And the Centre of the Season Award... Paddy Orr! A bit of a shock, but Orr was consistent whilst the other contenders had more off-days. 1. Paddy Orr 2. Sam Graham 3. Gareth Weaver
And the final positional award, for Full Back of the Year... Bobby Blunder! 1. Bobby Blunder 2. Jordan Logan 3. Regan Hutchinson
Team of the Season 1. Benny Read 2. Tom Delonge 3. Dave Eggman 4. Sam Verigotta 5. Heath Davis 6. Simon Humble 7. Callum Laing 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Jake Luffman (k) 10. Ed Ames 11. Andrew James 12. Paddy Orr 13. Sam Graham 14. Al Farnsworth 15. Bobby Blunder
The weighting benefitted Luffman. His 4 try game against NZ giving him 3 points and the Half Back role in the North/South series was the difference.
The Provincial Awards are up next, starting with Australian Player of the Season. The winner is... Dave Eggman! 1. Dave Eggman 2. Tom Delonge 3. Paddy Orr Very close between Eggman and AVA, with Eggman's standout performances at the end of the season in the important games winning it for him.
And the New Zealand Player of the Year goes to... Heath Davis 1. Heath Davis 2. Alan Izett 3. Michael Chung Ah, well shucks. Roaddogg had a much better season than I realised. Was very solid, though his handling was all over the place.
and the British Player for the Year is... Callum Laing 1. Callum Laing 2. Sam Verigotta 3. Jake Luffman
And Norths player of the Season goes to... Sam Verigotta 1. Sam Verigotta 2. Callum Laing 3. Jake Luffman
following which is the Souths Player of the Season, which is won by... Dave Eggman Eggman. WAG! 1. Dave Eggman 2. Heath Davis 3. Tom Delonge