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The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in rugby league's Challenge Cup Final.^[1]

The trophy was introduced in 1946, in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in a road accident during the Second World War. The winner is selected by the members of the Rugby League Writers' Association present at the game and the trophy is presented at a celebratory dinner at The Willows, home of Salford RLFC. The trophy belongs to the Red Devils Association, the official body representing ex-Salford players.^[1]

The first winner of the trophy was Wakefield Trinity Centre, Billy Stott in 1946.^[1]^[2]

St Helens' Sean Long made history in 2006 becoming the first player to win the Lance Todd Trophy three times (he also won in 2001 and 2004).

Four players share the accolade of winning the trophy twice: Warrington's Gerry Helme in 1950 and 1954; Wigan's Andy Gregory in 1988 and 1990; Wigan's Martin Offiah in 1992 and 1994; St. Helens' Paul Wellens in 2007 (jointly) and 2008.

Robbie Paul, Gary Connolly and Kevin Sinfield have all won the award since 1996 despite each of them finishing on the losing side in their respective finals.

Year	Recipient^[1]	Winners	Runners-Up	Position
2009	Michael Monaghan	Warrington	Huddersfield	Scrum Half
2008	Paul Wellens	St Helens	Hull FC	Full Back
2007	Paul Wellens Leon Pryce	St Helens	Catalans Dragons	Full Back Stand Off
2006	Sean Long	St Helens	Huddersfield	Scrum-Half
2005	Kevin Sinfield †	Hull	Leeds	Loose Forward
2004	Sean Long	St Helens	Wigan	Stand-Off
2003	Gary Connolly †	Bradford Bulls	Leeds	Full-Back
2002	Kris Radlinski	Wigan	St Helens	Full-Back
2001	Sean Long	St Helens	Bradford Bulls	Stand-Off
2000	Henry Paul	Bradford Bulls	Leeds	Stand-Off
1999	Leroy Rivett	Leeds	London Broncos	Full-Back
1998	Mark Aston	Sheffield Eagles	Wigan	Scrum-Half
1997	Tommy Martyn	St. Helens	Bradford Bulls	Stand-Off
1996	Robbie Paul †	St. Helens	Bradford Bulls	Scrum-Half
1995	Jason Robinson	Wigan	Leeds	Winger
1994	Martin Offiah	Wigan	Leeds	Winger
1993	Dean Bell	Wigan	Widnes	Loose Forward
1992	Martin Offiah	Wigan	Castleford	Winger
1991	Dennis Betts	Wigan	St. Helens	Second Row
1990	Andy Gregory	Wigan	Warrington	Scrum-Half
1989	Ellery Hanley	Wigan	St. Helens	Loose Forward
1988	Andy Gregory	Wigan	Halifax	Scrum-Half
1987	Graham Eadie	Halifax	St. Helens	Full-Back
1986	Bob Beardmore	Castleford	Hull KR	Scrum-Half
1985	Brett Kenny	Wigan	Hull	Stand-Off
1984	Joe Lydon	Widnes	Wigan	Centre
1983	David Hobbs	Featherstone Rovers	Hull	Second-Row
1982	Edward "Eddie" Cunningham	Hull	Widnes	Centre
1981	Mick Burke	Widnes	Hull KR	Full-Back
1980	Brian Lockwood	Hull KR	Hull	Prop-Forward
1979	David Topliss †	Widnes	Wakefield Trinity	Stand-Off
1978	George Nicholls †	Leeds	St.Helens	Prop
1977	Stephen "Steve" Pitchford	Leeds	Widnes	Prop-Forward
1976	Geoff Pimblett	St. Helens	Widnes	Full-Back
1975	Ray Dutton	Widnes	Warrington	Full-Back
1974	Derek Whitehead	Warrington	Featherstone Rovers	Full-Back
1973	Steve Nash	Featherstone Rovers	Bradford Northern	Scrum-Half
1972	Kel Coslett	St. Helens	Leeds	Loose-Forward
1971	Alex Murphy	Leigh	Leeds	Scrum-Half
1970	William "Bill" Kirkbride	Castleford	Wigan	Second-Row
1969	Malcolm "Mal" Reilly	Castleford	Salford	Loose-Forward
1968	Don Fox †	Leeds	Wakefield Trinity	Prop-Forward
1967	Carl Dooler	Featherstone Rovers	Barrow	Scrum-Half
1966	Len Killeen	St. Helens	Wigan	Left Winger
1965	Ray Ashby Brian Gabbitas	Wigan	Hunslet	Stand-Off Winger
1964	Frank Collier	Widnes	Hull KR	Prop-Forward
1963	Harold Poynton	Wakefield Trinity	Wigan	Stand-Off
1962	Neil Fox	Wakefield Trinity	Huddersfield	Left Centre
1961	Dick Huddart	St. Helens	Wigan	Second-Row
1960	Tommy Harris †	Wakefield Trinity	Hull	Hooker
1959	Brian McTigue	Wigan	Hull	Second-Row
1958	Rees Thomas	Wigan	Workington Town	Scrum-Half
1957	Jeffrey "Jeff" Stevenson	Leeds	Barrow	Scrum-Half
1956	Alan Prescott	St. Helens	Halifax	Prop-Forward
1955	John "Jack" Grundy	Barrow	Workington Town	Second-Row
1954	Gerry Helme	Warrington	Halifax	Scrum-Half
1953	Peter Ramsden	Huddersfield	St. Helens	Stand-Off
1952	William "Billy" Ivison	Workington Town	Featherstone Rovers	Loose-Forward
1951	Cecil "Cec" Mountford	Wigan	Barrow	Stand-Off
1950	Gerry Helme	Warrington	Widnes	Scrum-Half
1949	Ernest Ward	Bradford Northern	Halifax	Centre
1948	Frank Whitcombe †	Wigan	Bradford Northern	Prop-Forward
1947	Willie Davies	Bradford Northern	Leeds	Stand-Off
1946	William "Billy" Stott	Wakefield Trinity	Wigan	Centre

† = Won Lance Todd Trophy Whilst On Losing Side

[edit] See also

Lance Todd Wigan Career Page on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
Man of Steel Award

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d RFL. "Lance Todd Trophy". Rugby Football League. http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=59. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
^ BBC Sport (2008-08-26). "Lance Todd Trophy winners". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6954237.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

[rfllance-0] RFL. "Lance Todd Trophy". Rugby Football League. http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=59. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

[bbclance-1] BBC Sport (2008-08-26). "Lance Todd Trophy winners". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6954237.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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