The Rob Burrow Award is presented annually to the
man of the match
In team sport, a player of the match award (also known as man of the match or woman of the match) is often given to the most outstanding player in a particular match. This can be a player from either team, although the player is generally chose ...
in the
Super League Grand Final
The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League play-offs. The winning team receives the Super League Trophy and go ...
. It is named after former
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...
player
Rob Burrow
Robert Geoffrey Burrow (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half (rugby league), scrum-half or hooker (rugby league), hooker. Burrow spent his entire professional career ...
, the first person to be voted man of the match in two Super League Grand Finals.
The award replaced the
Harry Sunderland Trophy in 2024.
Background
Prior to the introduction of the Rob Burrow Award, the
man of the match
In team sport, a player of the match award (also known as man of the match or woman of the match) is often given to the most outstanding player in a particular match. This can be a player from either team, although the player is generally chose ...
in the
Super League Grand Final
The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League play-offs. The winning team receives the Super League Trophy and go ...
was awarded the
Harry Sunderland Trophy. The trophy was introduced in 1965, over 30 years before the formation of the
Super League
Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...
in 1996. It was awarded to the man of the match in the
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this sys ...
final between 1965 and 1973, and the
Premiership final between 1974 and 1997.
Below is a list of players who have been named man of the match since the inaugural Super League Grand Final in 1998.
† = denotes a player who won the trophy but played on the losing team in the final.
List of winners
References
{{Super League
Super League Grand Finals
Rugby league trophies and awards