The World Rugby Hall of Fame (until 2014 IRB Hall of Fame ) is a hall of fame of the sport of rugby union , which has been run by the World Rugby Association in Glasgow since 2006 . It honors players, coaches, referees and institutions who have made a significant contribution to the development of the sport.
Another hall of fame was the International Rugby Hall of Fame from 1997 to 2007 . Its members were integrated into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014.
Members
2006
Surname
Nat.
Career
William Webb Ellis
England
According to legend, the inventor of rugby
Rugby school
England
the private school where the game was developed
2007
Surname
Nat.
Career
Pierre de Coubertin
France
Re-founder of the Olympic Games, referee of the first French championship final
Danie Craven
South Africa
National team player and coach of South Africa from the 1930s to the 1950s
Gareth Edwards
Wales
Welsh international and part of the British and Irish Lions
John Eales
Australia
Captain of the Australian national team, world champion in 1991 and 1999
Wilson Whineray
New Zealand
Captain of the New Zealand national team in the 1950s and 1960s
2008
2009
Surname
Nat.
Career
Frik you Preez
South Africa
South African international in the 1960s
Barry Heatlie
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Bill Maclagan
Scotland
Captain of the Scottish national team and the British Isles in the 19th century
Willie John McBride
Player of the Irish national team and captain of the British and Irish Lions and coach of both teams
Ian McGeechan
Scotland
Players of the Scottish national team and the British and Irish Lions and coaches of both teams
Syd Millar
Irish international and coach, also coached the Lions in 1974; Chairman of the International Rugby Board
Cliff Morgan
Wales
Welsh national team and Lions players
Tony O'Reilly
Irish international in the 1950s and 1960s, scoring the most attempts for the Lions
Bennie Osler
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team in the 1920s and 1930s
2010
2011
Surname
Nat.
Career
Kitch Christie
South Africa
Coach of the South African national team, world champion 1995
Bob Dwyer
Australia
Coach of the Australian national team, world champion 1991
Nick Farr-Jones
Australia
Captain of the Australian national team, 1991 World Champion
Martin Johnson
England
England captain, 2003 world champion, British and Irish Lions player
John Kendall-Carpenter
England
Chairman of the Rugby Football Union , co-organizer of the first World Cup
David Kirk
New Zealand
Captain of the New Zealand national team that won the first World Cup in 1987
Brian Lima
Samoa
Samoan international in the 1990s and 2000s
Brian Lochore
New Zealand
Captain, coach and manager of the New Zealand national team, world champion 1987
Jonah Lomu
New Zealand
New Zealand national player, 15 attempts at world championships
Rod Macqueen
Australia
Coach of the Australian national team, World Champion 1999
Agustin Pichot
Argentina
Captain of the Argentine national team, which made it to the semi-finals of a World Cup for the first time in 2007
Francois Pienaar
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team, 1995 World Champion
Gareth Rees
Canada
Captain of the Canadian national team in the 1990s
Nicholas Shehadie
Australia
Captain of the Australian national team in the 1950s
John Smit
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team, 2007 world champion
Roger Vanderfield
Australia
Referee, Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union
Jake White
South Africa
Coach of the South African national team, 2007 world champion
Clive Woodward
England
England national team coach, 2003 World Champion, 2005 Lions coach
2012
Surname
Nat.
Career
Ian Campbell and Donald Campbell
Chile
Chilean national team
Yoshihiro Sakata
Japan
Japanese international in the 1960s and 1970s
Gordon Tietjens
New Zealand
Coach of the New Zealand 7-a-side rugby team, 2001 World Champion
Kennedy Tsimba and Richard Tsimba
Zimbabwe
Rugby pioneers in Zimbabwe in the 1980s
United States Olympic selection
United States
Gold medalists in 1920 and 1924
Olympic selection of Romania
Romania
Bronze medalist 1924
2013
Surname
Nat.
