World Rugby Hall of Fame
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 has been based at the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Rugby, Warwickshire since November 2016.[2]
Contents
1 History
2 Inductees
2.1 2006 Inductees
2.2 2007 Inductees
2.3 2008 Inductees
2.4 2009 Inductees
2.5 2010 Inductees
2.6 2011 Inductees
2.7 2012 Inductees
2.8 2013 Inductees
2.9 2014 Inductees
2.10 2015 Inductees
2.11 2016 Inductees
2.12 2017 Inductees
2.13 2018 Inductees
3 See also
4 Footnotes
5 References
6 External links
History
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.[3]
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.[4] The next induction was in London on 23 November 2008.[5]
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 and 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.[6]
For 2011, induction ceremonies were held at various locations around the world,[7][8] 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.[9] The inductions at the Auckland ceremony, according to the IRB, were "under the theme of Rugby World Cup founders, visionaries and iconic figures,"[9] 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.[10]
The pattern begun in 2011 was repeated in 2012, with six induction ceremonies being held in six different 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."[11]
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 will see 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.[12] The 2014 class of inductees also included six women.
On 19 November the IRB rebranded as World Rugby, and the Hall of Fame became known as the World Rugby Hall Of Fame.
Inductees
2006 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
England
William Webb Ellis
England
Rugby School
2007 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
South Africa
Danie Craven
France
Pierre de Coubertin
Australia
John Eales
Wales
Gareth Edwards
New Zealand
Wilson Whineray
2008 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
New Zealand
1888–89 New Zealand Native football team
Scotland
Ned Haig
Ireland
Jack Kyle
Scotland
Melrose Rugby Football Club
Argentina
Hugo Porta
France
Philippe Sella
New Zealand
Joe Warbrick
2009 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
South Africa
Fairy Heatlie
Scotland
Bill Maclagan
Ireland
Willie John McBride
Scotland
Ian McGeechan
Ireland
Syd Millar
Wales
Cliff Morgan
Ireland
Tony O'Reilly
South Africa
Bennie Osler
South Africa
Frik du Preez
2010 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
United Kingdom
Barbarian Football Club
France
Serge Blanco
France
André Boniface
France
Guy Boniface
Wales
Cardiff Rugby Football Club
England
William Percy Carpmael
New Zealand
Dave Gallaher
Ireland
Mike Gibson
Wales
Frank Hancock
France
Lucien Mias
France
Jean Prat
England
Alan Rotherham
England
Harry Vassall
2011 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
South Africa
Kitch Christie
Australia
Bob Dwyer
Australia
Nick Farr-Jones
England
Martin Johnson
England
John Kendall-Carpenter
New Zealand
David Kirk
Samoa
Brian Lima
New Zealand
Richard Littlejohn
New Zealand
Brian Lochore
New Zealand
Jonah Lomu
Australia
Rod Macqueen
South Africa
François Pienaar
Argentina
Agustín Pichot
Canada
Gareth Rees
Australia
Nicholas Shehadie
South Africa
John Smit
Australia
Roger Vanderfield
South Africa
Jake White
England
Clive Woodward
2012 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
United States
1920 United States Olympic rugby team
Romania
1924 Romania Olympic rugby team
United States
1924 United States Olympic rugby team
Chile
Donald Campbell
Chile
Ian Campbell
Japan
Yoshihiro Sakata
New Zealand
Gordon Tietjens
Zimbabwe
Kennedy Tsimba
Zimbabwe
Richard Tsimba
2013 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
Scotland
David Bedell-Sivright
Australia
David Campese
Australia
Ken Catchpole
Ireland
Ronnie Dawson
Australia
Mark Ella
Australia
George Gregan
England
Alfred St. George Hamersley
Scotland
Gavin Hastings
Soviet Union
Vladimir Ilyushin
Australia
Thomas Lawton, Snr
Wales
Jack Matthews
United Kingdom
Robert Seddon and the 1888 British Lions
Fiji
Waisale Serevi
Australia
John Thornett
Wales
Bleddyn Williams
2014 Inductees
The 2014 class of inductees included six women.
