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Lance Todd Trophy
Given for	Challenge Cup Final man of the match
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Reds Devils Association
History
First award	1945–46

The Lance Todd Trophy is a trophy in rugby league, awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man of the match.^[1] Introduced in 1945–46, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in a road accident during the Second World War.^[2] The trophy's winner is selected by the members of the Rugby League Writers' Association present at the game. The trophy is presented at a celebratory dinner at the AJ Bell Stadium, home of the Salford Red Devils. The trophy belongs to the Red Devils Association, the official body representing ex-Salford players, although as of 2017 no Salford player has won this award.^[1]

The first winner of the trophy was Wakefield Trinity Centre, Billy Stott in 1945–46.^[1][3]St. Helens' Sean Long made history in 2006 becoming the first player to win the Lance Todd Trophy three times, having won in 2001 and 2004. Five players have won the trophy twice: Warrington's Gerry Helme in 1949–50 and 1953–54; Wigan's Andy Gregory in 1987–88 and 1989–90; and Martin Offiah in 1991–92 and 1993–94; St. Helens' Paul Wellens in 2007 (jointly) and 2008; Hull FC's Marc Sneyd in 2016 and 2017. Sneyd and Wellens are the only players to win the award in consecutive finals.

Halifax's former Australian international fullback Graham Eadie and Wigan's 1984-85 Australian import stand-off Brett Kenny are the only players to win both the Lance Todd Trophy and the Clive Churchill Medal as the player of the match in the Sydney Premiership Grand Final. Eadie won the Lance Todd in 1986–87 and was (retrospectively) twice awarded the Churchill after Manly-Warringah's premiership wins in 1976 and 1978 while 1984–85 trophy winner Kenny was retrospectively awarded the Churchill for Parramatta's Grand Final wins in 1982 and 1983.

The first player to win the trophy on the losing side was Frank Whitcombe of Bradford Northern in the 1947–48 final against Wigan. he was also the first forward to win the award. Robbie Paul, Gary Connolly and Kevin Sinfield have all won the award since 1996, despite each of them finishing on the losing side.

The youngest player to win the trophy was Huddersfield's Peter Ramsden who, on his 19th birthday, won it in 1952–53.^[4]

The trophy has been shared on two occasions, in 1964–65 by Ray Ashby (Wigan) & Brian Gabbitas (Hunslet), and in 2007 by Wellens and Leon Pryce.