Career
David Bedell-Sivright
Scotland
Scottish international at the beginning of the 20th century
David Campese
Australia
Captain of the Australian national team, 1991 World Champion
Ken Catchpole
Australia
Australian international in the 1960s
Ronnie Dawson
Irish international in the 1950s and 1960s, Lions captain
Mark Ella
Australia
Australian international in the 1980s
George Gregan
Australia
Australian international, 1999 world champion, player with the most international matches when he retired
Vladimir Ilyushin
Soviet Union
Founder and first president of the Soviet Rugby Federation
Gavin Hastings
Scotland
Scottish international in the 1980s and 1990s
Alfred St. George Hamersley
England
England international and politician, took part in the first international match
Tom Lawton
Australia
Australian international in the 1920s and 1930s
Jack Matthews
Wales
Welsh international in the 1940s and 1950s
Robert Seddon
England
English international in the 1880s
Waisale Serevi
Fiji
World champion in rugby 7 in 1997 and 2005
John Thornett
Australia
Australian international in the 1950s and 1960s
Bleddyn Williams
Wales
Captain of the Welsh national team and Lions in the 1940s and 1950s
2014
Surname
Nat.
Career
Fred Allen
New Zealand
Captain and coach of the New Zealand national team
Nathalie Amiel
France
French national player in the 1980s and 1990s
Bill Beaumont
England
England international in the 1970s and 1980s
Gill Burns
England
English national player in the 1980s and 1990s
Don Clarke
New Zealand
New Zealand international in the 1950s and 1960s
Ieuan Evans
Wales
Welsh international in the 1980s and 1990s
Don Fox
New Zealand
New Zealand national player, world champion 1987
Sean Fitzpatrick
New Zealand
Captain of the New Zealand national team, world champion 1987
Jim Greenwood
Scotland
Scottish international in the 1950s
Carol Isherwood
England
English national player in the 1980s and 1990s
Patty Jervey
United States
US national player in the 1990s and 2000s, 1991 world champion
Michael Jones
New Zealand
New Zealand national player, world champion 1987
Ian Kirkpatrick
New Zealand
New Zealand international in the 1960s and 1970s
John Kirwan
New Zealand
New Zealand national player in the 1980s and 1990s and coach
Jason Leonard
England
England international in the 1990s and 2000s, 2003 world champion
Michael Lynagh
Australia
Australian international, 1991 world champion
Jo Maso
France
French international in the 1960s and 1970s
Terry McLean
New Zealand
New Zealand sports journalist
Colin Meads
New Zealand
New Zealand international in the 1950s and 1960s
Graham Mourie
New Zealand
New Zealand national player in the 1970s and 1980s and coach
George Nepia
New Zealand
New Zealand international in the 1920s and 1930s
Farah Palmer
New Zealand
New Zealand national team captain, three-time world champion
Anna Richards
New Zealand
New Zealand national player in the 1990s and 2000s, four-time world champion
Keith Rowlands
Wales
Welsh international in the 1960s, CEO of the International Rugby Board
JPR Williams
Wales
Welsh international in the 1960s and 1970s
Keith Wood
Irish international in the 1990s and 2000s
2015
Surname
Nat.
Career
Phil Bennett
Wales
Welsh international in the 1960s and 1970s, captain of the British and Irish Lions in 1977, initiated the most famous attempt in rugby history
Naas Botha
South Africa
South African international in the 1980s and 1990s
Gordon Brown
Scotland
Scottish international in the 1960s and 1970s, British and Irish Lions in 1971, 1974 and 1977
Marcel Communeau
France
French international in the 1900s and 1910s
Gerald Davies
Wales
Welsh international in the 1960s and 1970s and an official with both the British and Irish Lions and the Welsh Federation
Mervyn Davies
Wales
Welsh international in the 1960s and 1970s
Morné du Plessis
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team in the 1970s, manager of the 1995 world champions
Danie Gerber
South Africa
South African international in the 1980s and 1990s
Tim Horan
Australia
Australian national player from 1989–2000, world champion 1991 and 1999
Andy Irvine
Scotland
Scottish international in the 1970s and 1980s, nine-time British and Irish Lion
Carwyn James
Wales
Welsh national coach and player, led the British and Irish Lions to defeat New Zealand in 1971
Barry John
Wales
Welsh international from the 1960s and 1970s, five-time British and Irish Lion, nicknamed “The King”
Tom Kiernan
Ireland
Irish international in the 1960s and 1970s, captain of the British and Irish Lions in 1968
Basil Maclear
Ireland
Irish international in the 1900s, died in Ypres in the Second Battle of Flanders
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
President of South Africa, who during the World Cup in 1995 tried to unite the society divided by apartheid in support of the Springboks
Bill McLaren
Scotland
BBC Scottish Commentator, "The Voice of Rugby"
Edgar Mobbs
England
English international in the 1900s, died in the Third Battle of Flanders in Passchendaele
Hennie Muller
South Africa
Captain of the South African national team in the 1940s and 1950s
Gwyn Nicholls
Wales
Captain of the Welsh national team in the 1890s and 1900s, British and Irish Lion 1899
Ronald Poulton
England
English international in the 1900s and 1910s, died on the Western Front in World War I
Tom Richards
Australia
Australian international in the 1900s and 1910s
Jean-Pierre Rives
France
French international in the 1970s and 1980s
Fergus Slattery
Ireland
Captain of the Irish national team in the 1970s and 1980s, three-time British and Irish Lion
Joost van der Westhuizen
South Africa
South African international in the 1990s and 2000s, 1995 world champion
Wavell Wakefield
England
English national player in the 1920s, functionary in the World and English Federation as well as the Harlequins
Johnnie Williams
Wales
Welsh international in the 1900s and 1910s, died in the Battle of the Somme
2016
Surname
Nat.
