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IRB International Player of the Year:
Bryan Habana, •
IRB International Team of the Year: •
IRB International Coach of the Year:
Jake White, • IRB Under-19 Player of the Year:
Robert Fruean, • IRB Sevens Player of the Year:
Afeleke Pelenise, • IRB Sevens Team of the Year: • IRB Women's Personality of the Year:
Sarah Corrigan, referee,
Australia • :In 2007, she became the first woman ever to referee in an IRB 15-man tournament outside of the
Women's Rugby World Cup when she took charge of the match between and in the
2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship. • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service:
Dick Byres, retired,
Australia • :After refereeing 14 Tests, he was a charter member of the IRB Referee Selector panel when it was formed in 1997, and was the longest-serving member of the panel when he retired in 2007. • Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service:
José María Epalza, • :After a playing career that saw him earn 38
caps for , and coaching the Spanish national team from 1986 to 1990, he went on to a distinguished career in rugby administration, serving in several key posts in the
Spanish Rugby Federation and
FIRA–AER. • Spirit of Rugby Award:
Nicolas Pueta, • :Pueta regularly plays club rugby despite having a congenital femoral deficiency that meant that his left leg never grew to the same size as his right one. • IRPA Try of the Year:
Takudzwa Ngwenya, • IRPA Special Merit Award:
Fabien Pelous, • :Pelous is the
most-capped player in France history, and also the most-capped
lock ever. • IRB Development Award:
Jacob Thompson,
Jamaica • :Ever since returning home to Jamaica from England in the 1970s, Thompson has tirelessly worked to promote the sport in his homeland. He has been president of the Jamaica Rugby Union since 1999. • IRB Hall of Fame inductees: •
Pierre de Coubertin, •
Wilson Whineray, •
Danie Craven,
South Africa •
Gareth Edwards, •
John Eales, ==2008==