Man of Steel top 10 revealed including Leeds Rhinos pair with Mikey Lewis victory margin revealed

Salford Red Devils star Nene Macdonald came within touching distance of making it onto the shortlist for this year’s Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel award – with the top 10 on this year’s list also including two players from Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors.

Mikey Lewis was crowned the winner of Super League’s most prestigious individual award on Tuesday evening.

He beat off competition from Warrington Wolves’ Matt Dufty and Salford’s Marc Sneyd to become the first winner from Hull KR since 1986.

And Love Rugby League can reveal that Lewis was a clear winner this year – with a winning margin of four points.

By contrast, there were only five points separating the player in third place to tenth, underlining how closely-contested the battle to make the three-man shortlist was this year.

And the other seven players alongside Lewis, Sneyd and Dufty on that top 10 list can now be revealed.

It includes Red Devils centre Macdonald, who was firmly in contention to make the shortlist before the leaderboard went dark earlier this summer.

He maintained his position among the leading pack all the way to the end of the season, with the Papua New Guinean ultimately ending the year in fourth place.

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Just behind Macdonald was Leigh Leopards half-back Lachlan Lam, who came in fifth. His form was hugely influential in guiding the Leopards to the Super League semi-finals for the first time ever. For context, Lam was 43rd when the leaderboard went dark!

In contrast, Leigh team-mate Matt Moylan didn’t even make the top ten this year: despite being just three points off the top when the leaderboard was last live to the public.

Leeds full-back Lachie Miller was next in sixth – and his Rhinos team-mate Brodie Croft also made the top ten, finishing ninth.

Two Wigan players also made the top ten. 2023 winner Bevan French came in seventh, with Junior Nsemba – who was crowned Super League’s Young Player of the Year – just behind him in eighth.

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The final player in the top ten was Warrington Wolves star George Williams – who was tipped by some to be a potential contender for the award.

Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel Leaderboard 4-10

4. Nene Macdonald (Salford Red Devils)

5. Lachlan Lam (Leigh Leopards)

6. Lachie Miller (Leeds Rhinos)

7. Bevan French (Wigan Warriors)

8. Junior Nsemba (Wigan Warriors)

9. Brodie Croft (Leeds Rhinos)

10. George Williams (Warrington Wolves)

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