Career
Maggie Alphonsi
England
English national player in the 2000s and 2010s, 2014 world champion
Danny Carroll
Australia
Australian and US national player from 1908–1920, Olympic champion in 1908 and 1920
Lawrence Dallaglio
England
England international in the 1990s and 2000s, World Champion 2003, British and Irish Lion 1997
John Dawes
Wales
Captain and coach of the Welsh national team and the British and Irish Lions in the 1960s and 1970s
Arthur Gould
Wales
Captain of the Welsh national team in the 1880s and 1890s
Jeremy Guscott
England
England international in the 1980s and 1990s, British and Irish Lion in 1993 and 1997
George Macpherson
Scotland
Scottish international in the 1920s and 1930s
Heather Moyse
Canada
Canadian national player in the 2000s and 2010s, 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion in the two-man bobsleigh
Brian O'Driscoll
Ireland
Irish national player from 1999–2014, four tours with the British and Irish Lions, captain of the Irish national team, which won a Grand Slam at the Six Nations in 2009 after 61 years
Daisuke Ohata
Japan
Japanese international in the 1990s and 2000s, holds the world record with 69 attempts
Shane Williams
Wales
Welsh international in the 2000s and 2010s, World Player of the Year 2008, British and Irish Lions in 2005 and 2009
Jonny Wilkinson
England
English national player from 1998-2011, world champion and world player of the year 2003, British and Irish Lion 2001 and 2005
2017
Surname
Nat.
Career
Rob Andrew
England
English national player in the 1980s and 1990s, British and Irish Lion 1989 and 1993, official at the English Association
Al Charron
Canada
Canadian international from 1989–2003
Felipe Contepomi
Argentina
Argentine national player from 1998-2013
Phaidra Knight
United States
American national team player in the 2000s and 2010s
Fabien Pelous
France
French national player in the 1990s and 2000s, captain 42 times
2018
Surname
Nat.
Career
Liza Burgess
Wales
Welsh international in the 1990s and 2000s
Stephen Larkham
Australia
Australian international in the 1990s and 2000s, 1999 world champion
Ronan O'Gara
Ireland
Irish international in the 2000s and 2010s, British and Irish Lions in 2001, 2005 and 2009
Pierre Villepreux
France
French national player in the 1960s and 1970s, coach of the French national team in the 1990s, official at the World and French Federation
Bryan Williams
New Zealand
New Zealand national player in the 1970s, official with the New Zealand Federation
2019
Surname
Nat.
Career
Os you edge
South Africa
South African international in the 1990s and 2000s, world champion in 1995 and 2007
Peter Fatialofa
Samoa
Captain of the Samoan national team in the 1990s
Graham Henry
New Zealand
Coach of the New Zealand and Welsh national teams and the British and Irish Lions, 2011 World Champion
Shiggy Konno
Japan
Japanese international in the 1940s, President of the Asian Rugby Football Union
Richie McCaw
New Zealand
Captain of the New Zealand national team in the 2000s and 2010s, world champions in 2011 and 2015, four Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders , three-time world player of the year, record national player at the end of his career
Diego Ormachea
Uruguay
Uruguayan international in the 1980s and 1990s, coach of the national team in the 2000s
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