Man of Steel Awards

The Steve Prescott Man of Steel Awards is an end-of-season awards dinner for the Super League rugby league competition. The event's name is taken from the main award presented, the Man of Steel award for the rugby league football player of the year. In 2014, it was renamed after Steve Prescott.

The Steve Prescott Man of Steel award

Steve Prescott Man Of Steel
Description	Best player of the Super League season
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Rugby Football League
First awarded	1977
Currently held by	Zak Hardaker

Started in 1977, the Man of Steel Award annually honours the outstanding player in the British game. Originally voted on by members of the Rugby Football League press and, from 2008, by Super League players themselves, the award has often bypassed the top try scorer, winning captain or great International player. The award is club and country blind - the success of the player's club is irrelevant and winners include Australians and a New Zealander.

Year	Nat	Winner	Club	Position
1977		David Ward	Leeds	Hooker
1978		George Nicholls	St Helens	Forward
1979		Doug Laughton	Widnes	Loose forward
1980		George Fairbairn	Wigan	Fullback
1981		Ken Kelly	Warrington	Scrum-half
1982		Mick Morgan	Carlisle	Second-row
1983		Allan Agar	Featherstone Rovers	Scrum-half
1984		Joe Lydon	Widnes	Wing, Fullback
1985		Ellery Hanley	Bradford Northern	Loose forward
1986		Gavin Miller	Hull KR	Prop
1987		Ellery Hanley	Wigan	Loose forward
1988		Martin Offiah	Widnes	Wing
1989		Ellery Hanley	Wigan	Loose forward
1990		Shaun Edwards	Wigan	Stand-off
1991		Garry Schofield	Leeds	Stand-off
1992		Dean Bell	Wigan	Centre
1993		Andy Platt	Wigan	Prop
1994		Jonathan Davies	Warrington	Centre
1995		Denis Betts	Wigan	Second-row
1996		Andrew Farrell	Wigan	Loose forward
1997		James Lowes	Bradford	Hooker
1998		Iestyn Harris	Leeds	Stand-off
1999		Adrian Vowles	Castleford	Loose forward
2000		Sean Long	St Helens	Scrum-half
2001		Paul Sculthorpe	St Helens	Stand-off
2002		Paul Sculthorpe	St Helens	Loose forward
2003		Jamie Peacock	Bradford	Second-row
2004		Andrew Farrell	Wigan	Loose forward
2005		Jamie Lyon	St Helens	Centre
2006		Paul Wellens	St Helens	Fullback
2007		James Roby	St Helens	Hooker
2008		James Graham	St Helens	Prop
2009		Brett Hodgson	Huddersfield	Fullback
2010		Pat Richards	Wigan	Wing
2011		Rangi Chase	Castleford	Stand-off
2012		Sam Tomkins	Wigan	Fullback
2013		Danny Brough	Huddersfield	Scrum-half
2014		Daryl Clark	Castleford	Hooker
2015		Zak Hardaker	Leeds	Fullback

Multiple winners

	Player	Wins	Winning Years
1	Ellery Hanley	3	1985, 1987, 1989
2	Paul Sculthorpe	2	2001, 2002
3	Andy Farrell	2	1996, 2004

Winners by club

	Club	Wins
1	Wigan Warriors	11
2	St Helens	8
3	Leeds Rhinos	4
4	Widnes Vikings	3
	Bradford Bulls
	Castleford Tigers
7	Warrington Wolves	2
	Huddersfield Giants
9	Carlisle	1
	Featherstone Rovers
	Hull KR

Winners by country

	Nationality	Wins
1	England	28
2	Australia	4
3	Scotland	2
4	Wales	2
5	New Zealand	2
6	Ireland	1

Super League Young Player of the Year

Year	Nat	Winner	Club
1996	England	Andy Farrell	Wigan Warriors
1997	Wales	Lee Briers	Warrington Wolves
1998	England	Lee Gilmour	Wigan Warriors
1999	England	Leon Pryce	Bradford Bulls
2000	England	Stuart Fielden	Bradford Bulls
2001	England	Rob Burrow	Leeds Rhinos
2002	England	Richard Horne	Hull F.C.
2003	England	Gareth Hock	Wigan Warriors
2004	England	Shaun Briscoe	Hull F.C.
2005	England	Richard Whiting	Hull F.C.
2006	England	James Graham	St Helens
2007	England	Sam Burgess	Bradford Bulls
2008	England	Joe Westerman	Castleford Tigers
2009	England	Sam Tomkins	Wigan Warriors
2010	England	Sam Tomkins	Wigan Warriors
2011	England	Jonny Lomax	St Helens
2012	England	Zak Hardaker	Leeds Rhinos
2013	England	Ben Crooks	Hull F.C.
2014	England	Daryl Clark	Castleford Tigers
2015	England	George Williams	Wigan Warriors

