World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year explained

World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year was first presented in 2021 by World Rugby. They were voted by a panel of international past players and coaches, World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees and rugby media. The 2021 panel were Liza Burgess (WAL), Lynne Cantwell (IRE), Fiona Coghlan (IRE), Stephen Jones (The Sunday Times, WAL), Gaëlle Mignot (FRA), Jillion Potter (USA), Melodie Robinson (NZL), Karl Te Nana (NZL), and Danielle Waterman (ENG).

In 2021, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and Wales each had one player in the selection; France had six players and England had five. There was a total of 539 caps across the Dream Team.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Dream Team of the Year

Year	Team
2021	Annaëlle Deshayes Agathe Sochat Sarah Bern Safi N’Diaye Abbie Ward Zoe Aldcroft Karen Paquin Poppy Cleall Laure Sansus Caroline Drouin Abby Dow Beatrice Rigoni Stacey Fluhler Caroline Boujard Jasmine Joyce	[5]
2022	Hope Rogers Emily Tuttosi Sarah Bern Abbie Ward Madoussou Fall Alex Matthews Marlie Packer Sophie de Goede Laure Sansus Ruahei Demant Ruby Tui Theresa Fitzpatrick Emily Scarratt Portia Woodman Abby Dow	[6]
2023	Krystal Murray Lark Atkin-Davies Sarah Bern Zoe Aldcroft Maia Roos Alex Matthews Marlie Packer Liana Mikaele-Tu'u Pauline Bourdon Sansus Ruahei Demant Abby Dow Gabrielle Vernier Amy du Plessis Ruby Tui Ellie Kildunne	[7]
2024	Hope Rogers Georgia Ponsonby Maud Muir Zoe Aldcroft Laetitia Royer Aoife Wafer Sophie de Goede Alex Matthews Pauline Bourdon Sansus Holly Aitchison Katelyn Vaha'akolo Alex Tessier Sylvia Brunt Abby Dow Ellie Kildunne	[8]

Statistics

Selections by Player

4	scope=row	Abby Dow
3	scope=row	Sarah Bern
	scope=row	Zoe Aldcroft
2	scope=row	Marlie Packer
	scope=row	Abbie Ward
	scope=row	Alex Matthews
	scope=row	Laure Sansus
	scope=row	Ruahei Demant
	scope=row	Ruby Tui
	scope=row	Hope Rogers
	scope=row	Pauline Bourdon Sansus
	scope=row	Sophie de Goede

Selections by Country

24	scope=row
14	scope=row
11	scope=row
6	scope=row
2	scope=row
1	scope=row
	scope=row
	scope=row

External links

• World Rugby Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three All Blacks and one Black Fern named in World Rugby Dream Teams . 2021-12-23 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
2. Web site: Harte . Eoin . 2021-12-08 . France and England dominate World Rugby's 2021 women's dream team . 2021-12-23 . Pundit Arena . en-GB.
3. Web site: Trio named in World Rugby Dream Team . 2021-12-23 . Bristol Bears . en.
4. Web site: 2021-12-08 . Women's Six Nations stars dominate World Rugby Women's 15s Dream Team of the Year . 2021-12-23 . Six Nations Rugby . en-GB.
5. News: 2021-12-08 . Canadian flanker Karen Paquin named to World Rugby's 2021 Dream Team . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2021-12-23.
6. Web site: 2022-11-20 . Josh van der Flier and Ruahei Demant named World Rugby Players of the Year 2022 . 2022-11-21 . www.world.rugby.
7. News: Marlie Packer crowned World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year . . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023.
8. Web site: 2024-11-24 . Ellie Kildunne, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Maddison Levi and Antoine Dupont named World Rugby Players of the Year. live . 2024-11-25 . World Rugby . en.