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The Rothmans Medal was the premier individual award in both the New South Wales Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League competitions, and later in the Australian Rugby League, which was given to the player voted by referees as the best and fairest in those competitions for the season. The award was established in both leagues in 1968, and ran until 1997. In 1998, with the establishment of the National Rugby League, the Rothmans Medal was replaced by the Dally M Medal as the official Player of the Year award.

The Rothmans Medal was also the award for Player of the Year in the Queensland Rugby Union premier grade competition between 1976 and 1996.^[1]

History

The Rothmans Medal was the first official player-of-the-year award to be established in rugby league in Australia. The medal was sponsored by Rothmans International, a tobacco production company. There were two Rothmans Medals awarded each year: one for the best player in the New South Wales Rugby League, and one for the best player in the Brisbane Rugby League.

The voting for the Rothmans Medal was done by the match-day referee. After each match, he awarded three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player, and one vote to the third-best player. This is the same basic format as the modern day Dally M, except that the votes are now determined by the media.

The two Rothmans Medals were first awarded in 1968, and were awarded each year until 1996. In 1997, the Rothmans Medal in New South Wales became known as the Provan-Summons medal, because all tobacco advertising and sponsorship was prohibited in Australia in 1992, under the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992; the medal then disappeared altogether in 1998 with the merger of the Australian Rugby League and the Australian Super League. The Queensland Rothmans Medal was also last awarded in 1996, as the Queensland Cup superseded the Brisbane Rugby League as Queensland's premier rugby league competition in 1997.

Rothmans Medal winners

New South Wales

Year

Winner

Position

Team

1968

Terry Hughes

HB}}

Cronulla

1969

Denis Pittard

FE}}

South Sydney|23}} South Sydney

1970

Kevin Junee

HB}}

Eastern Suburbs

1971

Denis Pittard

FE}}

South Sydney|23}} South Sydney

1972

Tommy Raudonikis

HB}}

Western Suburbs Magpies|23}} Western Suburbs

1973

Ken Maddison

SR}}

Cronulla

1974

Graham Eadie

FB}}

Manly-Warringah

1975

Steve Rogers

CE}}

Cronulla

1976

Ray Higgs

SR}}

Parramatta

1977

Mick Cronin

CE}}

Parramatta

1978

Mick Cronin

CE}}

Parramatta

1979

Ray Price

LK}}

Parramatta

1980

Geoff Bugden

PR}}

Newtown|23}} Newtown

1981

Kevin Hastings

HB}}

Eastern Suburbs

1982

Greg Brentnall

FB}}

Canterbury

1983

Michael Eden

FE}}

Eastern Suburbs

1984

Terry Lamb

FE}}

Canterbury

1985

Wayne Pearce

LK}}

Balmain|23}} Balmain

1986

Mal Cochrane

HK}}

Manly-Warringah

1987

Peter Sterling

HB}}

Parramatta

1988

Barry Russell

HB}}

Cronulla

1989

Gavin Miller
Mark Sargent

SR}}
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Cronulla
Newcastle

1990

Peter Sterling

HB}}

Parramatta

1991

Ewan McGrady

HB|FB}}

Canterbury

1992

Allan Langer

HB}}

Brisbane

1993

Ricky Stuart

HB}}

Canberra|23}} Canberra

1994

David Fairleigh

SR}}

North Sydney|23}} North Sydney

1995

Paul Green

HB}}

Cronulla

1996

Jason Taylor

HB}}

North Sydney|23}} North Sydney

1997

Brad Fittler

FE}}

Sydney Roosters

Queensland

Year

Winner

Position

Team

1968

Wayne Head

FB}}

Wests Panthers|23}} Western Suburbs

1969

Johnny Brown

HB}}

Norths Devils|23}} Northern Suburbs

1970

Graeme Atherton

FE}}

Souths Magpies|23}} Southern Suburbs

1971

Len Brunner

SR}}

Wynnum-Manly|23}} Wynnum-Manly

1972

Marty Scanlan

FE}}

Fortitude Valley Diehards|23}} Valleys

1973

John Eales

CE}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs

1974

Jeff Fyfe

LK}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs

1975

Steve Calder

LK}}

Norths Devils|23}} Northern Suburbs

1976

Darryl Brohman

PR}}

Norths Devils|23}} Northern Suburbs

1977

Alan Currie

LK}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs

1978

Ian Pearce

CE}}

Redcliffe Dolphins|23}} Redcliffe

1979

Neville Draper

LK}}

Norths Devils|23}} Northern Suburbs

1980

Tony Obst

FB}}

Redcliffe Dolphins|23}} Redcliffe

1981

Chris Phelan

LK}}

Souths Magpies|23}} Southern Suburbs

1982

Tony Currie

FB|CE}}

Wests Panthers|23}} Western Suburbs

1983

Trevor Paterson

SR}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs

1984

Cavill Heugh

PR}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs

1985

Ian French

SR}}

Wynnum-Manly|23}} Wynnum-Manly

1986

Bryan Niebling
Scott Tronc

SR|PR}}
{{Rlp|SR|PR}}

Redcliffe Dolphins|23}} Redcliffe
{{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|23}} Southern Suburbs

1987

Gene Miles

CE}}

Wynnum-Manly|23}} Wynnum-Manly

1988

Kevin Langer

HB}}

Wests Panthers|23}} Western Suburbs

1989

Neil Tierney

PR}}

Wynnum-Manly|23}} Wynnum-Manly

1990

Trevor Benson

Redcliffe Dolphins|23}} Redcliffe

1991

Darryl Duncan

FE}}

Norths Devils|23}} Northern Suburbs

1992

Jason Hanrahan

Souths Magpies|23}} Southern Suburbs

1993

Paul Green
Steve Mills

HB}}

Easts Tigers|23}} Eastern Suburbs
{{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|23}} Western Suburbs

1994

Steve Bryant

PR}}

Past Brothers|23}} Brothers

1995

Graham Cotter

PR}}

Redcliffe Dolphins|23}} Redcliffe

1996

Alan Wieland

LK|SR}}

Wests Panthers|23}} Western Suburbs

References

1. ^Premier Rugby Honour Board
2. ^{{cite news|last=Pramberg|first=Bernie|title=Winding back the clock|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/winding-back-the-clock/story-e6frep5x-1111112466514|accessdate=26 July 2011|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=3 November 2006}}

External links

4 : Rugby league trophies and awards|Awards established in 1968|Australian sports trophies and awards|1968 establishments in Australia