Jack Wighton has capped his debut season at South Sydney by picking up the George Piggins Medal for Rabbitohs’ 2024 best and fairest on Friday night.
Wighton was one of the rare mainstays for Souths this year with the club having to deal with a raft of injuries.
The former Raider played both centre and at five-eighth and proved a handful for opposition defences all season, recording 80 tackle busts across 21 games.
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Not only did Wighton collect the George Piggins Medal, but took home the Jack Rayner Players’ Player Award which is voted by his teammates.
Read below for every club’s full lost of 2024 awards as they are released!
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BULLDOGS
Powerhouse edge forward Viliame Kikau capped a remarkable Bulldogs season by collecting the club’s top honour at it’s end of season awards.
The damaging back rower appeared in 22 matches, scoring four tries and ten line breaks as he was a crucial figure on the Bulldogs’ lethal left edge this season.
“If I could, I would cut up this Award and give a piece to all my teammates who deserve this,” the humble Kikau said following his win.
“We’ve got another job to do this Sunday (against Manly in elimination final). The job’s not done yet, it’s just getting started.”
Full list of winners
Dr. George Peponis Player of the Year: Viliame Kikau
Players’ Player of the Year: Jacob Kiraz
Rookie of the Year: Bailey Hayward
Members’ Player of the Year: Stephen Crichton
Coaches Award: Toby Sexton
Community Service Award: Toby Sexton
NSW Cup Player of the Year: Harry Hayes
Women’s Premiership Player of the Year: Latisha Smythe
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year: Rueben Moyle
Ron Massey Cup Player of the Year: Jirah Momoisea
SHARKS (Porter-Gallen Medal) – To come
DOLPHINS (Arthur Beetson Medal) – To come
TITANS
Gold Coast fullback Keano Kini has capped an outstanding season to claim the 2024 Paul Broughton medallist in being crowned the Titans’ Best and Fairest player.
The 20-year-old took out the award in just his second year in the NRL and becomes the fourth back in the club’s history to claim the gong joining Brian Kelly, Anthony Don and Preston Campbell.
Kini proved an attacking sensation across his 16 games this season and averaged 212 running metres while breaking the club record for most run metres for the second successive year after notching a jaw-dropping 346m against the Dragons in Round 24.
Debuting in 2023, Kini would have been among the favourites for the NRL’s Rookie of the Year award but played one too many games (six) in 2023 ruling him ineligible.
A Palm Beach Currumbin State High alum, the New Zealander is a strong chance for Kiwi selection for the end-of-year Pacific Championships.
Titans coach Des Hasler said the future was bright on the Gold Coast.
“I want to congratulate all of the award winners who have earned their recognition tonight,” he said.
“Keano and Brian in particular both had great seasons.
“It speaks to a bright future here at the Titans.”
Meanwhile, Kelly took out the Players’ Player award, with Josiah Pahulu winning the Rookie of the Year award.
Titans Members voted Jayden Campbell and NRLW fullback Evania Pelite as their Members’ MVPs.
Full list of winners
Paul Broughton Medal (Player of the Year): Keano Kini
Players’ Player Award: Brian Kelly
NRL Rookie of the Year: Josiah Pahulu
Members’ NRL MVP: Jayden Campbell
Members’ NRWL MVP: Evania Pelite
‘The Preston’ Award: Jaime Chapman
SEA EAGLES
Manly star Tom Trbojevic has joined an elite group in claiming his third Roy Bull Best and Fairest award.
Just three other players have achieved the feat through the Sea Eagles’ 78 seasons with club legends Glenn Stewart, current Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans, and older brother Jake Trbojevic the only other players win the award three times.
Trbojevic also took out the gong in 2016 and 2021.
The 27-year-old who has endured a disrupted season after suffering a hamstring injury in Round 10 against the Dolphins resulting in an eight-week stint on the sidelines.
He also missed Round 27 with a shoulder complaint he will carry into this weekend’s elimination final against the Bulldogs.
The fullback also took out the Player’s Player award after scoring 17 tries in his 18 appearances.
“It’s special. Obviously I have a lot of respect for everyone in the group and I love playing with them,‘’ Trbojevic said.
“To be recognised as the best among them this year is hard to put into words. Very humbling.
“To be in the same group now as Jake, Daly and Glenn as three-time winners is very special.
“I was a massive fan of Gifty (Glenn Stewart) growing up and I played with Snake (Brett Stewart, an absolute legend.
“It is pretty cool to be only the fourth player to win the award three times. I certainly don’t put myself in their calibre. It’s quite humbling.
“This award is extra special after hurting myself mid-year. Just the way I came back, that’s what I look back on with this. I just love playing football.”
