McCaw & Trémoulière lead winners at World Rugby Awards

Richie McCaw and Jessy Trémoulière have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Players of the Decade at the World Rugby Awards Special Edition.

Two-time Rugby World Cup-winning captain McCaw and France star Trémoulière topped a worldwide public vote on the best male and female 15s players between 2010-2019.

Portia Woodman, meanwhile, scooped two awards as she was named World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Decade, while also topping the voting for the International Rugby Players’ Women’s 15s Try of the Decade

Olympic gold medallist, Jerry Tuwai was named World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Decade, while the International Rugby Players’ Men’s 15s Try of the Decade went to Jamie Heaslip.

This epic try from @irishrugby and @jamieheaslip scooped him the @IntRugbyPlayers Men’s 15s Try of the Decade#WorldRugbyAwards pic.twitter.com/SPOzEL68zj

— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) December 7, 2020

New Zealanders McCaw and Woodman were also named in the World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Teams of the Decade.

“To be able to get an award like this is pretty humbling,” McCaw, who captained the All Blacks to victory at RWC 2011 and RWC 2015, said.

“When you’re in a team sport you rely on a good bunch of team-mates around you to have any sort of success, so I guess I was lucky for that. And, probably quite lucky [because] I only played half the decade.”

Commenting on her two awards, Woodman said: “The girls do so much work, we go through so many sacrifices throughout our lives.

“Even though you’ve been playing the game for nine years, you miss birthdays, you miss tangi, you miss seeing your whanau. But, it’s not necessarily a sacrifice for us, it’s a choice because we want to be where we are and living the dream.”

.@PortiaWoodman won the @IntRugbyPlayers Women’s 15s Try of the Decade with this beauty of a score.#WorldRugbyAwards pic.twitter.com/414Pi8Crnc

— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) December 8, 2020

All the action from the women's stars included in the World Rugby Women’s 15s Team of the Decade in association with @Mastercard#WorldRugbyAwards pic.twitter.com/Uvv6kS9Xbj

— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) December 7, 2020