Wigan.

The avatar is the easter egg statue thingy on Tesco car park. Must admit I have a soft spot for Hull, mainly because of the 1985 final and how well their fans reacted after losing such a tremendous game.
Picked Lynch mainly because he's having another great season and imo is the most underrated prop in the game. Danny Houghton again imo, has also been very impressive.

Tomkins hasn't been as good as last year but he's still been the leagues best and more importantly most consistent player IMO.

Dureau started really well, Finch and Hock were immense until these last 4-6 weeks and other guys like Roby, Westwood and Briers have been excellent in spells but Tomkins has been pretty spot on from the start to date.

Another player I've not mentioned yet is Chris Hill. He should win any sort of rookie of the year award going about and he wouldn't be a million miles off my top three for man of steel.

hill is in an unfortunate place as altho he is new to super league he is too old for young player.

westwood has been immense all year and would get my vote as he is the definition of a man of steel along with hock.

as i have said previously there should be a few awards

man of steel - going to a forward
diamond boots - going to a back

i know the name of trophy for the back is naff but just an example

then young player of the year - cut off age 23
rookie of the year - player within first 2 seasons of sl

and your usual

golden boot - top try scorer

and throw in a few for the public to vote on

hit of the year - best legal tackle
try of the year - best try

and make a night of it give some big recognition for more players and the game

Had Wakefield not had so many changes and taken so much time to gel together then Tim Smith would have been a very lively outsider for me....he's been tremendous for a good couple of months now and is directing the form team in the competition around the field superbly.....I thought he was showing great signs from very early on, just the rest of the team weren't on his wavelength.....

Can't argue much with the two who seem to be being mentioned the most though....Tomkins and Westwood....with a very worthy mention for Chris Hill....

Tomkins.

He should get something just for beating up Scott Moore.

Tomkins has been very cleaverly rebranded by the Pies. Less mouth and cheating on the pitch and a supporting role on TV. Its just a pity he goes missing in big games unlike Westwood who plays at the same level of intensity every week.

Westwood.

Tomkins
Westwood
Roby

Westwood or Finch

Westwood
Tomkins
Dureau

in that order for me.

Westwood, the only British forward capable of playing in the NRL who isn't already there. Tomkins is still a great player and the best entertainer in SL but that for me isn't the essence of the MOS award.

The fact that Luke Burgess is playing there suggests there are quite a few British forwards who are more than 'capable'. Hock and Roby for starters...

Wakey reject.

do you watch NRL?

luke burgess has been ripping it up when hes played. IMHO he has played better than sam this year

Roby is the most consistent player in the league, easily, and his stats back that up.

For MoS, I would have:

1) Tomkins
2) Westwood
3) Roby

Not sure how anyone can argue otherwise really, they have been the best players this season.