Tom Bergin Trophy

The Tom Bergin Trophy is an award given to the man-of-the-match in the annual Championship Grand Final. The award is named after Tom Bergin, a former president of the Rugby League Writers' Association and former editor for the Salford City Reporter. The trophy was first awarded in the Second Division Premiership Final of the 1986–87 season.

In 1998, the Divisional Premiership final was replaced with a play-off system, and the trophy continued to be used as a man-of-the-match award for the Grand Final of the play-offs.

Recipients

Season	Recipient	Team	Opponent
1986–87	Gary Ainsworth	Swinton	Hunslet
1987–88	Des Foy	Oldham	Featherstone Rovers
1988–89	Mark Aston	Sheffield Eagles	Swinton
1989–90	Mike Ford	Oldham	Hull Kingston Rovers
1990–91	Steve Kerry	Salford Red Devils	Halifax
1991–92	Daryl Powell	Sheffield Eagles	Oldham
1992–93	Paul Newlove	Featherstone Rovers	Workington Town
1993–94	Dean Marwood	Workington Town	London Crusaders
1994–95	Martin Wood	Keighley Cougars	Huddersfield
1995–96	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1996	Cliff Eccles	Salford Reds	Keighley Cougars
1997	Craig Weston	Huddersfield Giants	Hull
1998	Richard Chapman	Featherstone Rovers	Wakefield Trinity
1999	Latham Tawhai	Hunslet Hawks	Dewsbury Rams
2000	Mick Higham	Leigh Centurions	Dewsbury Rams
2001	Phil Cantillon	Widnes Vikings	Oldham
2002	Chris Thorman	Huddersfield Giants	Leigh Centurions
2003	Gavin Clinch	Salford City Reds	Leigh Centurions
2004	Neil Turley	Leigh Centurions	Whitehaven
2005	Brad Davis	Castleford Tigers	Whitehaven
2006	Jonny Woodcock	Sheffield Eagles	Swinton Lions
2007	Danny Brough	Castleford Tigers	Widnes Vikings
2008	?
2009	Ben Black	Halifax	Barrow Raiders
2010	Tommy Saxton	Featherstone Rovers	Halifax
2011	Liam Finn	Featherstone Rovers	Sheffield Eagles
2012	Michael Knowles	Sheffield Eagles	Featherstone Rovers
2013	Dominic Brambani	Sheffield Eagles	Batley Bulldogs
2014	Martyn Ridyard	Leigh Centurions	Featherstone Rovers