WIGAN WARRIORS hooker Brad O’Neill has won this year’s Man of Steel award.

O’Neill has been integral for the side who came top of the Super League regular season and won the Challenge Cup.

Meanwhile Jenna Foubister, also of Wigan, won the Woman of Steel and Rob Hawkins of Halifax Panthers is the Wheels of Steel.

O’Neill saw off competition from Warriors teammate and centre Adam Keighran and Leeds Rhinos fullback Lachlan Miller to win Super League’s top individual prize.

He’s made 26 league appearances, making 894 tackles.

This year the award was decided by a five-strong panel of former winners – Ellery Hanley, Paul Sculthorpe, Joe Lydon, James Roby and Sam Tomkins.

It’s a double success for the 24-year-old after winning the Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters Association last month.

“I’m pretty shocked,” said O’Neill. “With the great players in Super League, to be awarded this is a great achievement for myself.

“In my opinion some of the world’s best players are at Wigan, which makes my job easier.”

His boss Matt Peet won Coach of the Year for the first time since his debut 2022 season, beating competition from Leeds’ Brad Arthur and Sylvain Houles of Toulouse Olympique.

Wigan won 16 successive matches in a run which began at Wembley, where Wigan beat Hull KR, and ended with Saturday’s play-off semi-final defeat to Wakefield Trinity.

St Helens’ Harry Robertson retained the Super League Young Player of the Year award.

He’s only the third player to achieve that feat after Tomkins (2009 and 2010 while at Wigan) and Saints teammate Jack Welsby (2021 and 2022).

Playing at centre or halfback, the 20-year-old scored eight tries and assisted a further eight.

Wigan’s Jack Farrimond and Warrington’s Ewan Irwin were also on the shortlist.

Woman of Steel Foubister, who is just 19, was a leading figure in Wigan’s Challenge Cup and League Leaders’ Shield wins under Denis Betts, who was named Women’s Coach of the Year.

The England international halfback recorded nine tries in 18 appearances in all competitions.

Leeds Rhinos centre Connie Boyd, who is also in the England squad for the World Cup, was Young Player of the Year, after scoring 16 tries in 18 games.

Despite being a two-time International Golden Boot winner, it is a first Wheels of Steel for 23-year-old Hawkins after a prolific season with Halifax.

That included ten tries in their Wheelchair Challenge Cup final victory and a further four when they won the Grand Final, both against Leeds.

Wheelchair Young Player of the Year is London Roosters’ Scottish international Max Owen while Martyn Gill, who led Edinburgh Giants to a fifth-place Super League finish, is Coach of the Year.

In the Championship, Papua New Guinean halfback Gairo Voro was named Player of the Year after scoring 31 tries in the Championship and a further five in London Broncos’ 1895 Cup triumph.

Allan Coleman, who led Widnes Vikings to fifth place in the regular season and the 1895 Cup final, was presented with the Coach of the Year award.

Sully Medforth, a key member of the Midlands Hurricanes side who reached the play-offs, is Young Player of the Year.