The Rothmans Medal was the premier individual award in 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, first awarded in 1968. With the establishment of the National Rugby League in 1998, the Rothmans Medal was replaced by the Dally M Medal as the official Player of the Year award.
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 The Queensland Rothmans Medal was also last awarded in 1996, as the Queensland Cup superseded the Brisbane Rugby League as Queensland's premier rugby league competition in 1997.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 winnersedit
New South Walesedit
Note: includes Provan-Summons Medal winner in 1997.
^Pramberg, Bernie (3 November 2006). "Winding back the clock". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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The Rothmans Medal was the premier individual award in 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 first awarded in 1968 With the establishment of the National Rugby League in 1998 the Rothmans Medal was replaced by the Dally M Medal as the official Player of the Year award Rothmans MedalAwarded forThe best and fairest player in the New South Wales Rugby League and the Brisbane Rugby LeagueCountryAustraliaHistoryFirst award1968 Rothmans Medal 1997 Provan Summons Medal Final award1997 Contents 1 History 2 Rothmans Medal winners 2 1 New South Wales 2 2 Queensland 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 editNew South Wales edit Note includes Provan Summons Medal winner in 1997 Year Winner Position Team1968 Terry Hughes Halfback nbsp Cronulla1969 Denis Pittard Five eighth nbsp South Sydney1970 Kevin Junee Halfback nbsp Eastern Suburbs1971 Denis Pittard Five eighth nbsp South Sydney1972 Tommy Raudonikis Halfback nbsp Western Suburbs1973 Ken Maddison Second row nbsp Cronulla1974 Graham Eadie Fullback nbsp Manly Warringah1975 Steve Rogers Centre nbsp Cronulla1976 Ray Higgs Second row nbsp Parramatta1977 Mick Cronin Centre nbsp Parramatta1978 Mick Cronin Centre nbsp Parramatta1979 Ray Price Lock nbsp Parramatta1980 Geoff Bugden Prop nbsp Newtown1981 Kevin Hastings Halfback nbsp Eastern Suburbs1982 Greg Brentnall Fullback nbsp Canterbury1983 Michael Eden Five eighth nbsp Eastern Suburbs1984 Terry Lamb Five eighth nbsp Canterbury1985 Wayne Pearce Lock nbsp Balmain1986 Mal Cochrane Hooker nbsp Manly Warringah1987 Peter Sterling Halfback nbsp Parramatta1988 Barry Russell Halfback nbsp Cronulla1989 Gavin MillerMark Sargent Second rowProp nbsp Cronulla nbsp Newcastle1990 Peter Sterling Halfback nbsp Parramatta1991 Ewan McGrady Halfback Fullback nbsp Canterbury1992 Allan Langer Halfback nbsp Brisbane1993 Ricky Stuart Halfback nbsp Canberra1994 David Fairleigh Second row nbsp North Sydney1995 Paul Green Halfback nbsp Cronulla1996 Jason Taylor Halfback nbsp North Sydney1997 Brad Fittler Five eighth nbsp Sydney RoostersQueensland edit 1 Year Winner Position Team1968 Wayne Head Fullback nbsp Western Suburbs1969 Johnny Brown Halfback nbsp Northern Suburbs1970 Graeme Atherton Five eighth nbsp Southern Suburbs1971 Len Brunner Second row nbsp Wynnum Manly1972 Marty Scanlan Five eighth nbsp Valleys1973 John Eales Centre nbsp Eastern Suburbs1974 Jeff Fyfe Lock nbsp Eastern Suburbs1975 Steve Calder Lock nbsp Northern Suburbs1976 Darryl Brohman Prop nbsp Northern Suburbs1977 Alan Currie Lock nbsp Eastern Suburbs1978 Ian Pearce Fullback nbsp Redcliffe1979 Neville Draper Lock nbsp Northern Suburbs1980 Peter Lehman Five eighth nbsp Brothers1981 Chris Phelan Lock nbsp Southern Suburbs1982 Tony Currie Fullback Centre nbsp Western Suburbs1983 Trevor Paterson Second row nbsp Eastern Suburbs1984 Cavill Heugh Prop nbsp Eastern Suburbs1985 Ian French Second row nbsp Wynnum Manly1986 Bryan NieblingScott Tronc Second row PropSecond row Prop nbsp Redcliffe nbsp Southern Suburbs1987 Gene Miles Centre nbsp Wynnum Manly1988 Kevin Langer Halfback nbsp Western Suburbs1989 Neil Tierney Prop nbsp Wynnum Manly1990 Trevor Benson Centre Five eighth nbsp Redcliffe1991 Darryl Duncan Five eighth nbsp Northern Suburbs1992 Jason Hanrahan Prop nbsp Southern Suburbs1993 Paul GreenSteve Mills Halfback nbsp Eastern Suburbs nbsp Western Suburbs1994 Steve Bryant Prop nbsp Brothers1995 Graham Cotter Prop nbsp Redcliffe1996 Alan Wieland Lock Second row nbsp Western SuburbsReferences edit Pramberg Bernie 3 November 2006 Winding back the clock The Courier Mail Retrieved 26 July 2011 External links editRothmans Medal at qrl com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rothmans Medal amp oldid 1178235212, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
