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2018 Club Awards

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The 2018 NRL regular season is over and clubs have been having their annual awards nights.

Check out all official awards for each club from the 2018 season below! Who was the standout player for your club?

Click here to see the awards for the 2017 season here!
Click here to see the awards for the 2016 season here!

Brisbane Broncos

Anthony Milford has rocketed home to take out his first Paul Morgan Medal for Broncos' Player of the Year.

Milford wasn't sighted on the leader board as the early counts were revealed, not even appearing in the top five players with six rounds to go.

But his amazing run of form late in the year, in which he polled votes in seven of the last 10 matches, have allowed him to sneak home by one vote.

NRL Most Consistent
Alex Glenn

Rookie of the Year
Jamayne Isaako

Play of the Year
Jamayne Isaako

NRL Best Back
Corey Oates

NRL Best Forward
Matt Lodge

XXXX Fan Player of the Year
Corey Oates

NRL Players’ Player
Joe Ofahengaue

NRL Player of the Year
Anthony Milford

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Capping off a stellar season, Rabbitohs hooker Damien Cook has become the 17th recipient of the George Piggins Medal at the 2018 Red and Green Ball.

After taking out the Dally M Hooker of the Year and the Provan-Summons People's Choice Award at the Dally M Awards, Cook has now been crowned South Sydney's best and fairest player of 2018.

It marks Cook's third award of the night, as he was also the recipient of The Burrow Appreciation Award (NRL) and the Roy Asotasi Members' Choice Award, also becoming the second hooker to take out the award after Issac Luke in 2010.

George Piggins Medal
Damien Cook

Jack Rayner Players’ Player
Sam Burgess

Bob McCarthy Clubman of the Year
John Sutton

John Sattler Rookie of the Year
Adam Doueihi

Roy Asotasi Members Choice
Damien Cook

The Burrow Appreciation Award
Damien Cook

Women's Player of the Year
Maddie Studdon

Women’s Players’ Player Award
Chloe Caldwell and Taleena Simon

Melbourne Storm

Cameron Munster has been crowned Melbourne Storm's Player of the Year for the first time in his career.

The 24-year-old received the prestigious award on Wednesday night at a sold-out event at Peninsula Docklands.

Munster claimed the Player of the Year award after receiving a total of 32 votes
edging out teammates Dale Finucane (27 votes) and Cameron Smith (22 votes).

Best Easy Player of the Year
Cameron Munster

Best Back
Billy Slater

Best Forward
Dale Finucane

Billy Slater Rookie of the Year
Brandon Smith

Cooper Cronk Feeder Club Player of the Year
Scott Drinkwater

Most Improved Player award
Christian Welch

Suzuki Members' Player of the Year
Cameron Munster

Best Try
Josh Addo-Carr, Round 8 v Warriors

Life Member Inductees
Jesse Bromwich, Adam O'Brien, John Donohue

Michael Moore Trophy (Club Person of the Year)
Matthew Barradeen

Greg Brentnall Young Achievers Award
Haele Finau

Under 20's Darren Bell Medal
Trent Toelau

Chairman's Award
Ashley Tucker

Penrith Panthers

Panthers backrower Isaah Yeo won the coveted Merv Cartwright Medal at the club's end of season awards night in Penrith.

The award is recognition of Yeo's immense contribution to the success of the Panthers in 2018.

Known for his commitment and consistency, Yeo averaged 31 tackles and 112 running metres per game this season.

Merv Cartwright Medal
Isaah Yeo

John Farragher Award for Courage and Determination
Josh Mansour

Club Person of the Year
Peter Wallace

Members Player of the Year
Viliame Kikau

Ben Alexander Rookie of the Year
Jack Hetherington

ISP Player of the Year
Caleb Aekins

Jersey Flegg Player of the Year
Daine Laurie

OAK Try of the Year
Jarome Luai

Senior Education Award
James Tamou

Junior Education Award
J'maine Hopgood

St George Illawarra Dragons

St George Illawarra back-rower Tariq Sims has won the prestigious Dragons Player of the Year Medal at the club's annual presentation evening on Wednesday.

The 2018 New South Wales Origin debutant Sims was awarded the honour from both his peers and the coaching staff, in a season that also saw him selected in the Rugby League Player Association's Team of the Year.

Dragons Player of the Year Medal
Tariq Sims

Geoff Selby Memorial Trophy
Leeson Ah Mau

NRLW Coach's Award
Honey Hireme

Red V Members' Player of the Year
Tyson Frizell

Dragons' Immortals Trophy
Gareth Widdop

Mark Coyne Trophy
Jeremy Latimore

Community Involvement Award
Josh Kerr

Paul McGregor Trophy (Under-20s Player of the Year)
Matheson Johns

ISP Player of the Year
Reece Robson

ISP Coach's Award
Mitchell Allgood

Cronulla Sharks

Valentine Holmes was the big winner at The Star in Sydney when he walked away with the two major awards at the Sharks Monty Porter Medal awards night.