Nation
Inductee
New Zealand
Fred Allen
New Zealand
Don Clarke
New Zealand
Grant Fox
New Zealand
Sean Fitzpatrick
New Zealand
Michael Jones
New Zealand
Ian Kirkpatrick
New Zealand
John Kirwan
New Zealand
Terry McLean
New Zealand
Colin Meads
New Zealand
Graham Mourie
New Zealand
George Nepia
France
Nathalie Amiel[n 1]
England
Gill Burns[n 1]
United States
Patty Jervey[n 1]
England
Carol Isherwood[n 1]
New Zealand
Anna Richards[n 1]
New Zealand
Farah Palmer[n 1]
Wales
Keith Rowlands
Scotland
Jim Greenwood
Wales
J.P.R. Williams
Australia
Michael Lynagh
France
Jo Maso
Ireland
Keith Wood
Wales
Ieuan Evans
England
Jason Leonard
England
Bill Beaumont
2015 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
Australia
Tim Horan
Australia
Tom Richards
England
Edgar Mobbs
England
Ronald Poulton-Palmer
England
Wavell Wakefield
France
Jean-Pierre Rives
France
Marcel Communeau
Ireland
Basil Maclear
Ireland
Fergus Slattery
Ireland
Tom Kiernan
Scotland
Andy Irvine
Scotland
Bill McLaren
Scotland
Gordon Brown
South Africa
Danie Gerber
South Africa
Hennie Muller
South Africa
Joost van der Westhuizen
South Africa
Morne du Plessis
South Africa
Naas Botha
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Wales
Barry John
Wales
Carwyn James
Wales
Gerald Davies
Wales
Gwyn Nicholls
Wales
Mervyn Davies
Wales
Phil Bennett
Wales
Johnny Williams
2016 Inductees
Nation
Inductee
Australia and
United States
Daniel Carroll
Canada
Heather Moyse[n 1]
England
Maggie Alphonsi[n 1]
England
Lawrence Dallaglio
England
Jeremy Guscott
England
Jonny Wilkinson
Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll
Japan
Daisuke Ohata
Scotland
G.P.S. Macpherson
Wales
John Dawes
Wales
Arthur Gould
Wales
Shane Williams
2017 Inductees
There were five names added to the Hall of Fame in 2017.[13]
Nation
Inductee
Argentina
Felipe Contepomi
Canada
Al Charron
England
Rob Andrew
France
Fabien Pelous
United States
Phaidra Knight[n 1]
2018 Inductees
There were five names added to the Hall of Fame in 2018.[14]
Nation
Inductee
Australia
Stephen Larkham
France
Pierre Villepreux
Ireland
Ronan O'Gara
New Zealand
Bryan Williams
Wales
Liza Burgess[n 1]
See also
International Rugby Hall of Fame – merged into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014 and 2015
World Rugby Museum Wall of Fame – a celebration of the best international players to have played at Twickenham
Footnotes
^ abcdefghij This inductee is a woman.
References
^ IRB Hall of Fame: Objective irb.com
^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry and Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Two inaugural inductees in IRB Hall of Fame irb.com
^ Rugby News Service (21 October 2007). "Habana named IRB Player of the Year". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
^ "IRB Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees". International Rugby Board. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
^ "Nine inductees to join IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
^ "Five French legends into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ "Hancock and Cardiff inducted to Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ ab "Stars set for glittering finale at IRB Awards" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
^ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ "Chilean Rugby greats added to IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Rugby greats to join definitive Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ Pengelly, Martin (4 November 2017). "Meet Phaidra Knight: free radical flanker in World". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "Ronan O'Gara: Former Ireland and Munster fly-half earns Hall of Fame honour". British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
External links
- World Rugby Hall of Fame
- 2009 list of 19th century nominees
- 2009 list of 20th century nominees
- 2009 list of 21st century nominees
- 2008 list of 19th century nominees
- 2008 list of 20th century nominees
- 2008 list of 21st century nominees
- 2007 list of 19th century nominees
- 2007 list of 20th century nominees
- 2007 list of 21st century nominees