The 2022 NRL regular season is coming to a close, and clubs have begun handing out their annual end of season awards.
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Prop Payne Haas put an end to months of speculation about his future at the Broncos and also claimed his fourth consecutive Paul Morgan Medal as Brisbane’s Player of the Year.
It’s a remarkable feat from Haas, who now equals club icon Allan Langer as the only other player to win the award that many times consecutively – despite being just 22 years of age.
Haas moves past Petero Civoniceva, Corey Parker and Darren Lockyer, who each won the award three times. Though he’s matched Langer’s record for consecutive wins, the iconic halfback still holds the record for most wins of the award with five.
He claimed the award with 61 votes, ending up ahead of Corey Oates (56), Adam Reynolds (48) and Patrick Carrigan (47). The towering prop also claimed the club’s Best Forward award after averaging 163 metres and 32 tackles per game.
Oates claimed the club’s NRL Players’ Player award after a season that saw him return to his best form, scoring 20 tries to finish second in the NRL top try-scorer rankings, also averaging nearly 170 metres per game.
Adam Reynolds claimed the NRL Best Back award in his first season at the club, and was also awarded the Club Person of the Year honour.
Though he spent most of the final few weeks of the 2022 season suspended, lock Patrick Carrigan was named the winner of the club’s ‘Most Consistent award’, as well as the Broncos Community Award for his admirable efforts off the field.
Five-eighth Ezra Mam claimed the Rookie of the Year award after a sudden call-up to the NRL team in Round 11.
The club’s NRLW team was also recognised, with outside back Jaime Chapman taking home the Player of the Year award after her first season at the club, and her remarkable first season also saw her claim the NRLW Players’ Player award.
Meanwhile the NRLW Rookie of the Year award was claimed by back-rower Jasmine Fogavini, who drew plaudits for her immediate impact on the squad. She was also rewarded for her efforts with the NRLW Best Forward award, while Tarryn Aiken was named the NRLW Best Back.
ALL 2022 PLAYER AWARDS
NRL
Paul Morgan Medal: Payne Haas
Gary Balkin Players’ Player: Corey Oates
Club Person of the Year: Adam Reynolds
Community Service Award: Patrick Carrigan
Wally Lewis Award for Play of the Year: Kurt Capewell
Shane Webcke Best Forward: Payne Haas
Allan Langer Best Back: Adam Reynolds
Kevin Walters Most Consistent: Patrick Carrigan
Cyril Connell Rookie of the Year: Ezra Mam
NRLW
Player of the Year: Jaime Chapman
Players’ Player: Jaime Chapman
Play of the Year: Tarryn Aiken
Best Forward: Jasmine Fogavini
Best Back: Tarryn Aiken
Rookie of the Year: Jasmine Fogavini
The game’s most in-form prop Joe Tapine has been named as the winner of the 2022 Mal Meninga Medal during the Canberra Raiders’ end-of-season awards ceremony.
The New Zealand prop was a clear winner, polling 44 points in the count – exactly twice as many as his next nearest rival, five-eighth Jack Wighton, who polled 22 points.
It’s a deserved honour for the prop after career-best form that’s likely to carry him to the Dally M Prop of the Year honour as well. He leads the league in post-contact metres and finished the year second in the competition for offloads. He’s also been incredibly consistent, playing a valuable role for his team in their elimination final defeat of Melbourne.
Another strong performer this year, Hudson Young was also rewarded for his efforts with the Coaches’ Award, as well as finishing third in the overall Meninga Medal count with 19 points.
Brad Schneider claimed the club’s Peter Mullholland Rookie of the Year award – named after the club’s former Head of Recruitment Peter Mullholland, who passed away late last year. Schneider impressed in the first half of the season as he filled the void left by Jamal Fogarty in the halves.
The club also presented their lower grade awards, with Peta Hola and Ata Mariota taking the NSW Cup honours and Steven Numambo and Loghan Lewis claiming the Jersey Flegg awards. Michael Asomua collected the club’s Junior Representative award after impressing for the NSW Under-19s team.
