JAKE CONNOR has been chosen by rugby league supporters as Super League’s Player of the Year.
The mercurial halfback won the Man of Steel award for his excellent displays across a first campaign at Leeds Rhinos.
While Connor was controversially omitted from the England squad for the Ashes series, his efforts have been recognised by fans in the League Express Readers’ Poll 2025.
He claimed 33.8 percent of the vote, finishing ahead of treble-winning Hull KR pair Jez Litten (25.2 percent) and Mikey Lewis (16.3 percent).
It may be a case of split voting among Robins admirers, however, because Connor oddly hasn’t made the Super League Team of the Year, being beaten to the scrum-half position by Lewis.
Hull KR dominate the team with seven players, Lewis and Litten joined by Joe Burgess, Peta Hiku, Sauaso Sue, Dean Hadley and Elliot Minchella.
Losing Grand Finalists Wigan Warriors have Jai Field, Bevan French and Junior Nsemba selected, while there are also representatives of Hull FC (Lewis Martin), Leeds (Ash Handley) and Wakefield Trinity (Mike McMeeken).
The Robins earn further recognition with a Coach of the Year landslide for Willie Peters (67 percent of the vote), plus Team of the Year (46 percent, ahead of Wigan Warriors’ women) and Moment of the Year (36.2 percent for their Grand Final win).
There is a twin success for St Helens’ Harry Robertson as both Young Player of the Year (23.7 percent, just 0.3 percent ahead of Nsemba) and Newcomer of the Year.
York Knights and Workington Town can both celebrate double wins in the Championship and League One respectively, despite neither club lifting the league titles.
Paul McShane has won Player of the Year in the second tier, with Mark Applegarth the Coach of the Year.
And in League One, Zarrin Galea has been chosen as the top player and Jonty Gorley the best coach.
Unsurprisingly, Wigan have won both awards in the women’s game after lifting all four available trophies last season.
Woman of Steel Eva Hunter has won the Super League Player of the Year, and Denis Betts is Coach of the Year.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jake Connor 33.8%
Jez Litten 25.2%
Mikey Lewis 16.3%
Jai Field 15.5%
Lachlan Lam 9.2%
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Harry Robertson 23.7%
Junior Nsemba 23.4%
Lewis Martin 22.1%
George Flanagan 21.4%
Harvey Smith 9.4%
COACH OF THE YEAR
Willie Peters 67.0%
Brad Arthur 10.5%
Adrian Lam 8.2%
Daryl Powell 7.7%
Matt Peet 6.6%
MATURE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kallum Watkins 36.2%
Dean Hadley 28.3%
Alex Walmsley 15.2%
Peta Hiku 12.9%
Aidan Sezer 7.3%
OVERSEAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jai Field 34.4%
Lachlan Lam 22.0%
Lachlan Miller 18.3%
Peta Hiku 17.7%
Herman Ese’ese 7.5%
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Harry Robertson 30.1%
Bailey Hodgson 22.1%
George Flanagan 21.3%
Caius Faatili 14.8%
Harvey Smith 11.7%
SUPER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR
FULLBACK
Jai Field 43.8%
Lachlan Miller 19.4%
Arthur Morgue 18.8%
Bailey Hodgson 11.6%
George Flanagan 6.4%
WINGER
Joe Burgess 40.8%
Lewis Martin 21.6%
Liam Marshall 16.6%
Tom Johnstone 14.5%
Josh Thewlis 6.5%
CENTRE
Peta Hiku 32.0%
Ash Handley 17.8%
Tesi Niu 17.5%
Umyla Hanley 16.6%
Harry Robertson 16.0%
STAND-OFF
Bevan French 59.9%
Tyrone May 24.3%
Brodie Croft 7.1%
Gareth O’Brien 5.9%
George Williams 2.7%
SCRUM-HALF
Mikey Lewis 40.2%
Jake Connor 30.3%
Lachlan Lam 17.8%
Harry Smith 10.2%
Aidan Sezer 1.5%
PROP
Mike McMeeken 26.9%
Sauaso Sue 23.0%
Herman Ese’ese 22.4%
Matty Lees 19.3%
Alex Walmsley 8.5%
HOOKER
Jez Litten 60.8%
Edwin Ipape 21.2%
Kruise Leeming 7.1%
Jarrod O’Connor 5.9%
Daryl Clark 5.0%
BACKROWER
Dean Hadley 42.4%
Junior Nsemba 29.7%
James McDonnell 13.8%
Zak Hardaker 13.2%
Alex Mellor 0.9%
LOOSE-FORWARD
Elliot Minchella 37.0%
Morgan Knowles 34.9%
Kallum Watkins 13.2%
Kaide Ellis 8.5%
Jay Pitts 6.5%
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Hull KR (men) 46.0%
Wigan Warriors (women) 20.4%
Halifax Panthers (wheelchair) 18.3%
York Knights (men) 9.5%
North Wales Crusaders (men) 5.8%
MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Hull KR win the Grand Final for the treble 36.2%
Sir Billy Boston honoured 28.9%
St Helens’ ‘left to Wright’ try 19.3%
Mikey Lewis goal end 40-year Hull KR drought 7.8%
Wigan Warriors dazzle in Las Vegas 7.8%
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Paul McShane 42.8%
Brandon Douglas 24.3%
Josh Drinkwater 17.0%
Michael Lawrence 8.2%
Thomas Lacans 7.6%
CHAMPIONSHIP COACH OF THE YEAR
Mark Applegarth 48.5%
Kyle Eastmond 22.4%
Sylvain Houles 12.6%
Brian Noble 10.9%
Paul Cooke 5.6%
LEAGUE ONE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zarrin Galea 33.1%
Jake Carter 32.3%
Sam Wilde 13.6%
Lewis Else 10.7%
Jordie Gibson 10.4%
LEAGUE ONE COACH OF THE YEAR
Jonty Gorley 53.5%
Carl Forster 23.5%
Scott Taylor 10.6%
Paul Wood 6.4%
Mark Dunning 5.9%
WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Eva Hunter 30.1%
Lucy Murray 20.5%
Isabel Rowe 20.5%
Dani McGifford 17.2%
Jenna Foubister 11.7%
WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR
Denis Betts 59.9%
Lindsay Anfield 26.4%
Craig Richards & Derek Hardman 7.9%
Marie Colley 3.1%
Colin Baker 2.7%