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World Rugby Men's Sevens Dream Team Of The Year
World Rugby Men's Sevens Dream Team of the Year was awarded for the first time at the World Rugby Awards that took place in Monaco on 24 November 2024. Dream Teams References External links World Rugby Awards {{World Rugby Awards Team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ... Awards established in 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 133 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby Awards
The World Rugby Awards are given out annually by World Rugby (until November 2014, known as the International Rugby Board), the worldwide governing body for rugby union, for major achievements in the sport. The idea of rewarding excellence in rugby was disclosed in 2001 following the Annual Meeting of the International Rugby Board Council in Copenhagen, and the first ceremony was first awarded later that year. The International Rugby Players' Association also gives out awards, for International Rugby Players Men's Try of the Year, Try of the Year (since 2007), and International Rugby Players Special Merit Award, Special Merit, as a part of the programme. As of 2021, they now present International Rugby Players Women's Try of the Year, Women's Try of the Year. In 2020, World Rugby decided to "look back on a decade of international rugby" instead of presenting the usual awards. Six of the categories were decided by fan votes and two by a selected panel. The 'Special Edition Awards' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a Enclave and exclave, semi-enclave bordered by France to the north, east and west. The principality is home to nearly 39,000 residents as of the 2020s, of whom about 9,883 are Monégasque people, Monégasque nationals. It is recognised as one of the wealthiest and most expensive places in the world. The official language of Monaco is French language, French. Monégasque dialect, Monégasque, English language, English and Italian language, Italian are also spoken and understood by many residents. With an area of , Monaco is the List of countries and dependencies by area, second-smallest sovereign state in the world, after Vatican City. Its population of 38,423 in 2024 makes it the List of countries by popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selvyn Davids
Selvyn Davids (born 26 March 1994 in Jeffreys Bay) is a South African rugby union player for the South African Sevens team. His regular position is centre or winger. Youth Davids played for the Nico Malan High School first team between 2010 and 2013. In the 2013 season, he scored 408 points during the season. He also represented Eastern Province at all possible youth levels. In 2007, he played for them at the Under-13 Craven Week competition; in 2010, he played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week. He also played in the Under-18 Craven Week tournaments in 2011 and 2012, culminating in a call-up to the South African Schools side in 2012, although he didn't make the final squad. At the end of 2013, he played in four matches for the side in the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship season, helping his side to win the Division B title (scoring a hat-trick of tries, five conversions and two penalties in the final) and subsequently win promotion to Division A. Club rugby Davids made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Dupont
Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team. Dupont has won 39 individual accolades in his career, including the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year in 2024. He is the first French player to win the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year award. He is also the first and only rugby player ever to have won both the Men’s 15s and the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year awards in one's career. He has also won a shared record of three Six Nations Player of the Championships, the most by a French player. Dupont has won 10 major competitions in his career: four Top 14 titles, two European Rugby Champions Cup, two Six Nations Championship including one Six Nations Grand Slam, the 2023–24 SVNS and the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang
Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang (born 18 May 2000) is a rugby union player. He won a gold medal as part of the France national rugby sevens team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Early and personal life Born in Bromley to a Nigerian father and French mother, he was a keen basketball player in his youth. He is also a DJ, under the moniker 'Aztec'. He attended St Olave's Grammar School. He initially intended to study design at Loughborough University, but earned a scholarship to St Mary's University, Twickenham that allowed him to continue playing rugby at his local club. Career He started playing rugby at St Olave's Grammar School in London and played at county level for Kent U18 and joined his first amateur club Old Elthamians. He joined CA Brive in 2019. He signed an extended contract with Brive in 2022, and made his debut for the senior France national rugby sevens team. At the Hong Kong sevens during the 2022-23 SVNS season he scored a French record 11 tries in a single weekend. In July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Kennedy (rugby Union, Born 1996)
Terry Kennedy (born 4 July 1996) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team. Rugby career Kennedy was a member of the Irish team that won the silver medals of 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. He also helped Ireland win the 2018 Moscow Sevens tournament — he scored two tries in the final as Ireland defeated Germany 28–7, and was the leading try scorer in the tournament overall with nine tries. Kennedy scored a try in the final of the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier to help Ireland defeat Hong Kong 28–7 and qualify for the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series. He was named as a member of the HSBC Dream Team, as well as being crowned the Top Try Scorer for the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series. In his youth, Kennedy played for the Ireland national under–20 team. He was a member of the under-20 squad that were runners up in the World Cup Final. Kennedy plays his club rugby with St Mary's College RFC, St. Mary's College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Lawson (rugby Union)
Nathan Lawson (born 23 January 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League, and previously played as a forward for the Australia national rugby union sevens team. Rugby union International career Lawson attended Newington College, completing Year 12 in 2016. He was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was a last-minute replacement for Henry Paterson who was injured. The team came third in their pool round and then lost to Fiji 19–0 in the quarterfinal. He competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. In 2024, He was named in Australia's squad for the Summer Olympics in Paris. Rugby league St George Illawarra Dragons On 24 December 2024 it was reported that he would join St. George Illawarra Dragons for 2025. Lawson made his NRL debut for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 13 of the 2025 NRL seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponepati Loganimasi
Ponepati Loganimasi (born 26 March 1998) is a Fijian rugby union player who played for Fiji national rugby sevens team and currently plays for the Fijian Drua in Super Rugby Pacific. Career From Ono-i-Lau island, he played for Savusavu prior to joining Uluinakau in 2021. He was called-up to the Fiji national rugby sevens team in February 2023. He is a versatile player able to play in the forwards or the backs in rugby sevens. That month, he had a try scoring introduction to the Fiji team at the SVNS tournament in Los Angeles. He continued to play for the Fijian national sevens team throughout the 2023–24 SVNS campaign. He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... in July 2024. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Loganimasi, Ponepati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Osadczuk
Matías Lucas Osadczuk (born 22 April 1997) is an Argentine rugby union player and captain for Delhi Redz in Rugby Premier League. Rugby career Osadczuk tore a knee ligament against Australia at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens tournament and required surgery before he returned to competitive action at the 2018 Sydney Sevens tournament. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. He was named in the Argentina squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Osadczuk competed for Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. He was a member of Argentina's sevens team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. References External links * * * Matías Osadczukat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
