NRL 2024, Each club's Player of the Year winner for 2024, award winners and details

Each club's NRL Player of the Year winner for 2024

Author: NRL.com
Timestamp: Tue 1 Oct 2024, 09:07 AM

The full list of club award winners from the 2024 NRL Telstra Premiership season as they were announced by each team.

Canberra Raiders

Kiwis prop Joe Tapine capped a third straight Meninga Medal by being announced as the Raiders captain for the 2025 season during the club's Presentation Night at Parliament House.

Tapine took home the prestigious award in commanding fashion. He polled 33 votes during the season, which was 22 votes ahead of the next-best player.

The night was even more special for Tapine, with departing captain Elliott Whitehead announcing to those attending that Tapine would be the new captain for season 2025 and beyond.

Simaima Taufa also collected her second consecutive Player of the Year award, after it was announced earlier in the evening that the Raiders NRLW Player of the Year would also receive a Meninga Medal moving forward.

Meninga Medal (NRL) – Joe Tapine
Meninga Medal (NRLW) – Simaima Taufa
NRL Coaches’ Award – Kaeo Weekes
NRLW Coaches’ Award – Chanté Temara
Peter Mulholland Rookie of the Year – Ethan Strange
NRLW Rookie of the Year – Relna Wuruki-Hosea
Fred Daly Club Person of the Year – Josh Papalii
NSW Cup Player of the Year – Albert Hopoate
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year – Regan Carr
NSW Cup Coaches’ Award – Adam Cook
Jersey Flegg Coaches’ Award – Mitchell Prest
Gordon McLucas Junior Representative of the Year – Noah Martin
Female Junior Representative of the Year – Claudia Finau

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Coming back from a tough year that saw him make just nine appearances, Viliame Kikau was a force to be reckoned with throughout the 2024 season and was rewarded after being named as the 2024 Dr George Peponis Medallist. The Fijian international enjoyed one of his best seasons in the NRL to date, appearing in 22 matches which saw him score four tries, create a further four, offload 41 times and break the line on 10 occasions.

Dr George Peponis Player of the Year Award: Viliame Kikau
NRL Players' Player: Jacob Kiraz
Steve Mortimer Medal – Rookie of the Year: Bailey Hayward
Community Service Award: Toby Sexton
Carroll & O’Dea Bulldogs Members Player of the Year: Stephen Crichton
Les Johns Medal for Club person of the Year: Stephen Crichton
Bulldogs Coaches Award: Toby Sexton

The Dolphins

Max Plath has capped off a sensational year on the field by taking home the Arthur Beetson Medal as the Dolphins' Player of the Year. The consistency shown by Plath over 21 matches this year was the key to receiving the medal.

It wasn't just the coaches who thought Plath was the season's shining light; he also won the Players' Player Award, which his teammates judged as the season's best performer.

In the same vein, he beat out nominees Mark Nicholls and Ray Stone for the Best Forward award.

Arthur Beetson Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Max Plath
Players' Player: Max Plath
Most Consistent: Mark Nicholls
Academic Award: Tom Gilbert
Rookie of the Year: Jack Bostock
Best Back: Herbie Farnworth
Best Forward: Max Plath
Adventure Kings' Fan Voted MVP: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Gold Coast Titans

Fullback Keano Kini has been crowned the 2024 Paul Broughton medallist in just his second year of NRL football. Kini held off former winners Brian Kelly and Moeaki Fotuaika, capping a remarkable season.

Paul Broughton Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Keano Kini
Wellbeing & Education Award: Ben Liyou
Members' NRL MVP: Jayden Campbell
NRL Rookie of the Year: Josiah Pahulu
NRL Players' Player: Brian Kelly

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Tom Trbojevic has claimed the Club’s NRL Roy Bull 'Best and Fairest' Award for season 2024. Coach Anthony Seibold presented the fullback with the club’s highest honour which saw him become just the fourth player to have won the award three times, having already claimed it in 2016 and 2021.