Super League Coach of the Year

Year	Nat	Winner	Club
2009	Australia	Nathan Brown	Huddersfield Giants
2010	Australia	Michael Maguire	Wigan Warriors
2011	Australia	Trent Robinson	Catalans Dragons
2012	Australia	Mick Potter	Bradford Bulls
2013	England	Paul Anderson	Huddersfield Giants
2014	England	Daryl Powell	Castleford Tigers
2015	England	Brian McDermott	Leeds Rhinos

Super League Top Try Scorer

Year	Winner	Club	Tries
1996	Paul Newlove	St Helens	28
1997	Nigel Vagana	Warrington Wolves	17
1998	Anthony Sullivan	St Helens	20
1999	Toa Kohe-Love	Warrington Wolves	25
2000	Sean Long Tommy Martyn	St Helens	22
2001	Kris Radlinski	Wigan Warriors	27
2002	Dennis Moran	London Broncos	22
2003	Dennis Moran	London Broncos	24
2004	Lesley Vainikolo	Bradford Bulls	36
2005	Mark Calderwood	Leeds Rhinos	27
2006	Justin Murphy	Catalans Dragons	25
2007	Henry Fa'afili	Warrington Wolves	21
2008	Ade Gardner	St Helens	26
2009	Ryan Hall	Leeds Rhinos	29
2010	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors	29
2011	Ryan Hall	Leeds Rhinos	28
2012	Josh Charnley	Wigan Warriors	31
2013	Josh Charnley	Wigan Warriors	33
2014	Joel Monaghan	Warrington Wolves	28
2015	Jermaine McGillvary	Huddersfield Giants	27

Top Points Scorer

Year	Winner	Club	Points
1996	Bobbie Goulding	St Helens	257
1997	Andrew Farrell	Wigan Warriors	243
1998	Iestyn Harris	Leeds Rhinos	255
1999	Iestyn Harris	Leeds Rhinos	325
2000	Sean Long	St Helens	390
2001	Andrew Farrell	Wigan Warriors	388
2002	Paul Deacon	Bradford Bulls	301
2003	Paul Deacon	Bradford Bulls	286
2004	Kevin Sinfield	Leeds Rhinos	277
2005	Paul Deacon	Bradford Bulls	322
2006	Jamie Lyon	St Helens	316
2007	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors	248
2008	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors	269
2009	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors	252
2010	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors	288
2011	Jamie Foster	St Helens	330
2012	Scott Dureau	Catalans Dragons	281
2013	Danny Brough	Huddersfield Giants	281
2014	Danny Brough	Huddersfield Giants	142
2015	Josh Mantellato	Hull KR	196

Top Metre maker

Year	Winner	Club	Metres
2009	James Graham	St Helens	4,752
2010	James Graham	St Helens
2011	James Roby	St Helens
2012	James Roby	St Helens	3,971
2013	Jamie Peacock	Leeds Rhinos
2014	James Roby	St Helens
2015	Alex Walmsley	St Helens	40,092

Super League Hit Man

The player making most tackles in the regular season.

Year	Winner	Club	Tackles
2009	Malcolm Alker	Salford Red Devils	981
2010	Dallas Johnson	Catalans Dragons	1,106
2011	Danny Houghton	Hull F.C.	1,060
2012	Danny Washbrook	Wakefield Wildcats	991
2013	Danny Houghton	Hull F.C.	1,179
2015	James Roby	St Helens	1,054
2015	Danny Houghton	Hull F.C.	1,359

• The Mike Gregory Spirit of Rugby League Award - Both players and non-players are eligible to receive the award, which will be judged by a panel from the governing body.
• Fairplay Index Award for Super League
• The Community Player of the year

Super League Club of the Year

Year	Club
2009	Huddersfield Giants
2010	Wigan Warriors
2011	Huddersfield Giants
2012	Wigan Warriors
2013	St Helens
2014	Widnes Vikings
2015	Leeds Rhinos

Special awards

• The ‘200 Club’ - retiring players who have played in over 200 games.

See also

• Dally M Medal
• Lance Todd Trophy
• Harry Sunderland Trophy
• Albert Goldthorpe Medal

External links

• Man of Steel Award at rlhalloffame.org.uk