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Albert Goldthorpe medal standings
Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 5 points
Daryl Clark (Castleford Tigers) 5 points
Alex Walmsley (St Helens) 4 points
Tim Smith (Salford Red Devils) 4 points
Harrison Hansen (Salford Red Devils) 4 points
Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers) 4 points
Click here to see a list of former winners
Super League leading scorers
Tries
Tom Briscoe (Leeds Rhinos) 4
Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers) 4
Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings) 3
Damien Cardace (Catalan Dragons) 3
Harrison Hansen (Salford Red Devils) 3
Zak Hardaker (Leeds Rhinos) 3
Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants) 3
Joel Monaghan (Warrington Wolves) 3
Goals
Luke Walsh (St Helens) 12
Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 10
Jake Mullaney (Salford Red Devils) 8
Kirk Dixon (Castleford Tigers) 7
Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 6
Jamie Foster (Bradford Bulls) 6
Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) 6
Points
Luke Walsh (St Helens) 28
Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings) 24
Kirk Dixon (Castleford Tigers) 22
Jake Mullaney (Salford Red Devils) 20
Tom Briscoe (Leeds Rhinos) 16
Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 16
Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers) 16
Jamie Foster (Bradford Bulls) 16
Championship leading scorers
Tries
Ryan Brierley (Leigh Centurions) 8
Stewart Sanderson (Doncaster) 4
Anthony Thackeray (Dewsbury Rams) 3
Paul White (Keighley Cougars) 3
Tom Spencer (Leigh Centurions) 3
Scott Turner (Sheffield Eagles) 3
Goals
Martyn Ridyard (Leigh Centurions) 13
Lee Paterson (Batley Bulldogs) 8
Steve Tyrer (Halifax) 8
Paul Handforth (Keighley Cougars) 6
Stewart Sanderson (Doncaster) 6
Points
Ryan Brierley (Leigh Centurions) 38
Stewart Sanderson (Doncaster) 28
Martyn Ridyard (Leigh Centurions) 26
Lee Paterson (Batley Bulldogs) 20
Steve Tyrer (Halifax) 16
Milestones that can be reached this week
Individual
DANNY McGUIRE needs one appearance to reach 350 for his career.
McGuire has played 321 games for Leeds Rhinos since 2001, to go with representative appearances for Great Britain (12 Test & 1 Non-Test, 2004 & 2006-2007), England (7, 2008-2009), England ‘A’ (6, 2002-2003) and England Under-21s (2, 2001).
McGuire also needs one try to reach 250 for his career. He has touched down 231 times for Leeds, and has scored representative tries for Great Britain (5 Test & 2 Non-Test), England (4), England ‘A’ (2) and England Under-21s (5).
MATT DISKIN needs one appearance to reach 350 for his career.
Diskin began his career with Leeds, playing 264 games in ten seasons for the Rhinos (2001-2010). He is currently in his fourth campaign with Bradford, where he has made 71 appearances since 2011.
He has also represented Great Britain (1 Test, 2004), England (3 games, 2006 Federation Shield), England ‘A’ (7 games, 2002-2003) and Yorkshire (3 games, 2002-2003).
Diskin also needs one appearance to reach a total of 300 in Super League games only (including play-offs). His 299 games are made up of 232 for Leeds and 67 for Bradford.
DARRELL GRIFFIN needs one appearance to reach 300 for his career.
Griffin is in his second season with Salford, having played 24 games for the Red Devils. He was previously with Wakefield (97 games, 2003-2006), Huddersfield (140 games, 2007-2011) and Leeds (32 games, 2012).
He has also made 6 appearances for England (2005, 2008 and 2010).
JAMAL FAKIR needs one appearance to reach 200 for his career.
Fakir has played 169 games for Catalan Dragons since 2006, to go with 30 for France since 2004.
NATHAN MASSEY needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career.
Massey has played 79 games for Castleford since 2007, to go with loan appearances for Featherstone (3 games, 2008), York (5 games, 2008), Gateshead (10 games, 2009) and Keighley (1 game, 2010).
He has also played once for the USA (2007).
PAUL WELLENS needs one point to reach 1,000 for his career.
Wellens has scored 953 points (218 tries, 40 goals, 1 field goal) for St Helens since 1998.
He has also scored points for Great Britain (18 – 4 tries, 1 goal), England (16 – 4 tries) and Lancashire (12 – 3 tries).
THOMAS BOSC needs seven goals to reach 500 for his career.
Bosc has kicked 445 goals for Catalan Dragons since 2006, to go with 48 for France since 2007.
PETER FOX needs three tries to reach 150 career touchdowns.
His total of 147 has been scored as follows: 40 for York (2005-2006), 56 for Hull KR (2008-2011), 44 for Wakefield (2007 & 2012-2013) and 7 for England (2008-2009).
CHRIS BRIDGE needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns.
His total of 98 has been scored as follows: 4 for Bradford (2003-2004), 88 for Warrington (2005-2013), 1 for England (2009-2011), 2 for Ireland (2006-2007) and 3 for Super League Under-21s (2003).
DANNY TICKLE needs three tries to reach a career century of touchdowns.
His total of 97 has been scored as follows: 10 for Halifax (2000-2002), 34 for Wigan (2002-2006), 47 for Hull FC (2007-2013), 1 for Widnes (2014), 1 for England (2012) and 4 for England ‘A’ (2002-2003).
CRAIG CALVERT needs two tries to reach 200 career touchdowns.
Calvert has scored 191 tries for Whitehaven since 2004, to go with 7 for Cumbria (2004-2007).
