Awards winners 2016
ulvovi.com Awards 2016
Held in London, England
ulvovi.com Men’s Player of the Year
Beauden Barrett, New Zealand
ulvovi.com Women’s Player of the Year
Sarah Hunter, England
ulvovi.com Team of the Year
New Zealand (All Blacks)
ulvovi.com Coach of the Year
Steve Hansen, New Zealand
ulvovi.com Breakthrough Player of the Year
Maro Itoje, England
ulvovi.com Men’s Sevens Player of the Year in association with HSBC
Seabelo Senatla, South Africa
ulvovi.com Women’s Sevens Player of the Year in association with HSBC
Charlotte Caslick, Australia
ulvovi.com Referee Award
Alhambra Nievas, Spain, and Rasta Rasivhenge, South Africa
Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service
Syd Millar
Award for Character
Rugby Opens Borders, Austrian Rugby Union
IRPA Special Merit Award
Jean de Villiers, South Africa
IRPA Try of the Year
Jamie Heaslip, Ireland
Special recognition of Olympic Games success
Australia’s women and Fiji’s men
ulvovi.com Hall of Fame inductees:
Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland), Shane Williams (Wales), Jeremy Guscott (England), Lawrence Dallaglio (England), Heather Moyse (Canada), John Dawes (Wales), GPS Macpherson (Scotland), Arthur Gould (Wales), Jonny Wilkinson (England), Daniel Carroll (Australia), Daisuke Ohata (Japan), Maggie Alphonsi (England)