Salford’s Marc Sneyd, Hull KR’s Mikey Lewis and Warrington’s Matt Dufty have been named on the 2024 Tremendous League Man of Metal shortlist.
The 2024 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Metal might be topped at Rugby League’s Awards Evening subsequent Tuesday (October 8) on the Royal Armouries in Leeds, with the Lady of Metal and the Wheels of Metal awards additionally to be confirmed.
Of the three nominees, Dufty and Lewis will go head-to-head within the first of this weekend’s Tremendous League semi-finals, dwell on Sky Sports activities, at Craven Park on Friday evening, when Hull KR host Warrington Wolves.
Half-back Sneyd, 33, was an ever-present for Salford Pink Devils within the 2024 season till their final match at Wigan, and has been the competitors’s prime marksman with 97 objectives, along with 4 drop-goals – whereas his tally of twenty-two strive assists has been overwhelmed by solely Lewis and Leigh’s Lachlan Lam.
Salford have had their solely two earlier Man of Metal winners within the final 5 years, and each had been Australian half-backs in Jackson Hastings (2019) and Brodie Croft (2022).
Full-back Dufty, 28, ran for some 4,234 metres within the common season – 457m or 12 per cent greater than his nearest rival – regardless of lacking 5 matches by way of damage, giving him a mean of greater than 192 metres per match.
The Australian was excellent in Warrington’s dramatic golden-point eliminator win towards St Helens final Saturday, including one other 200 metres to his season’s tally – and was additionally fourth within the regular-season try-scoring charts with 17.
Dufty would turn into solely the third Warrington Wolves participant to be named Man of Metal, and the primary since Jonathan Davies in 1994.
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Matt Dufty scored 17 Tremendous League tries for Warrington Wolves in 2024
Half-back Lewis, 23, scored two tries greater than Dufty (19), leaving him third within the closing desk, along with kicking 70 objectives for a complete of 216 factors. Lewis additionally options prominently in a variety of different statistical classes, together with deal with busts and clear breaks.
The Rovers home-grown product might turn into the second Hull KR participant to be named Man of Metal within the award’s 47-year historical past, after Gavin Miller – the Australian free ahead who was the primary abroad winner in 1986.
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Mikey Lewis has proven some magic this season for Hull KR in Tremendous League
Man of Metal roll of honour
Final yr, Bevan French turned the primary Wigan Warriors participant to win the Betfred Tremendous League Man of Metal award since Sam Tomkins in 2012.
Wigan Warriors’ Bevan French was awarded the Steve Prescott Man of Metal Award in 2023
Salford’s Croft (2022), Catalans’ Tomkins (2021), Castleford’s Paul McShane (2020) and Salford’s Hastings (2019) make up the latest winners.
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What’s subsequent?
Warrington Wolves journey to second-placed Hull KR on this weekend’s semi-finals, whereas Leigh Leopards might be away to League Leaders’ Protect winner Wigan Warriors. Each matches are dwell on Sky Sports activities+.
The winners from the semi-finals progress to the Tremendous League Grand Last at Previous Trafford on Saturday October 12, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
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