World Rugby Coach of the Year | |
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Presented by | World Rugby |
Formerly called | IRB International Coach of the Year |
First awarded | 2001 |
Last awarded | 2023 |
2023 winner | Andy Farrell (Ireland men's) |
Most awards | Graham Henry (5 times) |
Website | world.rugby/awards |
The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach of the Year.
Year | Coach | Team | Ref. | |
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2001 | Rod Macqueen | Australia | [1] | |
2002 | Bernard Laporte | France | ||
2003 | Clive Woodward | England | ||
2004 | Jake White | South Africa | ||
2005 | Graham Henry | New Zealand | ||
2006 | Graham Henry | New Zealand | ||
2007 | Jake White | South Africa | ||
2008 | Graham Henry | New Zealand | ||
2009 | Declan Kidney | Ireland | [2] | |
2010 | Graham Henry | New Zealand | ||
2011 | Graham Henry | New Zealand | ||
2012 | Steve Hansen | New Zealand | [3] [4] | |
2013 | Steve Hansen | New Zealand | [5] [6] | |
2014 | Steve Hansen | New Zealand | [7] [8] | |
2015 | Michael Cheika | Australia | [9] [10] | |
2016 | Steve Hansen | New Zealand | [11] | |
2017 | Eddie Jones | England | [12] [13] | |
2018 | Joe Schmidt | Ireland | [14] [15] | |
2019 | Rassie Erasmus | South Africa | [16] [17] | |
2020 | Not held | |||
2021 | Simon Middleton | England women | [18] [19] | |
2022 | Wayne Smith | New Zealand women | [20] | |
2023 | Andy Farrell | Ireland | [21] |
Coach | Awards | |
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Graham Henry | 5 | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
Steve Hansen | 4 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
Jake White | 2 | 2004, 2007 |
Rassie Erasmus | 1 | 2019 |
Clive Woodward | 1 | 2003 |
Declan Kidney | 1 | 2009 |
Simon Middleton | 1 | 2021 |
Joe Schmidt | 1 | 2018 |
Eddie Jones | 1 | 2017 |
Michael Cheika | 1 | 2015 |
Bernard Laporte | 1 | 2002 |
Rod Macqueen | 1 | 2001 |
Wayne Smith | 1 | 2022 |
Andy Farrell | 1 | 2023 |
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