Well the Rugby League International Federation awards were held last night. I know, I know....I didn't know they were on either!
Look, I'll be honest with you, I look at this awards list and I don't really know what to make of it. Does it just take in the international season, I would suggest it doesn't. In that case it has to take in the entire season, and on that basis some of the selections are just ridiculous.
Take for instance the winner, Jarryd Hayne.
He hasn't done much in the Four Nations so far because he's been played out of position. He is behind the best fullback in the game, Billy Slater.
Hayne won the Dally M Medal on the back of a great second half of the season. His first half of the season was pretty average though and over all, you'd have to say Slater has played better in season 2009.
Anyway here is the list of awards:
Player of the Year: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta and Australia)
Rookie of the Year: Ryan Hall (Leeds and England)
Referee of the Year: Shayne Hayne (Australia)
Team of the Year Full-back: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta and Australia) Winger: Ryan Hall (Leeds and England) Centre: Greg Inglis (Melbourne and Australia) Stand-off: Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers and New Zealand) Scrum-Half: Jonathan Thurston (North Queensland and Australia) Prop: Fuifui Moimoi (Parramatta and New Zealand) Hooker: Cameron Smith (Melbourne and Australia) Second row: Gareth Ellis (Wests Tigers and England) Loose Forward: Kevin Sinfield (Leeds and England)
Coach of the Year: Craig Bellamy (Melbourne and NSW).
Selected nations' Player of the Year: France: Olivier Elima Ireland: Damien Blanch PNG: David Mead Samoa: Kylie Leuluai Scotland: Iain Morrison Tonga: Richard Fa'aoso Wales: Jordan James
RLIF Spirit of Rugby League Award: Ken Arthurson.
Like I said, I really don't understand many of these awards, but hey, its a punch of poms handing them out, so they don't have much relevance to begin with.
League Freak 01/08/2010 04:11 Ridiculously, it all resets after every World Cup. Or the WC doesn't count. One of the two.
fazerino 30/07/2010 06:46 Ref Willie Manu. Didn't Hayne play for Fiji in 2008 WC then tour with the Kangaroos 2009??
League Freak 21/07/2010 03:27 Solid buys. Finch is a handy play maker, Lima a good prop. Hoffman has had injury probs though.
wiz66 20/07/2010 22:34 Lima, Hoffman and Finch signed for Wigan next season back with Mcquire good buys or not
League Freak 03/04/2010 04:05 People like you keep my fires burning. That and the Deep Heat I rub into my genitals.
john 02/04/2010 15:12 very funny,you nearly had me, keep up the garbage you prick
League Freak 01/04/2010 01:39 Hes not bad. Good mobility, gets stuck in. Doesn't mind playing in the middle of the field, unlike Gareth Ellis!
wiz66 31/03/2010 23:29 Freak - Have you seen and what do you make of young Flanagan that signed for the West Tigers from Wigan at the end of last year
League Freak 06/11/2009 02:13 Rich backers, the exchange rate and relaxed salary cap monitoring.
fazerino 06/11/2009 01:03 Fair enough, so why does SuperLeague have more cash than NRL? (if it's only played in grotty Northern towns in England?)
League Freak 03/11/2009 23:21 A Nation Comp means a bigger TV deal and bigger sponsorships. The NRL's deals are smaller because they don't have the national reach on a weekly basis.
fazerino 03/11/2009 07:24 Freak- why does AFL have more cash to lure players from league when there is absolutely no international scene?
League Freak 06/10/2009 22:14 To be honest all I know about him is that he is an assistant coach at Melbourne. He should be pretty good though.
wiz66 06/10/2009 15:28 Freak - what is the form of Micheal Mcguire who is supposed to be coming to replace Noble at Wigan as coach
League Freak 12/08/2009 13:09 You know, they can blame Smith all they want, they are just playing dumb, soft football.
NEWCASTLE 09/08/2009 21:58 I dont want to talk about how awful the knights have been playing lately its like they have lost all hope
League Freak 26/07/2009 22:29 Saw a bit of him against Leeds, he played well!
wiz66 26/07/2009 18:28 Seems Kris Rads has been coaching his full back play at Wigan to great effect
wiz66 26/07/2009 18:26 Cameron Phelps is turning into one of the best imports in SL at the moment
NEWCASTLE 22/07/2009 11:02 I bet newcastle are gonig fall back to their old culture next year.
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