WHO WILL BE THE BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF 2026?! | WORLD RUGBY'S FUTURE STARS

A brand new year brings more opportunities for the next gen of international rugby superstars to become household names.

Who will be the players who take that opportunity? Who do you predict, at the start of the year, who will win the Breakthrough Player of 2026?

I have a bunch of names, and future stars to suggest:

00:00 intro
01:15 Tomas Rapetti, Argentina
02:31 Edoardo Todaro, Italy
03:35 Zachary Porthen, South Africa
04:58 Cameron Hanekom, South Africa (may not be eligible for WBPOTY)
05:38 Cormac Izuchuckwu, Ireland (may not be elibible for WBPOTY)
06:10 Guy Pepper, England (may not be eligible for WBPOTY)
06:44 Paul De Villiers, South Africa
07:23 Gregor Hiddleston, Scotland
07:55 Massimo De Lutiis, Australia
08:58 Benhardt Janse van Rensburg, England
10:24 George Hendy, England
10:51 Haashim Pead, South Africa
11:43 Liam McConnell, Scotland
12:38 Freddy Douglas, Scotland
13:28 Zac Ward, Ireland
14:40 Jude Postlethwaite, Ireland
15:28 Morgan Morse, Wales
16:04 Batho Hlekani, South Africa
17:08 Nathan Doak, Ireland
17:43 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, Scotland
18:46 Dre Pakeho, Australia
19:22 Esteban Capilla, France
20:11 Noah Caluori, England
20:40 Chay Fihaki, New Zealand
21:20 Mikheili Shioshvili, Georgia
22:31 Macca Springer, New Zealand
22:57 Joshua Kenny, Ireland
23:38 Nathan Jibulu, England
24:04 Final Prediction for World Breakthrough Player of the Year 2026