2021 Club Awards
Brisbane Broncos
Payne Haas continues his remarkable start to his career, becoming the first Bronco since Allan Langer to win the Paul Morgan Medal for Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons.
Cyril Connell Award | Rookie of the Year Kobe Hetherington
Kevin Walters Award | Most Consistent Jake Turpin
Allan Langer Award | Best Back Herbie Farnworth
Shane Webcke Award | Best Forward Payne Haas
Wally Lewis Award | Play of the Year Payne Haas Rd16 v Sharks (79th min)
Clubperson of the Year | Eloise Kelly & Dave Ballard
Gary Balkin Award Players’ Player | Payne Haas
Paul Morgan Medal Player of the Year | Payne Haas
Canberra Raiders
An amazing comeback for Rapana who seemed lost to the Raiders for Rugby at the end of 2019, he worked his way back in to earn a new 2 year deal as well as the prestigious Meninga Medal for 2021.
NSW Cup Player of the Year | Kai O’Donnell
NSW Cup Coaches Award | Matt Frawley
Geoff Caldwell Welfare & Education Award | Elliott Whitehead
Gordon McLucas Memorial Junior Representative Player of the Year | Trey Mooney
Fred Daly Memorial Club Person of the Year | Grant Hogan
NRL Rookie of the Year | Harley Smith-Shields & Matt Timoko
NRL Coaches Award | Tom Starling
Meninga Medal | Jordan Rapana
Canterbury Bulldogs
Club captain Josh Jackson was named the 2021 Dr George Peponis Player of the Year.
In his tenth season of first grade and his fourth as captain, Jackson led from the front every week and overcame a calf injury during the year to appear in 17 matches, making 786 tackles and averaging 113 running metres per game.
Dr George Peponis Award (Player of the Year) | Josh Jackson
Coaches Award | Jake Averillo
Steve Mortimer Rookie of the Year | Bailey Biondi-Odo
Peter Warren Community Service Medal | Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Cronulla Sharks
As just one of 6 Sharks ‘Irom Men’ (playing all 24 matches), William Kennedy has won the Porter Gallen Medal as the Cronulla Sharks Player of the Year.
Porter Gallen Medalist | William Kennedy
Steve Rogers Rookie of the Year | Luke Metcalf
Sharks have heart Community Award | Ronaldo Mulitalo
Wellbeing & Education Award | Aiden Tolman
Gold Coast Titans
In just his first year with the club, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui is the 2021 Paul Broughton Medalist.
Paul Broughton Medalist | Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
Rookie of the Year | Jayden Campbell
Members MVP | Tino Fa’asuamaleaui
Coaches’ Award | Corey Thompson
“The Preston” | Jamal Fogarty
Many Sea Eagles
Player of the Year | Tom Trbojevic
Players’ Player | Tom Trbojevic
Members Player of the Year | Tom Trbojevic
Rising Star Award | Josh Schuster & Jason Saab
Clubman of the Year | Toafofoa Sipley
Club Community Award | Sean Keppie
Melbourne Storm
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Newcastle Knights
NSW Cup Player of the Year | Zac Hosking
Rookie of the Year | Brodie Jones
Clubperson of the Year | Mathew Morriss and Jane Farrell
NRL Players’ Player | Connor Watson
Danny Buderus Medal ‘Player of the Year’ | Jacob Saifiti
North Queensland Cowboys
Coen Hess has broken the 5 season streak of Jason Taumalolo to claim the Paul Bowman Medal as the Cowboys Player of the year.
The night was capped off with Johnathan Thurston being inducted as the 4th member of the Cowboys Hall of Fame.
Club Person of the Year | Ben Hampton
Townsville Bulletin Fans Choice Award | Jake Granville
JCU Education Award | Corey Jensen
Members Player of the Year | Jake Granville
Rookie of the Year | Heilum Luki
Gold Stars Cowboys Way Award | Jordii Mahendrarajah
Gold Stars Player of the Year Award | Emma Manzelmann
Players Player of the Year | Murray Taulagi
NRL Cowboys Way Award | Jake Granville
Paul Bowman Medal for Cowboy of the Year | Coen Hess
Parramatta Eels
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Penrith Panthers
N/A
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Women’s Players’ Player | Katie Brown
Women’s Player of the Year | Seli Mailangi
The Burrow Appreciation Award Women’s MVP | Rikka Lamb
Jersey Flegg Players’ Player | Tallis Angianga
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year | Ben Lovett
NSW Cup Players’ Player | Trent Peoples
NSW Cup Player of the Year | Dean Hawkins
The Burrow Appreciation Award MVP | Cody Walker
Roy Asotasi Member’ Choice Award | Cam Murray
Albert Clift Award | Sunny Brar
John Sattler Rookie of the Year | Blake Taaffe
Bob Mccarthy Clubman of the Year | Mark Nicholls
Jack Rayner Players’ Player | Cody Walker
George Piggins Medal – Rabbitohs Player of the Year | Cody Walker
St George Illawarra Dragons
Despite injuries that limited him to 15 games in the season, Ben Hunt has taken out the Dragons Player of the Year award for the first time.
Veteran hooker and vice-captain Andrew McCullough was named as the Immortals Trophy recipient following his first season at the Dragons.
Geoff Selby Memorial Trophy (Best Emerging Talent) | Talatau Amone
Immortals Trophy | Andrew McCullough
Dragons Player of the Year | Ben Hunt
Sydney Roosters
James Tedesco has won the Jack Gibson Medal for the 4th consecutive year at the Roosters awards.
Members Player of the Year | James Tedesco
Our Community Award | Nat Butcher
Harry Phipps Rising Star Award | Sam Walker
Barry Van Heekeren “MOCCA” Award | Head of Physiotherapy Stephen Brennan
James Mathews Clubman of the Year Award | Nat Butcher
Jack Gibson Medal Roosters Player of the Year | James Tedesco
New Zealand Warriors
Tohu Harris took out the Simon Mannering Medal for the second straight year, beating out Addin Fonua-Blake (Players’ Player), Euan Aitken and Wayde Eagn
Vodafone NRL Rookie of the Year | Reece Walsh
Canterbury of NZ Clubman of the Year | Marcelo Montoya
NRL Players’ Player of the Year | Addin Fonua-Blake
Simon Mannering Medal | Tohu Harris
Wests Tigers
Wayne Pearce Community Award | Adam Doueihi
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year | Rua Ngatikaura
NSW Cup Player of the Year | Jock Madden
NSW Women’s Premiership Player of the Year | Emily Curtain
NRL Rookie of the Year | Stefano Utokiamanu
Players’ Player | Adam Doueihi
Clubperson of the Year | Simon Dwyer
Player of the Year | Luke Brooks & Daine Laurie
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