Full list of winners
NRL Roy Bull Best and Fairest: Tom Trbojevic
NRL Players’ Player Award: Tom Trbojevic
NRL Leading Point Scorer Award: Reuben Garrick
NRL Leading Try Scorer Award: Tom Trbojevic
Ken Arthurson Rising Star Award (Rookie of the Year): Lehi Hopoate
Menzies Medal for Play of the Year: Jake Trbojevic
Gordon Willoughly Medallion (Members’ voted): Daly Cherry-Evans
Manly Mentality Award: Tommy Talau
Doug Daley Club Person of the Year Award: Lachlan Croker
NRL Club Wellbeing and Education award: Karl Lawton
NSW Cup Bob Batty Best and Fairest Award: Clayton Faulalo
NSW Cup Players’ Player Award: Clayton Faulalo
Jersey Flegg Russ Bull Best and Fairest Award: Nicholas Lenaz
Jersey Flegg Players’ Player: Daniel O’Donnell
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EELS
In his final season at the club, prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard has been honoured at the club’s end of season awards, while Eels captain Clint Gutherson also collected plenty of accolades.
Despite constant rumours and noise regarding his future swirling for much of the year, Campbell-Gillard was a mainstay of the Eels engine room, playing in all 24 games.
Full list of winners
Ken Thornett NRL Player of the Year: Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Nathan Hindmarsh NRL Players’ Player: Clint Gutherson
Jack Gibson NRL Coaches Award: Clint Gutherson
Eric Grothe Snr NRL Rookie of the Year: Blaize Talagi
Ray Price NRL Community Award: Shaun Lane
Blue & Gold Army NRL Award: Clint Gutherson
Bob O’Reilly NSW Cup Player of the Year: Brock Parker
Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches Award: Dan Keir
Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year: Saxon Pryke
Jersey Flegg Cup Coaches Award: Teancum Brown
Michael Cronin Club Person of the Year: Don Musson
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DRAGONS
Star back rower Jaydn Su’A was awarded his first Dragons Medal awarded to the Red V’s NRL Player of the Year.
The award capped a career year for the 26-year-old, following a Maroons recall earlier in the season.
In 22 games for St. George-Illawarra, Su’A scored nine tries, had 85 tackle busts and averaged over 100 running metres a game.
Outgoing star Zac Lomax was also celebrated in his finals awards night for the club, picking up the Red V Members Player of the Year award.
Lomax was controversially shifted to the wing against his wishes by coach Shane Flanagan before the season started, but it proved to be a masterstroke with Lomax taking to his new position like a duck to water.
Lomax won a debut NSW jersey and starred for the Blues in their series win.
Full list of winners
Dragons Medal:Jaydn Su’A
Club Person of the Year: Ben Murdoch-Masila
Red V Members Player of the Year Award: Zac Lomax
Immortals Trophy: Tom Eisenhuth
Geoff Selby Memorial Trophy for NRL Emerging Talent: Lyhkan King-Togia
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RABBITOHS
Jack Wighton has capped his debut season at South Sydney by picking up the George Piggins Medal for Rabbitohs’ 2024 best and fairest on Friday night.
Wighton was one of the rare mainstays for Souths this year with the club having to deal with a raft of injuries.
The former Raider played both centre and at five-eighth and proved a handful for opposition defences all season, recording 80 tackle busts over 21 games.
Not only did Wighton collect the George Piggins Medal, but took home the Jack Rayner Players’ Player Award which is voted by his teammates.
Electric fullback Jye Gray was also rewarded for a strong debut season at NRL level, winning the club’s Rookie of the Year gong.
Full list of winners
George Piggins Medal: Jack Wighton
Jack Rayner Players’ Player Award: Jack Wighton
Bob McCarthy Clubperson of the Year: Ben Lovett
John Sattler Rookie of the Year: Jye Gray
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WARRIORS
Versatile Warriors forward Mitch Barnett has capped an outstanding season by picking up the club’s best and fairest award.
The deserving Barnett was announced as the Simon Mannering Medal winner earlier in the week.
He also won the club’s People’s Choice Award.
Barnett was asked to step up and captain the side when Tohu Harris went down injured.
He sure led by example, averaging 32 tackles and nearly 150 run metres a game, with his play earning him a maiden Blues jersey for Game III of the State of Origin series.
Outgoing prop Addin Fonua-Blake was also rewarded for a typically strong season, voted by his teammates as the Players’ Player of the Year.
Full list of winners
Simon Mannering Medal: Mitchell Barnett
NRL Rookie of the Year: Jacob Laban
NRL Clubman of the Year: Luke Metcalf
NRL Players’ Player of the Year: Addin Fonua-Blake
One New Zealand Warriors People’s Choice: Mitchell Barnett
New South Wales Cup Players’ Player of the Year: Moala Graham-Taufa
New South Wales Cup Player of the Year: Moala Graham-Taufa
New South Wales Team Man of the Year: Eddie Ieremia
Jersey Flegg Cup Emerging Player of the Year: Nganatatafu Vake
Jersey Flegg Cup Team Man of the Year: Alvin Chong Nee
Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year: Harry Durbin
TIGERS (Kelly Barnes Medal) – To come
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