England prop James Graham scoops Man of Steel award - page 2

01-10-2008 09:49

This was the first year the Man of Steel award has been decided by the votes of Super League players.

Since scoring twice on his debut for Great Britain against New Zealand two years ago, Graham has yet to appear on the losing side for his country and promises to be a key figure for England in the World Cup.

Castleford loose forward Joe Westerman, 18, who is also in England's World Cup squad, was named young player of the year, beating off competition from Joel Tomkins (Wigan) and Leroy Cudjoe (Huddersfield).

Hull KR were named club of the year in recognition of their outstanding development across the board and St Helens' recently-retired forward Mike Bennett won the community player of the year.