Mikey Lewis may make Tremendous League historical past after being named to the three-man shortlist for the 2025 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Metal award.
Lewis, final 12 months’s winner, delivered one other distinctive season, propelling Hull KR into the play-offs and serving to safe their maiden League Leaders’ Protect.
If Lewis retains his crown, the 24-year-old will change into solely the fourth participant to win the award greater than as soon as since its inception in 1977 – and solely the second to retain it, following Paul Sculthorpe in 2001 and 2002.
Lewis faces competitors from Wigan Warriors full-back Jai Subject and Leeds Rhinos stand-off Jake Connor. Australia worldwide Subject, 28, was instrumental in serving to the defending Tremendous League champions attain the play-offs, courtesy of a top-two end within the common season.
Connor, in the meantime, has flourished since his shock departure from Huddersfield Giants, guiding Leeds to their first top-four end in eight seasons.
Leeds will face St Helens within the Tremendous League play-off Eliminators on September 27, whereas Hull KR and Wigan Warriors will kick off their play-off campaigns on the primary weekend of October, having secured direct passage to the semi-finals with top-two finishes.
The Man of Metal shortlist and winner have been decided by a panel of distinguished former gamers, who awarded factors to gamers in every of the 161 regular-season fixtures.
The winner will probably be introduced on October 7 on the Rugby League Awards in Manchester, 4 nights earlier than the Tremendous League Grand Remaining at Previous Trafford on October 11, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The award was renamed the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Metal in 2014, in tribute to the late former St Helens, Hull, Wakefield, England, and Eire full-back.
May Jake Connor dethrone Lewis because the Tremendous League Man of Metal?
Prescott raised tons of of hundreds of kilos for charity after being recognized with a uncommon type of abdomen most cancers in 2006 earlier than his demise in November 2013 on the age of 39.
Tremendous League fixtures
Knockout stage
Elimination play-offs
- Fri September 26: Leigh Leopards vs Wakefield Trinity – 8pm
- Sat September 27 Leeds Rhinos vs St Helens – 8pm
Semi-finals
- Fri October 3: Wigan Warriors vs TBC – 8pm
- Sat October 4: Hull KR vs TBC – 5.30pm
Grand Remaining (Previous Trafford)
- Sat October 11: TBC vs TBC – 6pm
Watch each Tremendous League recreation dwell on Sky Sports activities
