Serious About Rugby League writers pick their 2025 Super League Dream Team

We’ve reached the final round of the Super League season and in just a few days’ time, Super League will be announcing its Dream Team for the 2025 campaign.

It’s always an honour for any player to be recognised in the team of the season and it’s fair to say that some players will be shoo-ins for this year’s line-up. Jake Connor simply has to be in for example, following his first season with Leeds Rhinos.

Connor is the favourite for the Man of Steel award, which will also be announced shortly and he’ll be in most people’s team of the year. Jai Field, Morgan Knowles and Herman Ese’ese surely have to be in there, too.

Here, our writers pick their 2025 Super League Dream Teams and while they agree on some names, they disagree on plenty of others.

Will Jackson

Full-back: Jai Field

Wings: Lewis Martin and Joe Burgess

Centres: Umyla Hanley and Tesi Niu

Half-backs: Lachlan Lam and Jake Connor

Props: Herman Ese’ese and Mike McMeeken

Hooker: Jez Litten

Second-row: Dean Hadley, Owen Trout

Loose-forward: Morgan Knowles

Let’s start at full-back and Lachie Miller has been excellent for a large period of the season, Jai Field edges it for me. He’s top of the try scoring charts for a reason and his 20 try assists just underline how creative he has been too.

Lewis Martin has been superb on the wing for Hull FC and the same can be said for Hull KR’s Joe Burgess, who edges out his Rovers teammate Tom Davies for me. Leigh Leopards’ Umyla Hanley and Tesi Niu have been excellent at centre and although Jake Connor and Lachlan Lam are both scrum-halves, I just can’t not have them both in my team.

Jez Litten has forced his way into this reckoning over the second half of the season, while I think Mike McMeeken and Herman Ese’ese have almost certainly been the best two props in the competition.

Dean Hadley just gets better and better and while Leigh’s Owen Trout has played a number of positions, I’ve shoved him in my back-row. Morgan Knowles gets the nod at loose-forward in a choice which is pretty straightforward.

Peter Smith

Full-back: Lachie Miller.

Wings: Lewis Martin and Tom Davies

Centres: Jake Wardle and Umyla Hanley

Half-backs: Mikey Lewis and Jake Connor

Props: Herman Ese’ese and Mike McMeeken

Hooker: Jez Litten

Second-row: Alex Mellor and Morgan Knowles

Loose-forward: Kallum Watkins

Alex Mellor’s inclusion will be a surprise, but he has been outstanding at second-row in a very poor Castleford Tigers side.

Full-back Lachie Miller’s superb form – alongside that of scrum-half Jake Connor and Kallum Watkins at loose-forward – has been at the heart of Leeds Rhinos’ resurgence and Hull FC winger Lewis Martin has emerged as one of the competition’s most exciting young talents.

Also on the wing, it has been an impressive first season at Hull KR for Tom Davies, while Umyla Hanley and Jake Wardle have made a big contribution to Leigh Leopards and Wigan Warriors.

Mikey Lewis has 19 tries and 28 assists and remains the comp’s most influential stand-off. Up front, the Achilles injury suffered by Herman Ese’ese was a shame at the end of a big year for Hull and fellow prop Mike McMeeken has been consistently good for Wakefield Trinity.

Lewis grabs the headlines, but Jez Litten has been equally influential at hooker and though St Helens haven’t hit the heights, back-rower Morgan Knowles is always a stand-out, but he’s in the second-row to make room for Watkins at 13.

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Sam Cook

Full-back: Jai Field

Wings: Tom Davies and Lewis Martin

Centre: Peta Hiku and Tesi Niu

Half-backs: Jake Connor and Lachlan Lam

Props: Herman Ese’ese and Mike McMeeken

Hooker: Jez Litten

Second-row: Kallum Watkins and Owen Trout

Loose forward: Morgan Knowles

Few players in the Dream Team are more obvious than Jake Connor and Morgan Knowles with both men being genuine stand-outs for their sides, as well as incredibly consistent.

Others in a similar vein are Mike McMeeken with the Trinity captain among the signings of the season, with Tom Davies (Hull KR), Tesi Niu (Leigh Leopards) and Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) also selected after arriving at a new club this year.

Peta Hiku and Jez Litten also feature for Super League leaders Hull KR whilst Jai Field is the only Wigan Warriors player selected, edging out Leeds’ Lachie Miller who deserves an honourable mention.

Leigh duo Lachlan Lam and Owen Trout also get nods with Trout picked in the second-row, having split his time between that role and at prop. One of the key reasons he wasn’t selected at prop was due to how brilliant Herman Ese’ese has been at Hull FC with plenty of that team coming on leaps and bounds under John Cartwright.

Lewis Martin is one of those with the young winger an obvious choice after 23 tries and over 3,000 metres, whilst Zak Hardaker warrants a mention for how good he has been in an array of different positions.

Sam Brocksom

Full-back: Lachie Miller

Wings: Lewis Martin and Liam Marshall

Centre: Jake Wardle and Tesi Niu

Halves: Lachlan Lam and Jake Connor

Props: Herman Ese’ese and Mike McMeeken

Hooker: Jez Litten

Second Row: Dean Hadley and Morgan Knowles

Loose Forward: Kallum Watkins

Deciding between Miller and Jai Field is almost impossible, but Miller edges it due to his ability to change a game at a moment’s notice and has done on many occasion for Leeds this campaign.

Lewis Martin’s inclusion is a no-brainer, as are Jake Connor, Herman Ese’ese and Morgan Knowles, but opposite winger Liam Marshall never seems to get the credit he deserves.

Fellow Wiganer Jake Wardle is added, as is Tesi Niu after what has been a standout maiden Super League season.

Jake Connor and Lachlan Lam have been the best player for their respective team’s, and Mike McMeeken has improved the Wakefield pack significantly since his arrival, averaging almost 100m per game.

Jez Litten has had another stellar year and his work rate on both sides of the ball is second to none. Dean Hadley, likewise, has been key to the Robins success this year.

Kallum Watkins has been the best mid-season signing in 2025, and is back to his best after a positional switch to loose forward.