Aussie aces win big at World Rugby Awards

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Charlotte Caslick and Marika Koroibete person been rewarded for their efforts this play astatine the World Rugby Awards successful Monaco.

Caslick took location the Women's Sevens Player of the Year aft co-captaining her broadside to each large planetary trophy connected connection successful 2022.

It marked the 2nd clip Caslick has won the grant having taken it retired for the archetypal clip successful 2016.

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The Australian women's sevens squad won the World Rugby Sevens Series, Commonwealth Games Gold and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Caslick was joined by chap countrywomen Maddison Levi and Faith Nathan successful the nominations

"We've had a truly amusive year," said Caslick.

"Our squad is made up of a large radical of girls – Maddison Levi and Faith Nathan were besides nominated contiguous – but the full squad has been awesome each year.

"As a group, we've reflected connected the past eighteen months – particularly connected our disappointment astatine the Tokyo Olympics – and we've been capable to crook it astir and person a large season."

Meanwhile, prima Wallabies winger Koroibete was included successful the World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year.

The 'Flying Fijian' starred earlier successful the twelvemonth for the Wallabies with one of the champion try-saving efforts of this year's Rugby Championship against South Africa astatine the Adelaide Oval.

"Charlotte and Marika person been Australia's 2 astir outstanding performers of the 2022 season, and it is fitting that they person been recognised by World Rugby," said Rugby Australia CEO Andy Marinos.

"Charlotte's greatness is wide – she is the champion women's Rugby Sevens subordinate successful the world, and her accordant excellence connected the planetary signifier implicit a agelong play marks her arsenic 1 of Australia's top athletes successful immoderate sport.

"Marika has go 1 of our champion players for the Wallabies – portion he's a quiescent and unassuming man, you tin beryllium definite helium volition beryllium starring by illustration from the helping each match.

"Rugby Australia is highly arrogant of their achievements, and we congratulate Charlotte and Marika connected being recognised arsenic the elite Rugby players successful their respective fields."

Ireland's Josh van der Flier and New Zealand's Ruahei Demant took retired the satellite rugby men's and women's subordinate of the twelvemonth scalps respectively.

Van der Flier became conscionable the 3rd Irish subordinate to instrumentality the rubric aft Keith Wood successful 2001 and Johnny Sexton successful 2018.

Van der Flier triumphed implicit Lukhanyo Am of South Africa, Antoine Dupont of France, and countryman Sexton.

Ireland is expected to extremity the 2022 play connected apical of the satellite rugby standings and spell into adjacent year's Rugby World Cup among the favourites.

Demant edged retired Black Ferns teammate Portia Woodman to this year's title, arsenic good arsenic chap nominees Sophie de Goede of Canada, Alex Matthews of England and Laure Sansus of France.

The Black Ferns co-captain was portion of the squad that won this year's Rugby World Cup successful New Zealand.

"Like astir of our team, and similar galore players successful New Zealand, I travel from a very, precise tiny place," said Demant.

"And to beryllium capable to enactment connected the achromatic jersey it was a dream. I ne'er knew astir the Black Ferns increasing up arsenic a kid.

"I conjecture similar astir women my age, women's rugby was ne'er accessible, was ne'er thing that you benignant of aspired to beryllium like, due to the fact that you ne'er had relation models similar that to look up to.

"But radical could crook connected the TV oregon spell to the games and spot radical that look similar them and truthful galore beardown women retired determination doing astonishing unthinkable things.

"We had a large clump of girls who enactment their bosom and psyche and assemblage connected the enactment for everyone, careless of whether oregon not they're playing. So we got the occupation done. But we besides had a large clip a batch of amusive doing it arsenic well."

Wayne Smith won satellite rugby manager of the twelvemonth for starring the Black Ferns to the Rugby World Cup win.

2022 WORLD RUGBY AWARDS WINNERS:

World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year – Ruahei Demant (New Zealand)

World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year – Josh van der Flier (Ireland)

World Rugby Coach of the Year – Wayne Smith (New Zealand Women's 15s)

World Rugby Men's Breakthrough Player of the Yearr – Ange Capuozzo (Italy)

World Rugby Women's Breakthrough Player of the Year – Ruby Tui (New Zealand)

World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year – Terry Kennedy (Ireland)

World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year – Charlotte Caslick (Australia)

World Rugby Referee Award – Tappe Henning (South Africa)

Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service – Dr Farah Palmer (New Zealand)

International Rugby Players Special Merit Award – Bryan Habana (South Africa)

International Rugby Players Men's Try of the Year – Rodrigo Fernandez (Chile, v USA connected 9 July)

International Rugby Players Women's Try of the Year – Abby Dow (England, v Canada connected 5 November)

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