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World Rugby Hall of Fame

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Not to be confused with International Rugby Hall of Fame or World Rugby Museum.

The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The World Rugby Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and other individuals.[1] The Hall of Fame recognises the history and important contributions to the game, through one or more induction ceremonies that have been held annually except in 2010. The permanent physical home of the Hall of Fame was based at the Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library in Rugby, Warwickshire from 2016 until 2021.[2][3]

History

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The Hall of Fame was introduced by the International Rugby Board (as World Rugby was then known) during the 2006 IRB Awards ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. The inaugural inductees were William Webb Ellis, who apocryphally caught the ball during a football game and ran with it, and Rugby School, which has left a huge legacy with the game in a number of ways.[4]

The second induction to the Hall of Fame took place in Paris on 21 October 2007, the night after the 2007 Rugby World Cup final.[5] The next induction was in London on 23 November 2008.[6]

The third induction, in which nine figures entered the Hall, was held on 27 October 2009 at Rugby School. The voting process for the class of 2009 was geared toward the history of British & Irish Lions tours to South Africa, the most recent of which took place in that year; all of the candidates were either Lions or Springboks.[7]

For 2011, induction ceremonies were held at various locations around the world,[8][9] with the year's final ceremony taking place as part of the 2011 IRB Awards on 24 October in Auckland, the day after the Rugby World Cup final in that city.[10] The inductions at the Auckland ceremony, according to the IRB, were "under the theme of Rugby World Cup founders, visionaries and iconic figures,"[10] and were made in three groups—first for the founders of the RWC, then all World Cup-winning captains and coaches through the 2007 World Cup (minus John Eales, inducted in 2007), and finally other iconic players of the World Cup.[11]

The pattern begun in 2011 was repeated in 2012, with six induction ceremonies being held in six countries. As in the two previous induction cycles, the 2012 inductions had an overriding theme; "Rugby – A Global Game". According to the IRB, it "celebrates Rugby's expansion to become a global sport played by millions of men and women worldwide."[12]

On 31 July 2014, the IRB announced that its Hall would merge with the separate International Rugby Hall of Fame later in 2014. The merger saw the 37 members of the International Hall who had not already been honoured by the IRB formally enter the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014 and 2015.[13] The 2014 class of inductees also included six women.

On 19 November 2014 the IRB rebranded as World Rugby, and the Hall of Fame became known as the World Rugby Hall Of Fame.

