World Rugby Coach of the Year

World Rugby Coach of the Year
Location	Tokyo (2019)
Presented by	World Rugby
First awarded	2001
Currently held by	Simon Middleton
Website	www.world.rugby/tournaments/awards/fan-vote

The World Rugby Coach of the Year is awarded by the World Rugby in the autumn each year. From 2004 to 2007, the award was called the IRB International Coach of the Year.

List of winners

Year	Coach	Team	Notes
2001	Rod Macqueen	Australia	2001 Tri Nations
2002	Bernard Laporte	France	2002 Six Nations Champions
2003	Clive Woodward	England	2003 Rugby World Cup Champions
2004	Jake White	South Africa	2004 Tri Nations
2005	Graham Henry	New Zealand	2005 Tri Nations
2006			2006 Tri Nations
2007	Jake White	South Africa	2007 Rugby World Cup Champions
2008	Graham Henry	New Zealand	2008 Tri Nations
2009	Declan Kidney	Ireland	2009 Six Nations Champions, undefeated in ten matches
2010	Graham Henry	New Zealand	2010 Tri Nations
2011			2011 Rugby World Cup Champions
2012	Steve Hansen	New Zealand	2012 Rugby Championship
2013			2013 Rugby Championship, undefeated year
2014			2014 Rugby Championship
2015	Michael Cheika	Australia	2015 Rugby World Cup runners-up, 2015 Rugby Championship
2016	Steve Hansen	New Zealand	2016 Rugby Championship
2017	Eddie Jones	England	2017 Six Nations Champions, undefeated 2016
2018	Joe Schmidt	Ireland	2018 Six Nations Champions
2019	Rassie Erasmus	South Africa	2019 Rugby Championship and 2019 Rugby World Cup champions
2021	Simon Middleton	England

Other World Rugby Awards

Further information: World Rugby Awards

External links

• Official website