Albert Goldthorpe Medal

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The Albert Goldthorpe Medal has been awarded annually since 2008, introduced by the Rugby Leaguer & League Express and awarded to the best player or players in the Super League . It is named after Albert Goldthorpe , one of the first famous English rugby league players at the beginning of the 20th century.

In contrast to the Man of Steel Award , in which members of the Rugby Football League and Super League players decide who receives the award, the Albert Goldthorpe Medal works on a similar principle to the Australian Dally M Medal . After each Super League game, League Express reporters cast votes to three players who they believe were the best and fairest players in that game. The best player receives three points, the second best two and the third best one. It is not possible to cast votes to players who have been suspended from the game during the season.

The Albert Goldthorpe Medal itself is a solid gold medal worth several thousand pounds. It contains a photograph of Albert Goldthorpe with "All Four Cups" ( Challenge Cup , RFL Championship , County League and County Cup).

List of title holders

year Albert Goldthorpe Medal Second Third
2008 ScotlandScotland Danny Brough
(Scrum Half - Wakefield )		 FranceFrance Thomas Bosc
(Scrum Half - Dragons Catalans ) Michael Monaghan (Scrum Half - Warrington ) Leon Pryce (Link Half - St Helens )
AustraliaAustralia 

EnglandEngland 
2009 AustraliaAustralia Michael Dobson
(Scrum Half - Hull KR )		 ScotlandScotland Danny Brough
(Scrum Half - Wakefield )		 AustraliaAustralia Brett Hodgson
(goalkeeper - Huddersfield )
2010 IrelandIreland Pat Richards
(outer three quarters - Wigan ) Sam Tomkins (liaison half - Wigan )
EnglandEngland 
 EnglandEngland Kevin Brown
(Liaison Half - Huddersfield )
2011 New ZealandNew Zealand Rangi Chase
(Scrum Half - Castleford )		 EnglandEngland Sam Tomkins
(Goalkeeper - Wigan )		 AustraliaAustralia Scott Dureau
(Scrum Half - Dragons Catalans )
2012 AustraliaAustralia Scott Dureau
(Scrum Half - Dragons Catalans )		 AustraliaAustralia Michael Dobson
(scrum half - Hull KR ) Brett Finch (liaison half - Wigan )
AustraliaAustralia 
2013 ScotlandScotland Danny Brough
(Scrum Half - Huddersfield )		 EnglandEngland Rangi Chase
(Scrum Half - Castleford )		 AustraliaAustralia Michael Dobson
(Scrum Half - Hull KR )
2014 ScotlandScotland Danny Brough
(Scrum Half - Huddersfield )		 EnglandEngland Kevin Brown
(Liaison Half - Widnes )		 AustraliaAustralia Travis Burns
(Liaison Half - Hull KR )
2015 EnglandEngland Luke Gale
(Scrum Half - Castleford )		 ScotlandScotland Danny Brough
(Scrum Half - Huddersfield )		 ScotlandScotland Ian Henderson
(Hakler - Dragons Catalans ) Alex Walmsley (Pillar - St Helens )
EnglandEngland 
2016 EnglandEngland Luke Gale
(Scrum Half - Castleford )		 EnglandEngland Marc Sneyd
(Scrum Half - Hull FC )		 SamoaSamoa Samoa
(outer three quarters - Castleford )
2017 EnglandEngland Luke Gale
(Scrum Half - Castleford )		 AustraliaAustralia Robert Lui
(Liaison Half - Salford )		 AustraliaAustralia Albert Kelly
(Liaison Half - Hull FC )
2018 EnglandEngland Stefan Ratchford
(goalkeeper - Warrington )		 EnglandEngland James Roby
(Hakler - St Helens ) Sam Tomkins (Goalkeeper - Wigan )
EnglandEngland 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Goldthorpe Medal - Final Points Table 2015 , totalrl.com, consulté on October 10, 2018
  2. ^ Albert Goldthorpe Medal - Final Points Table 2016 , totalrl.com, consulté le 10 October 2018

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