Full list of Player Awards:
Mal Meninga Medal: Joseph Tapine
NRL Coaches’ Award: Hudson Young
Peter Mullholland NRL Rookie of the Year: Brad Schneider
Gordon McLucas Junior Representative of the Year: Michael Asomua
NSW Cup Player of the Year: Peter Hola
NSW Cup Coaches’ Award: Ata Mariota
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: Steven Numambo
Jesery Flegg Coaches' Award: Loghan Lewis
Dummy-half Jeremy Marshall-King has won the Dr George Peponis Player of the Year award at the Canterbury Bulldogs’ end-of-year awards ceremony at Daltone House on Darling Island.
In a year of gradual improvement for the Belmore club, Marshall-King was a consistently shining light, finishing the year with five tries, four try assists, nine offloads and an impressive 927 tackles in his final season at the club before moving to the Dolphins in 2023.
Prop Max King capped off an impressive debut season with the club by landing the Coaches Award. After averaging seven games per season across his last three years, King has stepped up in 2022, playing every game and improving week-to-week. His efforts saw his initial one-year contract quickly turned into a two-year extension.
It should come as no surprise that young speedster Jacob Kiraz claimed the club’s Steve Mortimer Rookie of the Year honour, going from strength to strength after making his debut in Round 7. He finished the year with six tries from 17 appearances and a remarkable 52 tackle-breaks.
Headgear-wearing bomb manufacturer Matt Burton was rewarded for a strong season with the Members’ Player of the Year award after an impressive campaign that saw him recalled to State of Origin level, while 2022 Ken Stephen medal nominee Raymond Faitala-Mariner secured the Peter Warren Community Service award.
In the lower grades, imposing back-rower Jackson Topine received the Terry Lamb NSW Cup Player of the Year award, while impressive young half Bailey Hayward took the Jeresey Flegg honour.
Full List of Awards
Dr George Peponis Player of the Year: Jeremy Marshall-King
Coaches Award: Max King
Steve Mortimer Rookie of the Year: Jacob Kiraz
Members’ Player of the Year: Matt Burton
Terry Lamb NSW Cup Player of the Year: Jackson Topine
Hazem El-Masri Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: Bailey Hayward
Peter Warren Community Service Award: Raymond Faitala-Mariner
In his first year at the club, Nicho Hynes has claimed the Porter-Gallen Medal as the Cronulla Sharks 2022 Player of the Year.
Hynes enjoyed a remarkable debut season in black, white and blue, earning call-ups to NSW and Australian train-on squads and guiding his new team to the second week of the NRL Finals. He missed just one game all year as the Sharks climbed all the way to second place on the ladder.
It wasn’t the only honour that Hynes claimed on the night, also taking home the Members’ Player of the Year and also taking home the club’s Sharks Have Heart Community award for his constant work and engagement with a number of the club’s community initiatives.
Hard-working back-rower Briton Nikora was named the Tommy Bishop Players’ Player after another excellent season in which he, like Hynes, missed just one game.
Nikora was one of five Sharks players in the final count for the night’s top honour, joined by Hynes, Toby Rudolf, Blayke Brailey and Cameron McInnes.
The club’s Steve Rogers Rookie of the Year award went to Lachlan Miller, who played seven NRL games this year and scored three tries.
Blayke Brailey took home the club’s Sharks Ironman award for 2022 after playing all 26 games of the season.
In Jersey Flegg, young gun Blake Hosking took home both the Greg Pierce Players’ Player and Gavin Miller Player of the Year awards after a remarkable individual campaign.
The club also farewelled a number of departing NRL veterans, including club icon Andrew Fifita and 300-gamer Aiden Tolman.
ALL FOOTBALL AWARDS
Porter-Gallen Medal: Nicho Hynes
Members’ Player of the Year: Nicho Hynes
Tommy Bishop Players’ Player: Briton Nikora
Steve Rogers Rookie of the Year: Lachlan Miller
Sharks Have Heart Community Award: Nicho Hynes
Iron Man Award: Blayke Brailey
Gavin Miller Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: Blake Hosking
Greg Pierce Jersey Flegg Players’ Player: Blake Hosking
The Gold Coast Titans have anointed Tino Fa’asuamaleaui as the Paul Broughton Medal winner for the second year in a row as the club’s Player of the Year.
