Jake Connor: Leeds Rhinos half-back named 2025 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel

Matt Newsum, BBC Sport Rugby League reporter

The fact that Jake Connor received the Steel of Steel Award in 2025, especially since I joined Leeds, is a bit suitable for the mental toughness it shows to return itself to the best players of the Super League.

There was no 30 -year -old talent, but sometimes the application and discipline had his collapse. However, it is no longer like a supportive environment after the boss Brad Arthur’s difficult words, and since he has allowed Connor to develop since then.

With his creativity and kick, Rhinos was very important when he returned to the play-offs, and his Mercurial talents attracted the best from his teammates Lachie Miller and Brodie Croft.

Returning Eva Hunter deserves her award after a season with Wigan, who won the highly in the women’s game.

For the Pound, Pound runs and hits as hard as Hunter, who continues to try with a small number of players, Driving Runs in Wigan Edge. That box office.

London Roosters contributed a lot to the 2025 wheelchair season, and Joe Coyd from the UK was the key despite the defeats of Khalifax Panthers in both finals.

Consistency helped determine the standard of his teammates such as Mason Billington and New England captain Lewis King, and hopes to impress England’s Australian tour more in this fall.