The Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service, previously called the IRB Distinguished Service Award, is awarded by World Rugby at the World Rugby Awards. It has been awarded annually since 2001. It honours an individual, Union or group, male or female, who has given outstanding service to their country and contributed to the International Game in as many as possible of the following areas: Playing, Coaching, Management, Training, Administration, Media & Broadcast.
Recipients YearRecipientRef2001 Tom Kiernan2002 Alan Hosie2003 Bob Stuart2004 Ronnie Dawson2005 Peter Crittle2006 Brian Lochore2007 José María Epalza2008 Nicholas Shehadie2009 Noel Murphy2010 Jean-Claude Baqué2011 Jock Hobbs2012 Viorel Morariu2013 Ian McIntosh2014 Ray Williams2015 Nigel Starmer-Smith2016 Syd Millar2017 Marcel Martin2018 Yoshirō Mori2019 Bernard Lapasset2021 Jacques Laurans2022 Dr. Farah Palmer2023 George Nijaradze
References
External links World Rugby Awards