Roy Bull Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Tom Trbojevic
NRL Players’ Player Award: Tom Trbojevic
Gordon Willoughby Medallion: Daly Cherry-Evans
Ken Arthurson Rising Star Award: Lehi Hopoate
NRL Leading Point Scorer Award: Reuben Garrick
NRL Leading Try Scorer Award: Tom Trbojevic
Menzies Medal for the Play of the Year: Jake Trbojevic
Manly Mentality Award: Tommy Talau
NRL Doug Daley Club Person of the Year Award: Lachlan Croker
NRL Club Wellbeing and Education Award: Karl Lawton
NRL Club Community Award: Jake Trbojevic

Newcastle Knights

Centre Dane Gagai has taken home the three major honours including the Danny Buderus Medal for Player of the Year.

The 33-year-old scored eight tries and came up with 143 tackle breaks in a stellar 2024 season that included a State of Origin recall for the Maroons for Game Three. Gagai has now played 192 games for the Knights across two stints and has become a favourite of the Newcastle faithful.

Along with the Player of the Year Award he also took home the NRL Players' Player award and Knights Gladiator of the Year award, presented by the Once A Knight Old Boys.

Following an outstanding breakout season, Fletcher Sharpe claimed the Rookie of the Year award.

Player of the Year (Danny Buderus Medal): Dane Gagai
NRL Players' Player: Dane Gagai
Gladiator of the Year: Dane Gagai
NRL Rookie of the Year: Fletcher Sharpe
Community Player of the Year: Dylan Lucas
Knight in Shining Armour: Tyson Frizell

North Queensland Cowboys

Co-captain Tom Dearden has become the third youngest Paul Bowman Medal winner, polling 25 votes to take home his first Cowboys Player of the Year award.

Dearden finished with 25 votes, with 2023 winner Scott Drinkwater second on 13 and Reuben Cotter and Murray Taulagi third on 11.

Dearden came up with nine tries, 13 try assists and 17 line break assists in 24 matches, leading from the front in his first season at the helm alongside Reuben Cotter.

Paul Bowman Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Tom Dearden
Players' Player: Tom Dearden
Cowboys Way Award: Jake Granville
Rookies of the Year: Jaxon Purdue
Club Person of the Year: Coen Hess
Young Guns Cowboys Way Award: Henry Teutau
Affiliate Player of the Year: Tom Duffy

Tom Dearden was named the best of the Cowboys. ©North Queensland Cowboys Media

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Jack Wighton has been awarded the George Piggins Medal as the Rabbitohs' Best and Fairest player for 2024 in his first season with the club. The player of the year medal was Wighton’s second award of the evening, after he also took home the Jack Rayner Players' Player Award, voted as by the Rabbitohs playing squad.

George Piggins Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Jack Wighton
Jack Rayner Players' Player: Jack Wighton
Bob McCarthy Clubperson of the Year: Ben Lovett
John Sattler Rookie of the Year: Jye Gray
The Burrow Appreciation Award: Jai Arrow
Roy Asotasi Members' Choice Award: Cameron Murray
Souths Cares Award (Community): Ben Lovett

Jaydn Su'A was the big winner at the Dragons awards in 2024. ©Dragons Media

St George Illawarra Dragons

Jaydn Su’A claimed his maiden Dragons Medal as the NRL side's Player of the Year in his third season with the Red V. Su’A finished the year with a career-highs in tries scored (9), run metres (2591), tackles (604) and offloads (30) whilst playing his 50th game for the club in Round 24.

Dragons Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Jaydn Su’A
Immortals Trophy: Tom Eisenhuth
Geoff Selby Memorial Trophy for NRL Emerging Talent: Lyhkan King-Togia
Red V Members Player of the Year: Zac Lomax
Mark Coyne Trophy for Career Development: Jesse Marschke
Community Involvement Award: Jacob Liddle
Club person of the year: Ben Murdoch-Masila

Warriors

Mitchell Barnett capped an impressive second year with the Warriors by capturing the Simon Mannering Medal at the club’s 30th annual awards. The other nominees for the medal were Addin Fonua-Blake, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Te Maire Martin. Fonua-Blake was voted the players’ player by his peers ahead of Barnett and Martin. Half Luke Metcalf won the clubman of the year award ahead of other nominees Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Chanel Harris-Tavita and Marcelo Montoya while 2024 debutant Jacob Laban was named the rookie of the year.