IAN HARDMAN needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns.
His total of 98 has been scored as follows: 11 for St Helens (2003-2007), 4 for Hull KR (2007, loan), 9 for Widnes (2008) and 74 for Featherstone (2009-2013).
TOM SAXTON needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns.
His total of 98 has been scored as follows: 22 for Castleford (2002-2004 & 2007), 4 for Hull FC (2005), 2 for Wakefield (2006) and 70 for Featherstone (2008-2013).
He also made five non-scoring appearances for Salford (2007).
ANDREW HENDERSON needs one appearance to reach 350 whilst in the British game.
Henderson has played 103 games for Sheffield since 2010, and was previously with Barrow (83 games, 2002-2003 & 2010), Castleford (115 games, 2005-2008) and Gateshead (26 games, 2009).
He has also represented Scotland (22 games, 2003-2005 & 2007-2013).
GRANT EDWARDS needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career.
Edwards has played 53 games for Doncaster since 2010, and was previously with Sheffield (46 games, 2007-2009).
NEIL CHERRYHOLME needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career.
Cherryholme has played for Halifax (60 games, 2009-2011), Swinton (8 games, 2010) and current club Keighley (31 games, 2006 & 2012-2014)
DANNY GRIMSHAW needs one appearance to reach 100 for his career.
Grimshaw has played 68 games for Hunslet since 2010, and was previously with Doncaster (2 games, 2004) and York (29 games, 2006-2009).
MICHAEL SHENTON needs two tries to reach a century for Castleford.
Shenton has touched down 98 times in 182 games for the Tigers (2004-2010 & 2013-2014).
LIAM CAMPBELL needs one appearance to reach 100 for Barrow.
Campbell made his Raiders debut in a 54-12 Northern Rail Cup win at Rochdale on 15 February, 2009.
DANNY BROUGH – 10 points away from 1,500 in Super League (183 for Hull FC, 2005-2006; 68 for Castleford, 2006; 408 for Wakefield, 2008-2010 and 831 for Huddersfield, 2010-2014)
DANNY BROUGH – 1 appearance away from 200 in Super League (37 for Hull FC, 2005-2006; 10 for Castleford, 2006; 51 for Wakefield, 2008-2010 and 101 for Huddersfield, 2010-2014)
MATT DISKIN – 1 appearance away from 300 in Super League (232 for Leeds, 2001-2010 and 67 for Bradford, 2011-2014)
ADAM SIDLOW – 1 appearance away from 100 in Super League (78 for Salford, 2009-2012 and 21 for Bradford, 2013-2014)
EAMON O’CARROLL – 1 appearance away from 100 in Super League (61 for Wigan, 2006-2011; 10 for Hull FC, 2012 and 28 for Widnes, 2012-2013)
FRANCIS MELI – 8 points away from 500 in Super League (488 for St Helens, 2006-2013 and 4 for Salford, 2014)
RYAN HALL needs one try to draw level with Keiron Cunningham (138) in tenth place in the list of all-time leading tryscorers.
Consecutive appearances
Super League
St Helens’s LOUIE McCARTHY-SCARSBROOK has the longest run of consecutive appearances amongst Super League players, with 57.
McCarthy-Scarsbrook last missed a Saints game on 17 March, 2012 – a 12-8 defeat at Bradford.
His streak then started on 25 March, 2012 – a 46-6 home victory against Leeds.
1 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (St Helens) 57
2 Craig Huby (Castleford Tigers) 47
3 Danny Houghton (Hull FC) 42
4 Josh Jones (St Helens) 36
5 Jordan Turner (St Helens/Hull FC) 34
Most consecutive appearances at other Super League clubs:
Bradford Bulls: Danny Addy (31)
Catalan Dragons: Gregory Mounis (24)
Huddersfield Giants: Michael Lawrence (17)
Hull Kingston Rovers: Ben Cockayne (19) – includes 17 for Wakefield (James Green (6) has the longest streak of Hull KR games only)
Leeds Rhinos: Zak Hardaker (26)
London Broncos: Olsi Krasniqi, Mike McMeeken (10)
Salford Red Devils: Francis Meli (15) – includes 13 for St Helens (Darrell Griffin (5) has the longest streak of Salford games only)
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Richard Mathers (16)
Warrington Wolves: Chris Bridge (15)
Widnes Vikings: Jack Owens (18)
Wigan Warriors: Scott Taylor (13)
Liam Finn (Castleford) has made 118 consecutive appearances – including his last 116 games for Featherstone Rovers before he joined the Tigers.
Finn last missed a Rovers game on 4 March, 2010, a 68-0 Northern Rail Cup win at Hunslet. His streak then started on 7 March, 2010 – a 74-0 Challenge Cup home win against Workington
Championship
DOMINIC BRAMBANI has the longest run of consecutive appearances amongst Championship players, with 114.
Brambani is an ever present in all 71 Sheffield games since he joined the Eagles for the second time, to begin the 2012 season.
Prior to that, he played in his last 43 games for Dewsbury Rams. He last missed a game on 5 April, 2010 – a 42-10 home defeat to Keighley.
His streak then started on 11 April, 2010 – a 20-12 home loss to Whitehaven.
1 Dominic Brambani (Sheffield Eagles (71)/Dewsbury Rams (43) 114
2 Quentin Laulu-Togagae (Sheffield Eagles) 59
3 Max Wiper (Barrow Raiders (31)/Whitehaven (26) 57
4 Stuart Littler (Leigh Centurions) 50
5 James Lockwood (Featherstone Rovers) 49
