Albert Goldthorpe Medal

Albert Goldthorpe Medal
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Rugby Leaguer & League Express
History
First award 2008
Most recent Luke Gale

The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is an award that has been created by Rugby Leaguer & League Express to honour the leading players in Super League and to honour Albert Goldthorpe who was English rugby league's first superstar at the turn of the 20th century.

The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is a solid gold medal worth several thousand UK pounds, incorporating a photograph of Goldthorpe with "All Four Cups".

The award was introduced in the 2008 season to commemorate the centenary of the feat of Goldthorpe in leading Hunslet to become the first club to win all four major trophies in one season in 1908.

It is intended to parallel the 'Dally M Medal' named after the great Australian player Dally Messenger, which is awarded to the NRL player of the year by rugby league writers associated with the News Limited series of newspapers in Australia.

League Express reporters will cast votes for the Albert Goldthorpe Medal after every Super League game in the regular season. The three players who, in the opinion of the reporter, have been the three 'best and fairest' players in the game will receive three points, two points and one point respectively. To be eligible for a vote, a player must not have been suspended from the competition at any stage during the season.

Winners

Year Albert Goldthorpe Medal Second Third
2008Scotland Danny Brough
(Scrum-half - Wakefield)		France Thomas Bosc
(Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans)
Australia Michael Monaghan
(Scrum-half - Warrington)
England Leon Pryce
(Stand-off - St Helens)
2009Australia Michael Dobson
(Scrum-half - Hull KR)		Scotland Danny Brough
(Scrum-half - Wakefield)		Australia Brett Hodgson
(Fullback - Huddersfield)
2010Republic of Ireland Pat Richards
(Wing - Wigan)
England Sam Tomkins
(Stand-off - Wigan)		England Kevin Brown
(Stand-off - Huddersfield)
2011New Zealand Rangi Chase
(Scrum-half - Castleford)		England Sam Tomkins
(Fullback - Wigan)		Australia Scott Dureau
(Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans)
2012Australia Scott Dureau
(Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans)		Australia Michael Dobson
(Scrum-half - Hull KR)
Australia Brett Finch
(Stand-off - Wigan)
2013Scotland Danny Brough
(Scrum-half - Huddersfield)		England Rangi Chase
(Scrum-half - Castleford)		Australia Michael Dobson
(Scrum-half - Hull KR)
2014Scotland Danny Brough
(Scrum-half - Huddersfield)		England Kevin Brown
(Stand-off - Widnes)		Australia Travis Burns
(Stand-off - Hull KR)
2015[1]England Luke Gale
(Scrum-half - Castleford)		Scotland Danny Brough
(Scrum-half - Huddersfield)		Scotland Ian Henderson
(Hooker - Dragons Catalans)
England Alex Walmsley
(Prop - St Helens)
2016[2]England Luke Gale
(Scrum-half - Castleford)		England Marc Sneyd
(Scrum-half - Hull FC)		Samoa Denny Solomona
(Wing - Castleford)
2017England Luke Gale
(Scrum-half - Castleford)		Australia Robert Lui
(Stand-off - Salford)		Australia Albert Kelly
(Stand-off - Hull FC)
2018England Stefan Ratchford
(Fullback - Warrington)		England James Roby
(Hooker - St Helens)
England Sam Tomkins
(Fullback - Wigan)

References

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