The following players made the 2024 Super League Man of Steel shortlist: Warrington’s Matt Dufty, Salford’s Marc Sneyd, and Hull KR’s Mikey Lewis; Watch the Wigan Warriors, Hull KR, Warrington Wolves, and Leigh Leopards compete live on Sky Sports or stream the 2024 Super League semi-finals using NOW.
Next Tuesday, October 8, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, is Rugby League’s Awards Night. The 2024 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel will be crowned, and the Wheels of Steel and Woman of Steel awards will also be confirmed. Dufty and Lewis, two of the three nominees, will square off in the opening Super League semi-final this weekend at Craven Park on Friday night when Hull KR plays Warrington Wolves, live on Sky Sports. The competition’s top scorer with 97 goals and four drop goals, half-back Sneyd, 33, was a constant for the Salford Red Devils in the 2024 season until their final game against Wigan. Only Lachlan Lam of Lewis and Leigh has surpassed his tally of 22 try assists. In the past five years, Salford has only had two Man of Steel winners: Australian half-backs Jackson Hastings (2019) and Brodie Croft (2022). Complete-back Despite missing five games due to injury, Dufty, 28, ran for approximately 4,234 metres during the regular season—457 metres or 12% more than his closest competitor. This translated to an average of more than 192 metres per match. In addition to adding 200 meters to his season total during Warrington’s thrilling golden-point eliminator victory over St Helens last Saturday, the Australian was also fourth in the regular-season try-scoring charts with 17. In addition to scoring two tries more than Dufty (19), half-back Lewis (23), who kicked 70 goals for 216 points overall, finished third in the final table. In addition, Lewis has a significant presence in several other statistical categories, such as tackle busts and clean breaks. The native product of Rovers has the potential to follow Gavin Miller, the Australian loose forward who won the inaugural overseas Man of Steel award in 1986, as the second Hull KR player to receive the honor in the award’s 47-year history.
Bevan French won the Betfred Super League Man of Steel award last year, making him the first Wigan Warriors player to do so since Sam Tomkins in 2012. The most recent winners are Salford’s Hastings (2019), Paul McShane (2020), Croft (2022) of Salford, and Tomkins (2021) of Catalans.
