League Express newspaper has revealed its team of the season based purely on points scored in the Albert Goldthorpe Medal table.
Designed to reward Super League’s top player – just like the Man of Steel – the annual award in a similar way to the Dally M Medal in Australia, with reporters distributing points to three players per match. The game’s best player gets three points, the second best two and the third best one.
Interestingly, only four players from Super League’s official Dream Team (which is picked by journalists) – Michael Shenton, Kallum Watkins, Kevin Brown and Daryl Clark – made the Goldthorpe lineup.
Morgan Escare, who was controversially left out of the Dream Team despite a superb season that featured 27 tries, made the cut, though, as did Josh Charnley, who was incredibly underrated this season despite scoring 19 tries in 16 games.
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1
Morgan Escare (Catalan Dragons)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 24
2
Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 8
3
Michael Shenton (Castleford Tigers)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 10
4
Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 9
5
Justin Carney (Castleford Tigers)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 13
6
Kevin Brown (Widnes Vikings)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 27
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7
Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 33
8
Taulima Tautai (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 14
9
Daryl Clark (Castleford Tigers)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 24
10
Alex Walmsley (St Helens)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 16
11
Brett Ferres (Huddersfield Giants)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 15
12
Gareth Ellis (Hull FC)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 18
13
Joe Westerman (Hull FC)
Albert Goldthorpe Medal points: 11
