sentences:  On 25 November 2018, at the World Rugby Awards which were hosted in Monaco, Sexton was awarded the World Rugby Player of the Year.He is only the second Irish Rugby Football Union player to receive the award (the first Irish Rugby Football Union player to win it was Keith Wood back in 2001).At the same awards, Ireland was awarded World Rugby Team of the Year and Irish Coach Joe Schmidt walked away with World Rugby Coach of the Year.