Winners

Year	Recipient[1]	Winners	Runners-Up	Position
2018	Tony Gigot	Catalans Dragons	Warrington Wolves	Fullback
2017	Marc Sneyd	Hull F.C.	Wigan	Scrum-half
2016	Marc Sneyd	Hull F.C.	Warrington Wolves	Scrum-half
2015	Tom Briscoe	Leeds Rhinos	Hull Kingston Rovers	Wing
2014	Ryan Hall	Leeds Rhinos	Castleford Tigers	Wing
2013	Matty Smith	Wigan Warriors	Hull F.C.	Scrum-half
2012	Brett Hodgson	Warrington Wolves	Leeds Rhinos	Fullback
2011	Jeff Lima	Wigan Warriors	Leeds Rhinos	Prop
2010	Lee Briers	Warrington Wolves	Leeds Rhinos	Stand-off
2009	Michael Monaghan	Warrington Wolves	Huddersfield Giants	Hooker
2008	Paul Wellens	St Helens	Hull F.C.	Fullback
2007	Paul Wellens Leon Pryce	St Helens	Catalans Dragons	Fullback Stand-off
2006	Sean Long	St Helens	Huddersfield Giants	Scrum-half
2005	Kevin Sinfield †	Hull F.C.	Leeds Rhinos	Loose forward
2004	Sean Long	St Helens	Wigan Warriors	Stand-off
2003	Gary Connolly †	Bradford Bulls	Leeds Rhinos	Fullback
2002	Kris Radlinski	Wigan Warriors	St Helens	Fullback
2001	Sean Long	St Helens	Bradford Bulls	Stand-off
2000	Henry Paul	Bradford Bulls	Leeds Rhinos	Stand-off
1999	Leroy Rivett	Leeds Rhinos	London Broncos	Wing
1998	Mark Aston	Sheffield Eagles	Wigan Warriors	Scrum-half
1997	Tommy Martyn	St Helens	Bradford Bulls	Stand-off
1996	Robbie Paul†	St Helens	Bradford Bulls	Scrum-half
1994–95	Jason Robinson	Wigan	Leeds	Wing
1993–94	Martin Offiah	Wigan	Leeds	Wing
1992–93	Dean Bell	Wigan	Widnes	Loose forward
1991–92	Martin Offiah	Wigan	Castleford	Wing
1990–91	Denis Betts	Wigan	St Helens	Second-row
1989–90	Andy Gregory	Wigan	Warrington	Scrum-half
1988–89	Ellery Hanley	Wigan	St Helens	Loose forward
1987–88	Andy Gregory	Wigan	Halifax	Scrum-half
1986–87	Graham Eadie	Halifax	St Helens	Fullback
1985–86	Bob Beardmore	Castleford	Hull Kingston Rovers	Scrum-half
1984–85	Brett Kenny	Wigan	Hull F.C.	Stand-off
1983–84	Joe Lydon	Widnes	Wigan	Centre
1982–83	David Hobbs	Featherstone Rovers	Hull F.C.	Second-row
1981–82	Eddie Cunningham †	Hull F.C.	Widnes	Centre
1980–81	Mick Burke	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	Fullback
1979–80	Brian Lockwood	Hull Kingston Rovers	Hull F.C.	Prop
1978–79	David Topliss †	Widnes	Wakefield Trinity	Stand-off
1977–78	George Nicholls †	Leeds	St Helens	Prop
1976–77	Steve Pitchford	Leeds	Widnes	Prop
1975–76	Geoff Pimblett	St Helens	Widnes	Fullback
1974–75	Ray Dutton	Widnes	Warrington	Fullback
1973–74	Derek Whitehead	Warrington	Featherstone Rovers	Fullback
1972–73	Steve Nash	Featherstone Rovers	Bradford Northern	Scrum-half
1971–72	Kel Coslett	St Helens	Leeds	Loose forward
1970–71	Alex Murphy	Leigh	Leeds	Scrum-half
1969–70	Bill Kirkbride	Castleford	Wigan	Second-row
1968–69	Mal Reilly	Castleford	Salford	Loose forward
1967–68	Don Fox †	Leeds	Wakefield Trinity	Prop
1966–67	Carl Dooler	Featherstone Rovers	Barrow	Scrum-half
1965–66	Len Killeen	St Helens	Wigan	Wing
1964–65	Ray Ashby Brian Gabbitas †	Wigan	Hunslet	Fullback Stand-off
1963–64	Frank Collier	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	Prop
1962–63	Harold Poynton	Wakefield Trinity	Wigan	Stand-off
1961–62	Neil Fox	Wakefield Trinity	Huddersfield	Centre
1960–61	Dick Huddart	St Helens	Wigan	Second-row
1959–60	Tommy Harris †	Wakefield Trinity	Hull F.C.	Hooker
1958–59	Brian McTigue	Wigan	Hull F.C.	Second-row
1957–58	Rees Thomas	Wigan	Workington Town	Scrum-half
1956–57	Jeff Stevenson	Leeds	Barrow	Scrum-half
1955–56	Alan Prescott	St Helens	Halifax	Prop
1954–55	Jack Grundy	Barrow	Workington Town	Second-row
1953–54	Gerry Helme	Warrington	Halifax	Scrum-half
1952–53	Peter Ramsden	Huddersfield	St Helens	Stand-off
1951–52	Billy Ivison	Workington Town	Featherstone Rovers	Loose forward
1950–51	Cec Mountford	Wigan	Barrow	Stand-off
1949–50	Gerry Helme	Warrington	Widnes	Scrum-half
1948–49	Ernest Ward	Bradford Northern	Halifax	Centre
1947–48	Frank Whitcombe †	Wigan	Bradford Northern	Prop
1946–47	Willie Davies	Bradford Northern	Leeds	Stand-off
1945–46	Billy Stott	Wakefield Trinity	Wigan	Centre

† = Won Lance Todd Trophy Whilst on Losing Side

Awards by club

Club	Number of winners
Barrow Raiders	1
Bradford Bulls	4
Castleford Tigers	3
Catalans Dragons	1
Featherstone Rovers	3
Halifax	1
Hull F.C.	3
Hull Kingston Rovers	1
Huddersfield Giants	3
Leeds Rhinos	7
Leigh Centurions	1
Sheffield Eagles	1
St Helens	12[a]
Wakefield Trinity	4
Warrington Wolves	6
Widnes Vikings	5
Wigan Warriors	17[b]
Workington Town	1

Winners by playing position

See also

• Harry Sunderland Trophy


• Man of Steel Award


• Clive Churchill Medal

References

• 
  Lance Todd Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.