Holmes beat out teammates and fellow nominees Chad Townsend, Matt Moylan and Andrew Fifita to claim the Monty Porter Medal as Pontifex Player of the Year, while he also earned the respect of his peers in being named the Tommy Bishop Player's Player.

Monty Porter Medallist
Valentine Holmes

Tommy Bishop Players Player
Valentine Holmes

Steve Rogers Rookie of the Year- Jesse Ramien

Sharks Support Community Award
Edrick Lee

Members Player of the Year
Valentine Holmes

NRL Iron Man (played all games for which they were available)
Matt Prior
Chad Townsend
Valentine Holmes

Try of the Year
Jesse Ramien, round 11 v Bulldogs

Gavin Miller Jersey Flegg Player of the Year
Braydon Trindall

Greg Pierce Jersey Flegg Players Player
Luke Polselli

Jersey Flegg Wellbeing & Education Excellence
Monty Raper

NRL Wellbeing & Education Excellence
Edrick Lee

Andrew Ettingshausen Club Person of the Year
Sam Madden

Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters fullback James Tedesco has tonight been named winner of the prestigious Jack Gibson Medal at the Sydney Roosters 2018 Awards Night.

Awarded to the Player of the Year, the Jack Gibson Medal was voted for at the conclusion of every game by the Roosters NRL team and Coach, with votes tallied across the season.

John Gibson, son of the late Jack Gibson, presented Tedesco with the Medal.

Try of the Year
Joseph Manu

Members Player of the Year
Latrell Mitchell

Roosters Our Community Award
Latrell Mitchell

Harry Phipps Rising Star Award
Billy Smith

Chris Sykes Award (Junior Rep Player of the Year)
Egan Butcher

Jersey Flegg Players Player
Lachlan Lam

Arthur Beetson Medal (Jersey Flegg Player of the Year)
Sam Verrills

James Mathews Clubman of the Year
Jake Friend

Jack Gibson Medal Winner
James Tedesco

North Queensland Cowboys

Jason Taumalolo has become the first player in Cowboys history to claim the Paul Bowman Medal for Player of the Year in three consecutive seasons after previously claiming the gong in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Taumalolo finished on 23 votes, six clear of winger Kyle Feldt and eight clear of retiring co-captain Johnathan Thurston.

Paul Bowman Medal
Jason Taumalolo

Players' Player
Jason Taumalolo

Club Person of the Year
Johnathan Thurston

Rookie of the Year
Jake Clifford

Coach's Award
Kyle Feldt

Canberra Raiders

Canberra Raiders forwardJosh Papalii has taken out the 2018 Meninga Medal, beating team mates Elliott Whitehead and Joe Tapine to claim this year’s Raiders player of the year.

Meninga Medal
Josh Papalii

Coaches Award
Nick Cotric

Rookie of the Year
Emre Guler

Clubman of the Year
Michael Oldfield

Junior Representative Player of the Year
Jack Murchie

Career and Education Award
Joe Tapine

Manly Sea Eagles

Manly lock Jake Trbojevic has taken out the Roy Bull Award for 'Best and Fairest' at the Sea Eagles awards night for 2018.

It is the second time in four years that Jake has won the Club’s prestigious award, having also claimed it in 2015.

NRL Roy Bull ‘Best and Fairest’
Jake Trbojevic

NRL Players’ Player
Joel Thompson

NRL Leading Try Scorer
Shaun Lane, Tom Trbojevic (9 tries)

NRL Leading Point scorer
Daly Cherry-Evans (164 points)

NRL Gordon Willoughby Medal (voted by Members)
Daly Cherry-Evans

Doug Daley Clubman of the Year
Joel Thompson

Intrust Super Premiership Bob Batty ‘Best and Fairest’
Tom Amone

Intrust Super Premiership Players’ Player
Tom Amone

Jersey Flegg Russ Bull ‘Best and Fairest’
Luke Metcalf

Jersey Flegg Players’ Player
John Tuivaiti

NRL Steve Menzies Medallion (Club Volunteer of the Year)
Norman Steel

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Dr George Peponis Player of the Year Award
David Klemmer

Steve Mortimer Rookie of the Year Award
Lachlan Lewis

Les Johns Clubman of the Year Award
Aiden Tolman

Coaches Award
Josh Jackson

NSW Women’s Premiership 2018 Player of the Year Award
Elianna Walton

Terry Lamb ISP Player of the Year Award
Lachlan Burr

Hazem El Masri Jersey Flegg Player of the Year Award
Kayne Kalache

Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast captain Ryan James has taken home the Paul Broughton Medal for Titans Player of the Year.

James received the award from founding Chairman, Paul Broughton, taking out the award for the second time, after first receiving the medal back in 2016.

The Bilambil junior polled 23 votes, just one point ahead of lock forward, Jai Arrow, who raced to 22 points after 17 rounds but was unable to secure any votes during the run home.

