Gaëlle Mignot (born 26 February 1987) is a French female rugby union player. She represented at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.
She has played the majority of her career for Montpellier (women's rugby union ...
(FRA),
Jillion Potter
Jillion Paige Potter (born July 5, 1986) is an American rugby union player. She was the captain of the 2016 USA Olympic women's rugby sevens team.
Childhood
Jillion Potter Austin, Texas to parents Scott Potter and Vikki Vranich. She has a twi ...
(USA),
Melodie Robinson
Melodie Robinson (born 25 May 1973) is a New Zealand sports journalist and presenter, and former international rugby union player for the New Zealand women's national rugby union team. She played 18 tests for the New Zealand women's team, the Bla ...
(NZL),
Karl Te Nana
Karl Solomon Te Nana (born 15 July 1975) is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer, and currently works in broadcasting as a rugby commentator.
A professional rugby union player, Te Nana won a gold medal as part of the Ne ...
(NZL), and
Danielle Waterman
Danielle Sian "Nolli" Waterman (born 20 January 1985) is a retired professional English rugby union, rugby sevens player and current rugby commentator. As a member of England's national rugby union team, she became a multiple Six Nations Champi ...
(ENG).
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.
Dream Team of the Year
Statistics
References
External links
World Rugby Awards
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Team
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Awards established in 2021