He becomes the first player to win consecutive honours at the club since Luke Bailey in 2010-11, collecting the award on Thursday night ahead of his appearance for the Prime Minister’s XIII against Papua New Guinea in Brisbane on Sunday.
Though there was a late charge in the vote count by AJ Brimson, Fa’asuamaleaui had already built a healthy lead and was ultimately rewarded as the club’s most consistent player in a disappointing campaign
It was another prop who claimed the top honour for the club’s NRLW team, with Shannon Mato leapfrogging Georgia Hale in the final round of votes to take out the Player of the Year award.
A young gun with a famous last name, Jojo Fifita took the team’s Rookie of the Year award after an impressive debut campaign that saw him play all of the club’s final eight games, making his debut against Brisbane in Round 18. Fifita’s form has been rewarded with selection alongside his captain in the PM’s XIII team.
Brimson didn’t go unrewarded for another solid campaign, taking home the NRL Coaches award and Members’ MVP. Meanwhile Georgia Hale took home the NRLW Coaches’ Award, while Evania Pelite took home the Members’ NRLW Award.
Centre Brian Kelly was named winner of ‘The Preston’ award for the embodiment of Titans’ spirit, while Abigail Hinckesman and Cody Barrett won the club’s prestigious Leagueability Female and Male Players of the Year respectively.
ALL RUGBY LEAGUE AWARDS
Paul Broughton Medal: Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
NRL Coaches Award: AJ Brimson
NRL Members’ MVP: AJ Brimson
NRLW Player of the Year: Shannon Mato
NRLW Coaches Award: Georgia Hale
NRLW Members’ MVP: Evania Pelite
NRL Rookie of the Year: Jojo Fifita
The Preston Award: Brian Kelly
Leagueability Female Player of the Year: Abigail Hinckesman
Leagueability Male Player of the Year: Cody Barrett
Hooker Lachlan Croker has claimed the 2022 Roy Bull ‘Best and Fairest’ award for 2022 as the Manly Sea Eagles best player.
Croker received the award from coach Des Hasler at the club’s awards night after finishing the year with 943 tackles (fourth in the NRL) in his 23 appearances, also achieving personal bests for running metres and kicking metres.
But that wasn’t the only award for Croker, who also claimed the Steve Menzies Medal for Play of the Year with a 40/20 and try double against North Queensland in Round 15.
Outgoing five-eighth Kieran Foran was awarded the club’s Players’ Player award, while winger turned fullback Reuben Garrick won the club’s leading pointscorer award for the second year in a row. He finished sixth in the NRL with 162 points.
Garrick was also handed the club’s top tryscorer award after crossing 12 times.
Youn gun Tolu Koula was awarded the Ken Arthurson Rising Star Award after a stellar rookie campaign, showcasing his speed and scoring six tries.
Meanwhile under-fire captain Daly Cherry-Evans clearly still has the club’s fans on side after taking home the Gordon Willoughby Medal for Best Player, as voted by Manly members.
Sean Keppie took home the NRL Club Community/Wellbeing Award for the second year in a row after being recognised for his extensive charity work. Meanwhile a young gun with a famous surname took home the Jake Trbojevic rising star award, with Zac Fulton judged the club’s best pathways player for the year.
In the non-player awards, Event and Operations manager Shelley O’Malley took home the Doug Daley Club Person of the Year award.
Full list of NRL award winners:
Roy Bull Best & Fairest: Lachlan Croker
NRL Players' Player Award: Kieran Foran
NRL Leading Pointscorer Award: Reuben Garrick
NRL Leading Tryscorer Award: Reuben Garrick
Ken Arthurson Rising Star Award: Tolu Koula
Steve Menzies Medal: Lachlan Croker
Gordon Willoughby Medallion (Members Player): Daly Cherry-Evans
NRL Community/Wellbeing Award: Sean Keppie
Jake Trbojevic Rising Star Award: Zac Fulton
Melbourne Storm five-eighth Cameron Munster has become the first winner of the Cameron Smith Player of the Year award, recognised as the club’s best in 2022.