Paul Broughton Medal
Ryan James

Coaches Award
Michael Gordon

The Preston Award
Ryan James

Members Most Valuable Player
Anthony Don

Try of the Year
Phillip Sami

Rookie of the Year
AJ Brimson

Outstanding Achievement Award
Jennifer Cross

Newcastle Knights

Kalyn Ponga has been crowned the 2018 Player of the Year for the Newcastle Knights, winning the Danny Buderus medal.

Coach Nathan Brown praised the young fullback turned five-eighth for handling the pressure of weekly NRL footballer and for trusting his instincts.

The Knights Player of the Year Nominees were all new recruits to the club this season, including Aidan Guerra, Mitchell Pearce and Slade Griffin

Player of the Year (Danny Buderus Medal)
Kalyn Ponga

Rookie of the Year
Nick Meaney

Coaches Award
Aidan Guerra

Club Person of the Year
John Thomas

Players Player of the Year
Kalyn Ponga

Gladiator of the Year
Aidan Guerra

nib Inspiring Moment
Jamie Buhrer's kick to Shaun Kenny-Dowall for the match-winning try over the Wests Tigers in Tamworth

Community Player of the Year
Kalyn Ponga

Jersey Flegg Coaches Award
Kurtis Dark

Jersey FleggPlayers' Player of the Year
Mathew Croker

Jersey Flegg Player of the Year
Beau Fermor

ISP Coaches Award
Zac Hosking

ISP Players' Player
Luke Yates

ISP Player of the Year
Luke Yates

Wests Tigers

Wests Tigers halfback Luke Brooks has been awarded the Kelly-Barnes Award for the 2018 Wests Tigers Player of the Year.

Brooks was presented with the honour at the club's annual Presentation Night this evening, which was held in more than 500 guests at Curzon Hall.

The award capped off a superb season for the 23-year-old, which also saw him take home the NRL Players' Player Award as voted on by his teammates.

NRL Player of the Year (Kelly-Barnes Award)
Luke Brooks

NRL Players' Player of the Year
Luke Brooks

NRL Best New Talent
Esan Marsters

ISP Player of the Year
Luke Garner

ISP Players' Player
Patrice Siolo

Jersey Flegg Player of the Year
Ben Seufale

Jersey Flegg Players' Player
Alex Seyfarth

Community Achievement Award
Josh Aloiai

Woman of the Year
Professor Megan Davis

Club Person of the Year
Wade Healey

Life Member Inductees
Bryce Gibbs and Keith Galloway

New Zealand Warriors

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has been named the Vodafone NRL Player of the Year for the second season running at the Warriors’ 24th annual awards.

Tuivasa-Sheck is just the fourth player to win the supreme accolade more than once following five-times winner Simon Mannering and Steve Price and Ben Matulino, who were two-time winners.

The other nominees for the Vodafone Player of the Year title were Agnatius Paasi, Issac Luke, Jazz Tevaga and Ken Maumalo.

Sir Peter Leitch Member of the Year
Jayden Penerata

Vodafone People’s Choice Award
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

TNT NYC Rookie of the Year
Tyler Slade

Vodafone ISP Team Man of the Year
James Bell

Vodafone NRL Rookie of the Year
Isaiah Papali’i

Club Person of the Year
Laurie Hale

Canterbury of NZ Clubman
Blake Green

Vodafone ISP Player of the Year
James Bell

Vodafone NRL Player of the Year
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

Parramatta Eels

Parramatta Eels forward Daniel Alvaro has claimed the 2018 Ken Thornett Medal for Player of the Year and the Blue and Gold Army Player of the Year award at the club's presentation event.

The Ken Thornett Medal night was held at Rosehill Racecourse and recognises players from the NRL, Jersey Flegg and Intrust Super Premiership NSW Cup sides to mark the 2018 season.

A special presentation was made to Nathan Hindmarsh who was inducted into the Parramatta Eels Hall of Fame. Hindmarsh, a NSW and Australian representative, played his entire career at the Eels, and in 2010 broke the record for most games played at the club.

Eels winger George Jennings claimed the Jack Gibson NRL Coaches’ award for best back in his Parramatta Eels debut season, while Peni Terepo was awarded the Jack Gibson NRL Coaches’ award for best forward.

Ken Thornett Medal for NRL Player of the Year
Daniel Alvaro

Jack Gibson NRL Coaches’ Award
Peni Terepo (forward) and George Jennings (back)

Ray Price NRL Community Award
Cameron King

Blue and Gold Army Members’ Player of the Year
Daniel Alvaro

Brett Kenny Jersey Flegg Coaches’ Award
Sione Fonua

Steven Ella Jersey Flegg Player of the Year Award
Tuimavave Afualo

Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches’ Award
Matthew Woods

Bob O’Reilly NSW Cup Player of the Year Award
Ray Stone

Michael Cronin Club Person of the Year
Luke 'Tooks' Sammut

Hall of Fame Medal
Nathan Hindmarsh

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