Ashurst or Arona for me. Don't often get the credit they deserve, but they do the hard yards well in terms of MOM awards and are the backbone of our defence and play to a consistent level week in week out.

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Isn't it great that there are so many options.
This is the all round best season I've seen at Wakefield.

Would not like to try and pick a winner, but whoever he is he'll have deserved it for sure.

Guess you can spell fifita but would question your knowledge of rugby league - fail to see how a non starting prop who rarely if ever has started a game could be considered as a potential player of the year. Especially in front of an ever present such as wood and ashurst.


Too close to call for me but ashurst arona and wood

That's why it's a vote. People see different things.
Coming off the bench isn't a reflection of being second best like in the old days. It's just a different style.
The starting props and the bench props are generally on the field for the same amount of time.

Hope you dont mind a Cas fans opinion on here .

Ive attended quite a few games at Belle Vue due to my best mate being a Wakey fan .

From those games and what Ive seen on TV I would go :

Ashurst : massively underrated forward and much better than some internationals this year .

Finn : Ex Cas lad who has guided the team magnificently this year , the legs may have gone but the rugby brain he has is easily on par with the likes of Gale , Sneyd etc.

Fifita : Great signing , no nonsense barnstorming prop who seems to lift both the fans and the players.

Honourable mentions to Arona , Lyne and MCB .

Always welcome TTT.

Maybe somethng to do with being by far the biggest meter maker of any forward, most carries in the side, has an excellent average gain, rarely misses a tackle and most of the time oppostion players just can't handle him. We haven't had a forward that offers that kind of X Factor in years. As far as coming off the bench, how does that matter? Ftr he's started 13 times and come off the bench 11 times this season anyway & as PT says, being a starter or on the bench, that doesn't indicate how good you are anymore at Prop. It's obvious he could start more and has done like against Leeds but CC has used him has an impact Prop and he's done the job exceptionally well imo. When he plays well, he lifts the whole team.
I'll leave you to question my knowledge now.

What an y thing to say, just because someone has a different point of view to you.

For me it's hard to seperate Fifita, Arona & Ashurst this season and you coud probably make good arguements for about 3 or 4 more others.

Tupou has had a good season as well, scored tries, makes meters for fun and learned to pass to his winger.
BJB as well has had an excellent season
Don't know whether you'd put him in the most improved category because we knew he could play and had pace to burn, but MCB has stepped in and been excellent for us. Thinking about it most improved probaby has to go to Hirst.
Wood's done everything that's been asked of him & more this season . Been a bit of a surprise tbh how well he's done.
Grix started off brilliantly, did have a few poor games but came back strong in the last one to show everyone that he's still got it in him.
Finny has well just been Finny, consistant. Nothing flashy but just knows how to guide the team around the pitch and uses his excellent Rugby brain to great effect.

Any one of Ashurst, Arona or Wood for me. I'd probably go in that order but it is a close call.

I've been a very proud supporter this season of the whole team and of course it could get even better yet... let's wait and see.So it's really hard to pick a stand out player of the year reading all the posts on this subject there is a good shout for several candidates. I'd say the top 3 for consistency of performance would be Arona, Ashurst and Wood with Fifita and Finn close behind but I wouldn't be surprised at anyone being awarded the accolade, the whole team deserve great credit for what they have achieved this season.

All that

and i think he was referring to the inclusion of Hirst in the 3 nomination not Fifita