Taumalolo wins NRL Players Champion award

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North Queensland Cowboys forward Jason Taumalolo has been crowned the RLPA 2016 Playersโ€™ Champion for 2016, as voted by his NRL peers.

Off the back of a 2015 premiership-winning season with North Queensland, Taumalolo accepted his award from Townsville where the Cowboys are preparing for Friday nightโ€™s semi-final.

โ€œThis is right up there as the best and biggest award you can win as a player, and to be voted by my peers is very special,โ€ Taumalolo said.

โ€œThank you to the RLPA for everything they do, their support for the players is so big.โ€

The award is the most prestigious at the RLPA event, with NRL players submitting their votes from each game throughout the season.

South Sydney Rabbitohsโ€™ Cody Walker was named Rookie of the Year, after a standout debut season.

Samantha Bremner was crowned the Australian Representative Womenโ€™s Player of the Year, with Georgie Hale winning the New Zealand Representative Womenโ€™s Player of the Year.

2016 RLPA AWARD WINNERS

  • The Playersโ€™ Champion - Jason Taumalolo (North Queensland Cowboys)
  • Rookie of the Year - Cody Walker (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  • Dennis Tutty Award - Dene Halatau (Wests Tigers)
  • Australian Representative Player - Greg Inglis (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
  • New Zealand Representative Player - Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne Storm)
  • Rest of the World Representative Player - James Graham (Canterbury-Bansktown Bulldogs)
  • Australian Representative Womenโ€™s Player of the Year - Samantha Bremner (Australian Jillaroos)
  • New Zealand Representative Womenโ€™s Player of the Year - Georgie Hale (New Zealand Kiwi Ferns)
  • NYC Player of the Year - Nat Butcher (Sydney Roosters)
  • Origin Greats - Matt Sing, Gary Belcher and Benny Elias
  • Academic Indigenous Player of the Year - Dane Gagai (Newcastle Knights)
  • Academic Pacifica Player of the Year - Sam Tagataese (Cronulla Sharks) and Ben Henry (New Zealand Warriors)
  • NRL and NYC Academic Team of the Year - Josh Jackson (Canterbury Bulldogs) and Jacob Liddle (Wests Tigers NYC)

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