The five-man shortlist for this year’s Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel award has been revealed, with an all-England cast for the first time since 2014.
The five nominees are: Jordan Abdull (Hull KR), Jake Connor (Hull FC), Jonny Lomax (St Helens), Sam Tomkins (Catalans Dragons) and Gareth Widdop (Warrington Wolves).
The award, which will be presented as part of the Betfred Super League Awards on Sky Sports (4 October, 8pm) sees an all-English shortlist for the first time since 2014, a fact that potentially bodes well for next year’s Rugby League World Cup.
The shortlist is drawn from the points awarded each round by the Man of Steel panel over the course of the regular season.
As with 2020, due to disruption caused by Covid-19 the overall leaderboard has been ranked on a points per game basis. This takes into account any games that a player could’ve played in for their team (unless a fixture is not played due to COVID-19, or a player misses a fixture to represent England or the Combined Nations).