It’s the first year the award has been given since it was named in honour of the club’s greatest icon, who himself won the award a record eight times during his record-setting career.
Munster polled 33 points from team mates and coaching staff in the final count, finishing six ahead of hooker Harry Grant. He completed a unique double by also claiming the Members’ Player of the Year award.
Grant didn’t walk away empty handed, claiming the club’s Forward of the Year award. The Back of the Year award was shared by Nick Meaney and Ryan Papenhuyzen – a remarkable feat for the custodian given he played just 12 games this year.
Tyran Wishart was named the Billy Slater Rookie of the Year after playing a number of positions in 15 first grade appearances, while centre Marion Seve won the Most Improved award.
A Victorian junior, Sua Fa’alogo took home the Cooper Cronk Feeder Club Player of the Year award after an excellent season with both the Victoria Thunderbolts and Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Young dummy-half Cole Geyer claimed the Darren Bell Medal as the club’s best under-21 player.
Cameron Smith Player of the Year Award: Cameron Munster
Members’ Player of the Year: Cameron Munster
Billy Slater Rookie of the Year: Tyran Wishart
Most Improved Player: Marion Seve
Best Forward of the Year: Harry Grant
Best Back of the Year: Nick Meaney & Ryan Papenhuyzen
Cooper Cronk Feeder Club Player of the Year: Sua Fa’alogo
Greg Brentnall Young Achievers Award: Jared Nauma
Under-21’s Darren Bell Medal: Cole Geyer
It's been a disappointing year for the Knights but they still found something to celebrate, with evergreen back-rower Tyson Frizell named the winner of the 2022 Danny Buderus Medal, the club’s Player of the Year award.
Frizell made 21 appearances this year, and though he only captained the side in five he consistently led from the front with fearless displays despite a poor run of results.
“From the day I turned up here, I’m forever grateful to the town for accepting me. It does feel like a country town that takes care of you,” Frizell said.
“Danny is a legend of the club. He’s paved the way for all of us boys playing today. To get an award named after him is special. It’s an honour.”
Despite a controversial end to the season following the dispute with trainer Hayden Knowles, prop David Klemmer took home the NRL Players’ Player award, proving his esteem among his fellow players.
The club’s Rookie of the Year award went to back-rower Leo Thompson after making 16 appearances for the club, averaging 50 metres and 20 tackles a game in limited minutes.
Meanwhile, English outside back Dominic Young took home multiple honours, winning the club’s Gladiator Award, which is selected by the ‘Once a Knight’ Old Boys, as well as the Knight In Shining Armour Award for the stand-out moment of the year after chasing down Josh Addo-Carr.
Jayden Brailey received the club’s community award for his off-field efforts, while dummy-half Luke Huth claimed both of the club’s NSW Cup awards.
The Knights also farewelled a host of departing players, including Mitch Barnett, Edrick Lee, Anthony Milford, Jirah Momoisea, Sauaso Sue, Tex Hoy and more.
Full List of Awards:
Danny Buderus Medal: Tyson Frizell
NRL Players’ Player: David Klemmer
NRL Rookie of the Year: Leo Thompson
Community Player of the Year: Jayden Brailey
Knight in Shining Armour: Dominic Young
Gladiator of the Year: Dominic Young
NSW Cup Players’ Player: Luke Huth
NSW Cup Player of the Year: Luke Huth
The Simon Mannering Medal for the Warriors' player of the year has been handed to second rower Euan Aitken in what is his final season with the club.
The award was presented following the completion of the regular season, with the Warriors falling to the Gold Coast Titans in a thriller during Round 25.
Aitken had a splendid season for the Warriors, playing 21 games and scoring 3 tries, but becoming one of the Warriors' most reliable players following a move from the centres, making 43 tackle breaks, 90 metres per game and tackling at 95 per cent efficiency.
Aitken took the award out ahead of forward Tohu Harris, who won the Players' Player of the year.
Viliami Vailea took out the club's rookie of the year award, while Reece Walsh took out the people's choice award.
