World Rugby Awards 2024 Set For 24 November in Monaco

The World Rugby Awards 2024 will take place in Monaco on Sunday, November 24 at the iconic Salle des Étoiles to recognise the sport’s very best.

Update – the nominees are due to be announced the week of November 18 2024

There will be fourteen categories across 15s and sevens rugby and nominees will be unveiled on Monday, 18 November 2024 during the men’s international window.

World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “We are delighted to return to Monaco, an iconic location associated with some of the most prestigious sporting events on the planet, to celebrate the World Rugby Awards 2024 after an incredible calendar year of international rugby.

Following a year that saw an epic conclusion of the HSBC SVNS in Madrid, record-breaking Olympic Games in Paris and action-packed international windows, the Awards will look back and honour those who made a great contribution to the advancement of our game through their talent, personalities and passion.”

The ceremony will be hosted under the High Patronage of H.S.H Princess Charlene of Monaco, and the 2024 edition also marks the fourth occasion that Monaco has hosted the Awards, cementing the Principality’s place as the home of rugby’s greatest honours said World Rugby.

World Rugby Awards 2024 Categories

The nominees in each World Rugby Awards 2024 category are voted by specialist panels which feature rugby legends and World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees, as well as previous World Rugby Award winners such as Thierry Dusautoir, Kieran Read and Rachael Burford.

Fans will vote for the International Rugby Players Try of the Year Award winners

Men’s 15s 2024

• World Rugby Men’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
• World Rugby Men’s 15s Dream Team of the Year
• World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year
• International Rugby Players Men’s Try of the Year

Women’s 15s 2024

• World Rugby Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year
• World Rugby Women’s 15s Dream Team of the Year
• World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year
• International Rugby Players Women’s Try of the Year

Sevens

• World Rugby Men’s Sevens Dream Team of the Year in partnership with HSBC
• World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year in partnership with HSBC
• World Rugby Women’s Sevens Dream Team of the Year in partnership with HSBC
• World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year in partnership with HSBC

Special Merit and Coach of the Year

• International Rugby Players Special Merit Award
• World Rugby Coach of the Year

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