King scoops World Rugby award as Irish players named in Dream Teams

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IRELAND BACK ROW Erin King has been named 2024 World Rugby Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year.

King will return to 7s duty with Ireland in Dubai next weekend as the SVNS Series kicks off, but she collected her prize at World Rugby’s awards ceremony in Monaco this evening.Advertisement Wafer, who is also only 21, was brilliant for Ireland this year in the Six Nations and WXV, swiftly becoming one of the leading back rows in the game.

Springboks blindside flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit was named Men’s 15s Player of the Year for the second time, having also won the award in 2019.Wallace Sititi of New Zealand won the Men’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year award.

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