Inductees

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Year No. Nation Inductee Link
2006  England William Webb Ellis [1]
 England Rugby School [2]
2007  South Africa Danie Craven [3]
 France Pierre de Coubertin [4]
 Australia John Eales [5]
 Wales Gareth Edwards [6]
 New Zealand Wilson Whineray [7]
2008  New Zealand 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team [8]
 Scotland Ned Haig [9]
 Ireland Jack Kyle [10]
 Scotland Melrose Rugby Football Club [11]
 Argentina Hugo Porta [12]
 France Philippe Sella [13]
 New Zealand Joseph Astbury Warbrick [14]
2009  South Africa and
 Argentina 		Barry Heatlie [15]
 Scotland Bill Maclagan [16]
 Ireland Willie John McBride [17]
 Scotland Ian McGeechan [18]
 Ireland Syd Millar [19]
 Wales Cliff Morgan [20]
 Ireland Tony O'Reilly [21]
 South Africa Bennie Osler [22]
 South Africa Frik du Preez [23]
2011  United Kingdom Barbarian Football Club [24]
 France Serge Blanco [25]
 France André Boniface [26]
 Wales Cardiff Rugby Football Club [27]
 England William Percy Carpmael [28]
 New Zealand Dave Gallaher [29]
 Ireland Mike Gibson [30]
 Wales Frank Hancock [31]
 France Lucien Mias [32]
 France Jean Prat [33]
 England Alan Rotherham [34]
 England Harry Vassall [35]
 South Africa Kitch Christie [36]
 Australia Bob Dwyer [37]
 Australia Nick Farr-Jones [38]
 England Martin Johnson [39]
 England John Kendall-Carpenter [40]
 New Zealand David Kirk [41]
 Samoa Brian Lima [42]
 New Zealand Dick Littlejohn [43]
 New Zealand Brian Lochore [44]
 New Zealand Jonah Lomu [45]
 Australia Rod Macqueen [46]
 South Africa François Pienaar [47]
 Argentina Agustín Pichot [48]
 Canada Gareth Rees [49]
 Australia Nicholas Shehadie [50]
 South Africa John Smit [51]
 Australia IR Vanderfield [52]
 South Africa Jake White [53]
 England Clive Woodward [54]
2012  United States 1920 and 1924 United States Olympic rugby team [55]
 Romania 1924 Romania Olympic rugby team [56]
 Chile Donald Campbell [57]
 Chile Ian Campbell [58]
 Japan Yoshihiro Sakata [59]
 New Zealand Gordon Tietjens [60]
 Zimbabwe Kennedy Tsimba [61]
 Zimbabwe Richard Tsimba [62]
2013  Scotland David Bedell-Sivright [63]
 Australia David Campese [64]
 Australia Ken Catchpole [65]
 Ireland Ronnie Dawson [66]
 Australia Mark Ella [67]
 Australia George Gregan [68]
 England Alfred St. George Hamersley [69]
 Scotland Gavin Hastings [70]
 Soviet Union Vladimir Ilyushin [71]
 Australia Thomas Lawton, Snr [72]
 Wales Jack Matthews [73]
 United Kingdom Robert Seddon [74]
 United Kingdom 1888 British Lions [75]
 Fiji Waisale Serevi [76]
 Australia John Thornett [77]
 Wales Bleddyn Williams [78]
2014  New Zealand Fred Allen [79]
 New Zealand Don Clarke [80]
 New Zealand Grant Fox [81]
 New Zealand Sean Fitzpatrick [82]
 New Zealand Michael Jones [83]
 New Zealand Ian Kirkpatrick [84]
 New Zealand John Kirwan [85]
 New Zealand Terry McLean [86]
 New Zealand Colin Meads [87]
 New Zealand Graham Mourie [88]
 New Zealand George Nēpia [89]
 France Nathalie Amiel[n 1] [90]
 England Gillian Burns[n 1] [91]
 United States Patty Jervey[n 1] [92]
 England Carol Isherwood[n 1] [93]
 New Zealand Anna Richards[n 1] [94]
 New Zealand Farah Palmer[n 1] [95]
 Wales Keith Rowlands [96]
 Scotland James Greenwood [97]
 Wales J.P.R. Williams [98]
 Australia Michael Lynagh [99]
 France Jo Maso [100]
 Ireland Keith Wood [101]
 Wales Ieuan Evans [102]
 England Jason Leonard [103]
 England Jonny Wilkinson [104]
 England Bill Beaumont [105]
2015  Australia Tim Horan [106]
 Australia Tom Richards [107]
 England Edgar Mobbs [108]
 England Ronald Poulton-Palmer [109]
 England Wavell Wakefield [110]
 France Jean-Pierre Rives [111]
 France Marcel Communeau [112]
 Ireland Basil Maclear [113]
 Ireland Fergus Slattery [114]
 Ireland Tom Kiernan [115]
 Scotland Andy Irvine [116]
 Scotland Bill McLaren [117]
 Scotland Gordon Brown [118]
 South Africa Danie Gerber [119]
 South Africa Hennie Muller [120]
 South Africa Joost van der Westhuizen [121]
 South Africa Morne du Plessis [122]
 South Africa Naas Botha [123]
 South Africa Nelson Mandela [124]
 Wales Barry John [125]
 Wales Carwyn James [126]
 Wales Gerald Davies [127]
 Wales Gwyn Nicholls [128]
 Wales Mervyn Davies [129]
 Wales Phil Bennett [130]
 Wales Johnny Williams [131]
2016  Australia and
 United States 		Daniel Carroll [132]
 Canada Heather Moyse[n 1] [133]
 England Margaret Alphonsi[n 1] [134]
 England Lawrence Dallaglio [135]
 England Jeremy Guscott [136]
 Ireland Brian O'Driscoll [137]
 Japan Daisuke Ohata [138]
 Scotland G.P.S. Macpherson [139]
 Wales John Dawes [140]
 Wales Arthur Gould [141]
 Wales Shane Williams [142]
2017 133  Argentina Felipe Contepomi [143]
134  Canada Al Charron [144]
135  France Fabien Pelous [145]
136  England Rob Andrew [146]
137  United States Phaidra Knight[n 1] [147]
2018 138  Australia Stephen Larkham [148]
139  Ireland Ronan O'Gara [149]
140  France Pierre Villepreux [150]
141  New Zealand Bryan Williams [151]
142  Wales Liza Burgess[n 1] [152]
2019 143  New Zealand Richie McCaw [153]
144  Japan Shiggy Konno [154]
145  South Africa Os du Randt [155]
146  Samoa Peter Fatialofa [156]
147  New Zealand Graham Henry [157]
148  Uruguay Diego Ormaechea [158]
2021 149  Fiji Osea Kolinisau [159]
150  Kenya Humphrey Kayange [160]
151  New Zealand Huriana Manuel[n 1] [161]
152  Australia Cheryl McAfee[n 1] [162]
153  England Will Carling [163]
154  Scotland Jim Telfer [164]
2022 155  England Deborah Griffin[n 1] [165]
156  England Sue Dorrington[n 1] [166]
157  England Alice Cooper[n 1] [167]
158  England Mary Forsyth[n 1] [168]
159  United States Kathy Flores[n 1] [169]
160  New Zealand Fiao'o Fa'amausili[n 1] [170]
2023 161  England The Varsity Matches [171]
162  New Zealand Dan Carter [172]
163  France Thierry Dusautoir [173]
164  Australia George Smith [174]
165  Argentina Juan Martín Hernández [175]
166  South Africa Bryan Habana [176]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r This inductee is a woman.

References

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  1. ^ IRB Hall of Fame: Objective Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine irb.com
  2. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry and Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame set to close as deal ends and council tightens purse strings". Coventry Telegraph. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ Two inaugural inductees in IRB Hall of Fame irb.com
  5. ^ Rugby News Service (21 October 2007). "Habana named IRB Player of the Year". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  6. ^ "IRB Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees". International Rugby Board. 23 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Nine inductees to join IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Five French legends into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 19 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Hancock and Cardiff inducted to Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Stars set for glittering finale at IRB Awards" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  11. ^ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Chilean Rugby greats added to IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Rugby greats to join definitive Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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