Hull KR playmaker Mikey Lewis has beaten out the likes of Bevan French to pick up a major accolade for the 2024 campaign.
Lewis has been named as the Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters Association Player of the Year with the Englishman dominating the voting to take home the award.
A whopping 58% of those voters selected Lewis as their winner as he became the first Hull KR player to win it since its creation in 1996.
News of Lewis’ victory was confirmed by the RFL with Lewis confirmed as having gained over half of the votes, beating out the 2020 winner and 2023 Man of Steel Bevan French.
Last night, Hull KR found out that they will have to host Warrington Wolves in their Super League semi-final as they aim to make it to Old Trafford for the first time in their club’s history.
Hull KR star named Player of the Season
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Confirmation of Lewis being crowned as the RLWBA Player of the Year came via the RFL who released a statement.
It read: “Mikey Lewis is the 2024 Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters Association Player of the Year.
“The Hull KR half-back won 58% of the vote, giving him a commanding lead over Bevan French, the Wigan Warriors star who was the 2020 winner.
“Salford Red Devils half-back Marc Sneyd was third in the voting, and there were also votes for French’s Wigan team-mate Luke Thompson, the Leigh Leopards forward Kai O’Donnell, and Oli Leyland of London Broncos.
“Lewis is the first Hull KR player to win the award since it was introduced in the first Super League season in 1996, when it was won by the St Helens and Samoa prop Apollo Perelini.
“Lachlan Lam of Leigh Leopards was last year’s winner, following in the footsteps of his father and current Leigh coach Adrian who won it as a Wigan player in 2002.
“Lewis is the first English winner since Sam Tomkins in 2021 – when the Catalans Dragons full-back became the first player to win the award three times – and the first Yorkshireman to win the award since the Castleford Tigers half-back Luke Gale in 2017.”