Bunty Afoa and Ben Murdoch-Masila were named the joint clubman of the year.
Aitken becomes the 19th player to win the Warriors player of the year, which was renamed to the Simon Mannering Medal in 2018, and joins names such as Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Steve Price and Stacey Jones. Mannering won the award five times in his career.
Full list of winners
Simon Mannering Medal: Euan Aitken
NRL Players' Player of the year: Tohu Harris
Warriors' People's Choice award: Reece Walsh
Warriors' Rookie of the year: Viliami Vailea
Warriors' clubman of the year: Bunty Afoa and Ben Murdoch-Masila
Jason Taumalolo has taken out the Cowboys' player of the year award for the sixth time.
Breaking his own record that, Taumalolo now sits two wins of the Paul Bowman Medal ahead of Johnathan Thurston, who won the award four times during his glittering career.
Taumalolo was a long way ahead of his closest opposition in the Cowboys' squad, taking 25 votes compared to Tom Gilbert and Valentine Holmes, who were both tied with 16 votes.
A constant force in 2022, the Cowboys' co-captain ran for 151 metres per game, added 66 tackle breaks and 21 offloads, and made 541 tackles in his 23 games.
Tom Dearden was the other big award winner, taking out the Players' Playher and Cowboys Way award, while Scott Drinkwater won the JCU Education award.
Jeremiah Nanai took out the club's rookie of the year, while Tom Gilbert won the club person of the year.
Full list of awards
Paul Bowman Medal: Jason Taumalolo
Players' Player award: Tom Dearden
Cowboys' Rookie of the year: Jeremiah Nanai
JCU Education award: Scott Drinkwater
NRL Cowboys way award: Tom Dearden
Club person of the year: Tom Gilbert
Yet to be awarded.
After a career-best season despite squad disruptions, Penrith Panthers fullback Dylan Edwards has been awarded the club’s Merv Cartwright medal as Player of the Year.
The titular award wasn’t Edwards’ only success of the night, with the livewire custodian also claiming the club’s Members’ Player of the Year title.
Edwards led the league in metres per game at the end of the regular season, averaging 218 an outing. He also finished second in overall metres and in the top ten for tackle-breaks, taking a more involved role in on-field leadership as injuries and suspensions to key personnel, as well as the Origin period, saw the team barely put a foot wrong.
Panthers prop James Fisher-Harris earlier received the club’s John Farragher Award for Courage and Determination – the third time he’s collected the award in four seasons.
Winger Taylan May claimed the Ben Alexander Rookie of the Year award for an impressive debut campaign that saw him finish third on the NRL’s top try scorer list with a team-leading 16 from 21 appearances.
May also collected another award when his Round 6 try against the Brisbane Broncos being judged the OAK Plus Try of the Year.
In other player honours, J’maine Hopgood was named the club’s NSW Cup Player of the Year, while halfback Sean O’Sullivan was rewarded for his academic achievements with the Senior Education Award.
FULL LIST OF PLAYER AWARDS:
Merv Cartwright Medal: Dylan Edwards
Members’ Player of the Year: Dylan Edwards
John Farragher Award for Courage & Determination: James Fisher-Harris
Ben Alexander Rookie of the Year: Taylan May
Senior Education Award: Sean O’Sullivan
NSW Cup Player of the Year: J’maine Hopgood
OAK Plus Try of the Year: Taylan May (v Brisbane)
Tevita Tatola has been crowned as the South Sydney Rabbitohs player of the year, taking out the George Piggins Medal.
A career-best season for Tatola saw him become the clear best on ground, particularly during the second half of the season as the Rabbitohs mounted a late-season surge to make the finals.
Tatola, in 23 games, has scored 4 tries, ran for over 130 metres per game and tackled at 96 per cent efficiency.
He will also likely be picked for Tonga at the end of year Rugby League World Cup to continue what has been an excellent campaign.
Campbell Graham took out the Players' Player award, while Cameron Murray was voted the best by the members.
Lachlan Ilias and Alex Johnston took out the club's other awards as the best rookie, and the Burrow Appreciation award respectively.
