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.
Winner & Nominees Year Image Winner Nominees 2015 Nehe Milner-Skudder Mark Bennett Vasil Lobzhanidze 2016 Maro Itoje Anton Lienert-Brown Ardie Savea 2017 Rieko Ioane Emiliano Boffelli Damian Penaud 2018 Aphiwe Dyantyi Jordan Larmour Karl Tu'inukuafe 2019 Romain Ntamack Joe Cokanasiga Herschel Jantjies 2020Not Awarded 2021 Will Jordan Andrew Kellaway Louis Rees-Zammit Marcus Smith 2022 Ange Capuozzo Henry Arundell Mack Hansen Dan Sheehan 2023 Mark Tele'a Louis Bielle-Biarrey Manie Libbok Tamaiti Williams 2024 Wallace Sititi Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu Immanuel Feyi-Waboso Jamie Osborne 2025 Fabian Holland Ethan Hooker Henry Pollock Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i
References
External links World Rugby Awards