Canada lock Sophie de Goede has been topped the World Rugby Ladies’s Participant of the 12 months on a historic day for the game, whereas England coach John Mitchell and New Zealand’s Braxton Sorensen-McGee additionally claimed prestigious awards.
England are the 2025 Ladies’s Rugby World Cup champions, storming dwelling with a 33-13 win over Canada in entrance of 81,885 at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium. That outcome has seen the Purple Roses prolong their profitable streak to 33 Check matches.
About half-hour after the full-time whistle, a packed home on the dwelling of England Rugby have been nonetheless cheering from their seats because the World Rugby Awards have been offered. De Goede has take out the highest particular person honour for a participant, named the world’s finest after a valiant efficiency.
De Goede acquired Participant of the Match honours on two events all through Canada’s World Cup marketing campaign, together with a standout efficiency within the quarter-final win over Australia at Bristol’s Ashton Gate two weeks in the past.
Justine Pelletier was finest on floor within the semi-final win over New Zealand, however de Goede was one other prime performer. That was the case but once more in entrance of a report ladies’s rugby crowd towards England, with de Geode carrying and tackling laborious for the complete 80-minute battle.
Wallabies nice John Eales lately spoke with RugbyPass about Canada’s goal-kicking lock, who was the third-top level scorer within the World Cup with 61. New Zealand duo Sorensen-McGee and Renee Holmes have been barely forward with 69 and 64 respectively.
Sorensen-McGee was named the 15s Breakthrough Participant of the 12 months after ending the occasion as the highest try-scorer. At simply 18 years of age, Sorensen-McGee scored 11 tries in six appearances, together with back-to-back hat-tricks.
The primary award offered on the hallowed turf of Allianz Stadium was the Coach of the 12 months award, which was given to Mitchell. Mitchell has led the Purple Roses to an unimaginable streak of victories, which now consists of an unforgettable World Cup triumph.
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