There were a number of Irish players who received different rugby accolades at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday night.
Erin King has been named Women's Breakthrough Player of the Year, while six Irish players have been included in the Dream Teams for both 7s and 15s rugby.
Aoife Wafer, who was named in the Women's Dream Team, adds this to her Guinness Rugby Writers Women's Player of the Year award from last week.
However, Irish back-row forward Caelan Doris managed to get into the Men's Dream Team despite barely losing out for the Men's Player of the Year to South Africa's Pieter-Steph du Toit. Tadhg Beirne joins Doris in the pack, while Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe completed the Irish representation.
Meanwhile, Men's Sevens star Terry Kennedy has been selected in the Dream Team for the second successive season.
World Rugby Awards 2024: Winners
- Men’s 15s Player of the Year: Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa)
- Women’s 15s Player of the Year: Ellie Kildunne (England)
- Men’s Sevens Player of the Year: Antoine Dupont (France)
- Women’s Sevens Player of the Year: Madison Levi (Australia)
- Men’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year: Wallace Sititi (New Zealand)
- Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year: Erin King (Ireland)
- Men’s 15s Dream Team of the Year: World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year: Will Jordan (New Zealand); Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa), Jesse Kriel (South Africa), Damian de Allende (South Africa), James Lowe (Ireland); Damian McKenzie (New Zealand), Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland); Ox Nche (South Africa), Malcolm Marx (South Africa), Tyrel Lomax (New Zealand), Eben Etzebeth (South Africa), Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), Pablo Matera (Argentina), Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa), Caelan Doris (Ireland).
- Women’s 15s Dream Team of the Year: 1. Hope Rogers (USA), 2. Georgia Ponsonby (New Zealand) 3. Maud Muir (England) 4. Zoe Aldcroft (England) 5. Laetitia Royer (Canada) 6. Aoife Wafer (Ireland) 7. Sophie de Goede (Canada) 8. Alex Matthews (England) 9. Pauline Bourdon Sansus (France) 10. Holly Aitchison (England) 11. Katelyn Vahaakolo (New Zealand) 12. Alex Tessier (Canada) 13. Sylvia Brunt (New Zealand) 14. Abby Dow (England) 15. Ellie Kildunne (England).
- Men’s Sevens Dream Team of the Year: Selvyn Davids (South Africa), Antoine Dupont (France), Aaron Grandidier Nkanang (France), Terry Kennedy (Ireland), Nathan Lawson (Australia), Ponipate Loganimasi (Fiji), Matías Osadczuk (Argentina).
- Women’s Sevens Dream Team of the Year: Olivia Apps (Canada), Michaela Blyde (New Zealand), Kristi Kirshe (USA), Madison Levi (Australia), Ilona Maher (USA), Jorja Miller (New Zealand), and Séraphine Okemba (France)
- Men’s Try of the Year: Nolann Le Garrec (France)
- Women’s Try of the Year: Marine Ménager (France)
- Special Merit Award: Vickii Cornborough (England)
- Coach of the Year: Jérôme Daret (France)
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