Albert Goldthorpe Medal


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

YearAlbert Goldthorpe MedalSecondThird
2008 Danny Brough
Thomas Bosc

Michael Monaghan

Leon Pryce
2009 Michael Dobson
Danny Brough
Brett Hodgson
2010 Pat Richards

Sam Tomkins
Kevin Brown
2011 Rangi Chase
Sam Tomkins
Scott Dureau
2012 Scott Dureau
Michael Dobson

Brett Finch
2013 Danny Brough
Rangi Chase
Michael Dobson
2014 Danny Brough
Kevin Brown
Travis Burns
2015 Luke Gale
Danny Brough
Ian Henderson

Alex Walmsley
2016 Luke Gale
Marc Sneyd
Denny Solomona
2017 Luke Gale
Robert Lui
Albert Kelly
2018 Stefan Ratchford
James Roby

Sam Tomkins
2019 Jonny Lomax
Jackson Hastings
Lachlan Coote