Albert Goldthorpe Medal

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Albert Goldthorpe Medal
Hunslet captain, Albert Goldthorpe, posing with "All Four Cups" in 1908
Sport	Rugby league
Competition	Super League
Country	England France Canada
Presented by	Rugby Leaguer & League Express
History
First award	2008
First winner	Danny Brough
Most recent	Jonny Lomax

The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is an award that has been created by Rugby Leaguer & League Express to honour the leading players in the Super League and to honour Albert Goldthorpe, who was English rugby league's first superstar at the turn of the 20th century.

The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is a solid gold medal worth several thousand UK pounds, incorporating a photograph of Goldthorpe with "All Four Cups".

The award was introduced in the 2008 season to commemorate the centenary of the feat of Goldthorpe in leading Hunslet to become the first club to win all four major trophies in one season in 1908.

It is intended to parallel the 'Dally M Medal' named after the great Australian player Dally Messenger, which is awarded to the NRL player of the year by rugby league writers associated with the News Limited series of newspapers in Australia.

League Express reporters will cast votes for the Albert Goldthorpe Medal after every Super League game in the regular season. The three players who, in the opinion of the reporter, have been the three 'best and fairest' players in the game will receive three points, two points and one point respectively. To be eligible for a vote, a player must not have been suspended from the competition at any stage during the season.

Winners[]

Year	Albert Goldthorpe Medal	Second	Third
2008	Danny Brough (Scrum-half - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats)	Thomas Bosc (Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans) Michael Monaghan (Scrum-half - Warrington) Leon Pryce (Stand-off - St. Helens)
2009	Michael Dobson (Scrum-half - Hull Kingston Rovers)	Danny Brough (Scrum-half - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats)	Brett Hodgson (Fullback - Huddersfield)
2010	Pat Richards (Wing - Wigan) Sam Tomkins (Stand-off - Wigan)		Kevin Brown (Stand-off - Huddersfield)
2011	Rangi Chase (Scrum-half - Castleford)	Sam Tomkins (Fullback - Wigan)	Scott Dureau (Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans)
2012	Scott Dureau (Scrum-half - Dragons Catalans)	Michael Dobson (Scrum-half - Hull Kingston Rovers) Brett Finch (Stand-off - Wigan)
2013	Danny Brough (Scrum-half - Huddersfield)	Rangi Chase (Scrum-half - Castleford)	Michael Dobson (Scrum-half - Hull Kingston Rovers)
2014	Danny Brough (Scrum-half - Huddersfield)	Kevin Brown (Stand-off - Widnes)	Travis Burns (Stand-off - Hull Kingston Rovers)
2015[1]	Luke Gale (Scrum-half - Castleford)	Danny Brough (Scrum-half - Huddersfield)	Ian Henderson (Hooker - Dragons Catalans) Alex Walmsley (Prop - St. Helens)
2016[2]	Luke Gale (Scrum-half - Castleford)	Marc Sneyd (Scrum-half - Hull F.C.)	Denny Solomona (Wing - Castleford)
2017	Luke Gale (Scrum-half - Castleford)	Robert Lui (Stand-off - Salford)	Albert Kelly (Stand-off - Hull F.C.)
2018	Stefan Ratchford (Fullback - Warrington)	James Roby (Hooker - St. Helens) Sam Tomkins (Fullback - Wigan)
2019[3]	Jonny Lomax (Stand-off - St. Helens)	Jackson Hastings (Scrum-half - Salford)	Lachlan Coote (Fullback - St. Helens)

References[]

External links[]

• Points table for Albert Goldthorpe Medal
• The Albert Goldthorpe Medal at totalrl.com