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Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters' Association

English news media association

The Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters' Association (RLWBA) is an association of members of the English news media who write about rugby league in newspapers or present for television and radio programmes. Founded as the Rugby League Writers' Association, it presents a Player of the Year award annually to the best performing player in English rugby league.

Members of the Association who are present at the Challenge Cup Final decide which player should be awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for being man of the match.

RLWBA Player of the Year

Since 1996, the association has voted on the Player of the Year in recognition of the best performing Super League player that season.

Winners

Year	Winner	Club	Notes
1996	Apollo Perelini	St Helens	title=Barrett Voted RLWA Player Of The Year	url=https://www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2007-10-01-barrett-voted-rlwa-player-of-the-year	publisher=Wigan Warriors	accessdate=27 June 2019	date=1 October 2007}}
1997	Andy Farrell	Wigan Warriors
1998	Iestyn Harris	Leeds Rhinos
1999	Iestyn Harris	Leeds Rhinos
2000	Tommy Martyn	St Helens
2001	Paul Sculthorpe	St Helens
2002	Adrian Lam	Wigan Warriors
2003	Jamie Peacock	Bradford Bulls
2004	Danny McGuire	Leeds Rhinos
2005	Jamie Lyon	St Helens
2006	Paul Wellens	St Helens
2007	Trent Barrett	Wigan Warriors
2008	James Graham	St Helens
2009	Brett Hodgson	Huddersfield Giants
2010	Pat Richards	Wigan Warriors
2011	Sam Tomkins	Wigan Warriors
2012	Sam Tomkins	Wigan Warriors
2013	Danny Brough	Huddersfield Giants
2014	Jamie Peacock	Leeds Rhinos
2015	Adam Cuthbertson	Leeds Rhinos
2016	Gareth Ellis
Danny Houghton	Both Hull F.C.
2017	Luke Gale	Castleford Tigers
2018	James Roby	St Helens
2019	Jackson Hastings	Salford Red Devils
2020	Bevan French	Wigan Warriors
2021	Sam Tomkins	Catalans Dragons	{{cite web	title=Sam Tomkins: Catalans Dragons and England full-back wins Rugby League writers' award for third time
2022	Jai Field	Wigan Warriors
2023	Lachlan Lam	Leigh Leopards
2024	Mikey Lewis	Hull KR

Merit Award

The Rugby League Writers' Merit Award is awarded annually to a player, coach or official for their services to the game of rugby league. The inaugural winner of the award was Geoff Fletcher in 1982. The award winner is presented with the Arthur Brooks Trophy, named after a former rugby league journalist for the Daily Mirror.

Winners

Year	Winner	Role
1982	Geoff Fletcher	Player and official
1983	David Howes	RFL Press Officer
1984	Tom Morton	Club secretary
1985	John Holmes	Player
1986	Roger Millward	Player and coach
1987	Tom Bergin	RL Writers' Association life member
1988	Trevor Foster	Player and official
1989	Gary Hetherington	Player and official
1990	Maurice Oldroyd	BARLA administrator
1991	John Joyner	Player
1992	David Oxley	RFL chief executive
1993	Jeff Grayshon	Player
1994	Mal Meninga	Player and coach
1995	Alex Murphy	Player and coach
1996	Garry Schofield	Player
1997	Lee Crooks	Player
1998	Eric Ashton	Player, coach and official
1999	Shaun Edwards	Player
2000	Daryl Powell	Player and coach
2001	Johnny Whiteley	Player and coach
2002	Peter Fox	Player and coach
2003	Ray French	Commentator
2004	Harry Jepson	Administrator
2005	Colin Hutton	Player, coach and official
2006	David Hinchliffe	Member of Parliament
2007	John Wilkinson	Chairman
2008	Tommy Sale	Player and official
2009	Steve Prescott	Player
2010	Malcolm Alker	Player
2011	Not awarded
2012	Mark Aston	Player and official
2013	Dave Hadfield	Rugby league correspondent
2014	Mike Nicholas	Player, coach and official
2015	Kevin Sinfield
Jamie Peacock	Players
2016	Richard Bott	Rugby league correspondent
2021	Bernard Guasch	Chairman
2022	Jodie Cunningham	Player
2023	Dave Woods	Commentator

References

RFL. "Lance Todd Trophy". Rugby Football League.
(1 October 2007). "Barrett Voted RLWA Player Of The Year". Wigan Warriors.
(9 September 2008). "Three southerners in England's World Cup squad".
(17 September 2009). "Trio shortlisted for top honour".
(7 September 2010). "Wigan's Pat Richards wins RLWA player of the year award".
(27 September 2011). "Sam Tomkins heads nominations for the Super League Man of Steel award".
(11 October 2012). "All Write for Sam". Wigan Warriors.
(1 October 2013). "Huddersfield's Danny Brough wins Super League Man of Steel award".
(29 September 2014). "Leeds Rhinos: Peacock shortlisted for top honour in Super League".
(2 October 2015). "Cuthbertson Lands Award". Rugby Football League.
(28 September 2016). "Ellis and Houghton to share RLWBA award for 2016".
(27 September 2017). "Luke Gale named Rugby League Writers' player of the year".
(4 October 2018). "Roby Wins Rugby League Writers' Award". Rugby Football League.
"Hastings Wins Rugby League Writers' Award".
"French Wins Rugby League Writers' Award".
"Field Wins Rugby League Writers' Award".
"Like father, like son – Lachlan Lam follows Adrian as RLWBA Player of the Year".
Ben Olawumi. (29 Sep 2024). "Hull KR’s Mikey Lewis beats Wigan Warriors star to major award".
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(18 October 2006). "Hull quartet are lifted by England call".
(17 September 2008). "Writers' award for Tommy". Leigh Journal.
(31 December 2009). "Cancer battler Steve Prescott awarded MBE".
(8 February 2011). "Super League XVI: Season preview".
(17 October 2012). "Sheffield Eagles founder picks up top award".
(28 November 2013). "The Sport Matrix".
(11 November 2014). "Nicholas handed merit award".

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