Ben Cross for MoS! Crikey.

Roby
Tomkins
Westwood

One of the above. End of.

Dureau would be one of the contenders, and Hill a shoe-in for 'rookie of the year' if there was such an award.

I'm sure you're having a laugh with Raleigh, Delaney and Cross though. Any more average forwards you want to mention?

I don't care what the award is called, there's nothing steely about Rangi Chase. If the award is meant to honour the outstanding individual in the British game, then it's between Tomkins and Roby IMO.

As I said, if it was for players who have performed above what is expected .... everyone sees those 3 as 'journeymen, yet on many occasions they have put in 80 minutes at near full tilt to stop their team-mates from being over-run, whilst the usual suspects being touted for MoS (the headline grabbers) all too often disappear from games until it's time to pop up with a walk-in try for the cameras. When Wigan have been under the cosh (against us twice, Leeds in Cup etc) Tomkins may as well have been Man of Custard for all the use he was. In the two games against Trinity, Raleigh was at times a one man defence ...... they almost held on at our place and it took over 50 minutes for a decent Wire team to take control at their dump, yet those performances get overlooked when it comes to the Twinkle Toes of the Year award.

I would agree with this fair and unbiased comment, all of it.

brett finch or james roby

I agree but I would add Brett Hodgson and even Steve Menzies to that list and considering the age of the latter two especially SM their performances have been quite remarkable

sam tomkins , ben westwood , steve menzies

Tomkins main problems are his arrogance, the fact he plays the game with a scowl instead of a smile and the colour of the shirt he wears. In terms of ability he's a stand-out candidate but so are Westwood & Dureau but I think Tomkins will get it.

Roby always gets mentioned because he's so consistent - I don't think he's actually had that great a year, but has probably been eye catching in a very average saints team.

Everyone has missed Willie Manu !!!
cant have been a more consistent player this season than Manu!
For me Finch will win it ,

Finch
Roby
Manu

It has to be between Tomkins, Westwood and Roby, anything else is ridiculous

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sinfield.

Been a few good shouts mentioned

Roby
Tomkins
Westwood
Dureau
Finch

One thing is for sure Chase won't be retaining it.

Biggest myth in rugby league. If you actually met Sam you'd see he's the most grounded, down to earth lad you could ever meet. Whats this "arrogance" everybody speaks of? What exactly does he do thats so "arrogant"?

Steve Menzies is a good shout so is Willie Manu but you cannot give out awards on sentiment alone..

I think everone knows sam is a great player but needs to shake off his Dummy Spats ,arrogance and most of all his unproffesional approach!!

Great call for Sinfield.... He has carried Leeds when they really needed it, he's been immense when I've seen him play. As for Robyn, he plays 80 mins every week so his stats always look great but how many others teams only utilise 1 hooker?