McGuire for me. Some of his passing is exceptional. The type of skill that if an Aussie were doing it in the NRL we'd be waxing lyrical and complaining about how we can never produce a player who can do it.

Maybe because we've been missing a proper hooker for a while now I'd go Aiton. Cuthbertson and Ward have had good seasons but would they and other forwards have done as well in attack with Burrow at 9 and also they'd have had to do a load more tackling too.

McGuire is racking up the try assists and Hardaker after a steady start to the year is hitting some form even though he's had to miss a few games recently. Moon was another I thought got off to a slow start after the first 4/5 games but since Catalans away he's been a strong performer.

You could make a genuine case for a few which shows we are having a good year.I would pick Cuthbertson myself, infact he must be in with a real chance of ending our MOS drought if he can keep it going until September.

Aiton, Cuthbertson and Ward in alphabetical order as I cannot really choose at this stage.

His miss-passes to Hall have been exceptional of late. Like Webb (but backwards).

My player of the year would be Ward. Loads of effort and makes plenty of meters too.

Cutherberton IMO is up there, as his inclusion has seemed to have inspired the team to play a bit more open. THough he has been quiet in recent weeks.

Ablett has been good recently, though people were writing him off about 3 weeks ago

What makes this year's choice so difficult is that most of our stars have missed games yet the side generally has not suffered unlike in previous seasons.
But Cuthbertson has I believe added another dimension to our play thereby reducing our previous reliance on Peacock.
For that reason he would get my vote.
But I have no quibble with all the other suggestions.

McGuire, Aiton, Cuthbertson or Ward are the front runners for me. The question from there is whose absence would have affected us the most, and I'd probably have to say McGuire or Aiton. Very tough to call this year though as nearly everyone seems to have had some really good periods.

Mags for me...run close by Cuthbertson and Aiton

To date

1. McGuire
2. Ward
3. Cuthbertson

All the contenders have already been mentioned.....but it had to be McGuire for me who is having a real Indian Summer.

We genuinely have 5 or 6 players that could be player of the year and there wouldn't be many complaints complaints. That shows how good a team we have been. Add to that the massive improvements from Keinhorst, Singleton and the emergence of Handley and the future doesn't look bleak

After the season so far, and especially last night, Cuthbertson for me. Last night he was a rock. quality offload, neat passing. In some drives it was quite obvious he wasnt looking to make metres on bash down the middle, drawing players in and getting that second phase going.

For me I cannot look past Cuthbertson. Has been a quality signing for us. Gets stuck into the tackle, good athlete, does the hard yards and combines that with some good passing at the line and a quality offload game, something we have sadly missed since Ali left. I read today he has already achieved the most offloads in a SL season with 97, and the season is far from over. to compare Ali best season was 81 offloads. Most of them are quality offloads as well. Been very impressed with him

I think we've seen some excellent performances from quite a few of our squad tbh the likes of Handley Sutcliffe and Singleton have stepped up and proved their worth and that the future is in safe hands.
Tom Briscoe started like a house on fire ,Hardaker has easily proved he's the best FB in SL bar none ,Moon has gone up another level ,Aiton is all quality and Ablett overall is having a decent year.
However like many others my top 3 are S.Ward ,Cuthbertson and Mcguire and id be happy to see any of them get POTY but Cuthbo shades it for me.

1-cuthbertson
2-aiton
3-mcguire