World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year

World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
Awarded for	Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
Date	2015;10 years ago (2015)
Presented by	World Rugby
First award	2015
Currently held by	Wallace Sititi (2024)
Website	World Rugby Awards

The World Rugby Men's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year is an award given annually by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. The award is given to 15s players who have played no more than one year of international rugby. Voting is assessed on international test matches only. ^[1]

Winner & Nominees

Year	Image	Winner	Nominees	Ref(s)
2015		Nehe Milner-Skudder	Mark Bennett Vasil Lobzhanidze	[2] [3]
2016		Maro Itoje	Anton Lienert-Brown Ardie Savea	[4] [5]
2017		Rieko Ioane	Emiliano Boffelli Damian Penaud	[6] [7]
2018	N/A	Aphiwe Dyantyi	Jordan Larmour Karl Tu'inukuafe	[8] [9]
2019		Romain Ntamack	Joe Cokanasiga Herschel Jantjies	[10] [11]
2021		Will Jordan	Andrew Kellaway Louis Rees-Zammit Marcus Smith	[12] [13]
2022		Ange Capuozzo	Henry Arundell Mack Hansen Dan Sheehan	[14] [15]
2023		Mark Tele'a	Louis Bielle-Biarrey Manie Libbok Tamaiti Williams	[16]
2024		Wallace Sititi	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Immanuel Feyi-Waboso Jamie Osborne	[17] [18] [19]
2025			Fabian Holland Ethan Hooker Henry Pollock Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i	[20] [21]

References

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3. "Nehe Milner-Skudder". halosport.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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6. "Rieko Ioane is World Rugby's Breakthrough Player of the Year". rugbypass.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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8. "Dyantyi wins World Rugby award". sarugbymag.co.za. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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11. "NTAMACK FINISHES OFF GLITTERING YEAR WITH BREAKTHROUGH AWARD". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
12. "All Black Will Jordan wins World Rugby award as Ian Foster misses out". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
13. "Rugby: All Blacks wing Will Jordan scoops World Rugby award, history made for top coach". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 20 December 2021.
14. "Nominees unveiled for World Rugby Awards 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
15. "Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
16. "Ardie Savea named World Rugby Men's Player of the Year 2023". www.world.rugby. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
17. "Nominees revealed for World Rugby Awards 2024". World Rugby. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
18. Wright, Jared (2024-11-18). "World Rugby Awards: Springboks dominate nominations, Antoine Dupont up for top gong". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
19. "Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year". World Rugby. 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
20. "World Rugby Awards 2025 men's nominees announced". World Rugby. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
21. "Henry Pollock nominated for World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award". BBC Sport. 18 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.

External links

• World Rugby Awards