Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:47 am  

Oliver Pratt broke the Trinity 2024 record for individual run meters in this game, with 260m

Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:28 am  

JamieRobinson1234 wrote:

Oliver Pratt broke the Trinity 2024 record for individual run meters in this game, with 260m

Excellent. If Pratt doesn’t get young player of year in championship awards id be shocked and same with Jowitt for player of year.

Could be a clean sweep of awards for the trin.

Just out of curiosity. I seen the SP team of season announced this week. Is the Championship doing one and would that be next week?

Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:25 pm  

The RFL don't usually do one, but Rugby League World Cup / League Express does

Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:34 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Excellent. If Pratt doesn’t get young player of year in championship awards id be shocked and same with Jowitt for player of year.

Could be a clean sweep of awards for the trin.

Just out of curiosity. I seen the SP team of season announced this week. Is the Championship doing one and would that be next week?

I would think you are probably right about Pratt and Jowitt.
I'd be surprised if Powell gets coach of the year though, it very rarely goes to the coach of a dominant team, for instance Adrian Lam didn't win it in 2022 despite Leigh losing only one early-season game all year, it went to Paul Crarey that year, Sylvain Houles didn't win it in 2021 despite Toulouse going unbeaten etc when Craig Lingard won it. I would think Applegarth is the obvious candidate for COTY after turning York's season around, unless he's deemed not to have been there for long enough, in which case flip a coin between Houles and Coleman.
The Championship used to do a dream team but that stopped a few years ago.

Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:58 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

I would think you are probably right about Pratt and Jowitt.
I'd be surprised if Powell gets coach of the year though, it very rarely goes to the coach of a dominant team, for instance Adrian Lam didn't win it in 2022 despite Leigh losing only one early-season game all year, it went to Paul Crarey that year, Sylvain Houles didn't win it in 2021 despite Toulouse going unbeaten etc when Craig Lingard won it. I would think Applegarth is the obvious candidate for COTY after turning York's season around, unless he's deemed not to have been there for long enough, in which case flip a coin between Houles and Coleman.
The Championship used to do a dream team but that stopped a few years ago.

That’s a real shame. It would have been nice to have some awards evening for the league for the clubs and players.

In reality the other clubs won’t come close and it should be Powell as coach of year but for the sake of not giving all the awards to one club I can see it going elsewhere. Not Houles or Toulouse though. They’ve not been great last month or two.

York - they’re probably where they expected to be start of season with the resurgence.

No club has truly impressed from expectations which makes it difficult.

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Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:35 pm  

The best coach isn't always at the most successful club.
Often it's about doing something good with average players and low budget rather than winning everything with the best team.

Re: Barrow : Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:58 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The best coach isn't always at the most successful club.
Often it's about doing something good with average players and low budget rather than winning everything with the best team.

Which is exactly what I said. There isn’t any teams that have excelled or exceeded expectation this season. Every team is where expected.