George Piggins Medal: Tevita Tatola
Players' Player award: Campbell Graham
Members' player award: Cameron Murray
Rabbitohs' rookie of the year: Lachlan Ilias
Burrow appreciation award: Cody Walker
Yet to be awarded.
Sydney Roosters fullback James Tedesco has smashed the club record books by claiming his fifth consecutive Jack Gibson medal as the Bondi club’s Player of the Year.
Tedesco’s latest win means he has claimed the club’s top honour every year since his arrival in 2018, passing Craig Fitzgibbon in the Tri-colours’ history books.
Tedesco brought up a multitude of personal milestones during the 2022 season, playing his 100th game for the Roosters, scoring his 100th NRL try in a hat-trick against the Gold Coast in Round 9 and making his 200th NRL appearance overall.
It caps off a remarkable week for Tedesco, which began with the Brad Fittler Medal, True Blue and People’s Choice Awards at the NSWRL’s awards night – the first player to sweep all major categories.
Tedesco finished 2022 with 13 tries, 12 try assists, averaging 212 metres per game and finishing with a league-high 169 tackle-breaks.
Tedesco also took home the club’s ‘Red Rooster Members Player of the Year Award’, claiming the honour ahead of Joey Manu and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.
Young phenomenon Joseph Suaali’i also claimed multiple honours, winning the Steggles’ Try of the Year award and the Harry Phipps Rising Star award after a 19-game campaign that saw him score 15 tries.
The club’s 2022 Ken Stephen Medal nominee Angus Crichton took home the ‘Roosters Our Community’ Award for his work with both the Indigenous community and Ronald McDonald House.
Joey Manu won the James Mathews Clubman of the Year award, as voted by his teammates, while young back-rower Siua Wong took home the Chris Sykes Junior Representative Player of the Year award for a season that saw him rise rapidly from the club’s SG Ball (under-19) ranks and then on to Jersey Flegg – helping both teams secure minor premierships – before finishing the year in the NSW Cup playing for feeder team North Sydney.
The Arthur Beetson Jersey Flegg Player of the Year award was won by Jack Preston who was a valuable asset to both the Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup sides.
ALL PLAYER AWARDS:
Jack Gibson Medal: James Tedesco
Members’ Player of the Year: James Tedesco
James Mathews Clubman of the Year: Joseph Manu
Harry Phipps Rising Star: Joseph Suaali’i
Steggles Try of the Year: Joseph Suaali’i
Roosters Our Community Award: Angus Crichton
Chris Sykes Junior Representative Player of the Year: Siua Wong
Arthur Beetson Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: Jack Preston
The Kelly-Barnes Medal for Wests Tigers Player of the Year has gone to front-rower Joe Ofahengaue, just hours after it was announced that he’d signed a three-year extension at the Concord club.
Ofahengaue was one of the club’s most consistent players in a disappointing season, and one of only two Tigers players to take the field in every game of the season. It’s just his second season at the club since moving from Brisbane.
Meanwhile Daine Laurie, who shared the top honour with Luke Brooks last year, was voted by his teammates as the club’s Players’ Player for 2022 despite an injury-affected campaign.
The club’s Rookie of the Year award went to 20-year-old Fonua Pole, who made his NRL debut in Round 16 and played every game after that.
Departing back-rower Luke Garner won the Wayne Pearce Community Award, while Tom Freebairn and Junior Pauga collected the top honours in the NSW Cup.
Meanwhile, Najvada George was named Player of the Year for the club’s Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership side after steering them to a thrilling one-point grand final win back in July.
All Player Awards:
Kelly-Barnes Medal: Joe Ofahengaue
NRL Players’ Player: Daine Laurie
NRL Rookie of the Year: Fonua Pole
NSW Cup Player of the Year: Tom Freebairn
NSW Cup Players’ Player: Junior Pauga
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: James Valevatu
Jersey Flegg Players’ Player: Tray Lolesio
NSW Women’s Premiership Player of the Year: Najvada George
NSW Women’s Premiership Players’ Player: Keele Browne
Wayne Pearce Community Award: Luke Garner