Sydney Roosters' Todd Carney wins RLIF International Player of the Year Award
Steve Ricketts The Courier-Mail
November 04, 2010
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/...-1225947458423
CREAM OF THE CROP: Todd Carney (left) with Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Shaun Kenny-Dowall at the RLIF International Player of the Year awards at Eden Park.
TODD Carney last night was crowned rugby league's international player of the year, even though he has yet to play a Test match.
That situation should be rectified on Saturday with the Sydney Roosters star set to make his Test debut off the bench against New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park.
Australia coach Tim Sheens will name his side today and has vowed to give other players a chance after Australia's patchy display in beating England 34-14 in Melbourne on Sunday.
St George Illawarra's Darius Boyd was named international fullback of the year, while Sheens's hooker at Wests Tigers, Robbie Farah, was judged best in his position. But like Carney, Boyd and Farah are waiting for their first run in the Four Nations tournament.
Gold Coast Titans skipper Scott Prince was halfback of the year, but could not even make the 24-man Australian squad.
Roosters coach Brian Smith was NRL coach of the year, but the international award went to St George Illawarra's Wayne Bennett after he guided the Dragons to their first premiership in 31 years.
Carney, 24, received the international player award from Wally Lewis, who captained Australia to a 25-12 win over the Kiwis in the 1988 World Cup final, the only time a league Test has been played at Eden Park, the home of rugby union in New Zealand.
It capped an amazing season for Carney, who also won the Dally M Medal as the NRL's best and fairest player and helped the Roosters to the grand final after they were wooden spooners in 2009.
Melbourne Storm's Billy Slater won the inaugural award in 2008 with Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne the 2009 winner.
England's Sam Tomkins from Super League champions Wigan beat Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Roosters), Gareth Widdop (Storm) and Ben Matulino (Warriors) to the rookie of the year title.
Matulino yesterday was recalled to the Kiwi squad for the Eden Park Test after he was rested from last Saturday's 76-12 thrashing of Papua New Guinea in Rotorua.
Kiwi coach Stephen Kearney also has promoted Penrith star Frank Pritchard and Melbourne prop Adam Blair. Kearney has named his strongest possible side.
The major international award winners were:
Player of the Year, Todd Carney (Roosters); Coach of the Year, Wayne Bennett (St George Illawarra); Rookie of the Year, Sam Tomkins (Wigan); Fullback of the Year, Darius Boyd (St George Illawarra): winger, Pat Richards (Wigan), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Roosters); five-eighth, Todd Carney (Roosters); prop, Adrian Morley (Warrington); hooker, Robbie Farah (Tigers); second-rower, Gareth Ellis (Tigers); lock, Luke Lewis (Penrith).
Referee of the Year: Joint winners, Richard Silverwood (England), Tony Archer (Australia). Spirit of Rugby League for his contribution to the code: Ron McGregor, former New Zealand Test player and official.
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Todd Carney caps off impressive year by being named RLIF international player of the year
By Ian McCullough
http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/c...-1225947493479
Great season ... Todd Carney with the RLIF International Player of the Year award Source: News Limited
Sydney Roosters playmaker Todd Carney completed his stunning return to rugby league by picking up the RLIF International Player of the Year award.
Carney, who only joined the Roosters at the start of 2010 after being sacked by Canberra in 2008 and banned for a year for a series of off-field indiscretions, received the award from former Australia captain Wally Lewis at Eden Park in Auckland.
The 24-year-old is the third Australian in the three-year history of the award to pick up the prize, which is voted on by members of the international media and former players.
He follows in the footsteps of Melbourne's Billy Slater and Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne who won in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Carney, who spent the 2009 season rebuilding his life and his career playing district football in the north Queensland town of Atherton, was honoured for a memorable season that saw him guide the Roosters from wooden-spooners to grand finalists.
Although he was unable to prevent St George Illawarra winning a first NRL premiership, Carney's displays had already seen him scoop the Dally M Medal in September and earn a first-ever international call-up to the Kangaroos' Four Nations squad.
In addition to being awarded the prize for the world's best player, Carney was also named five-eighth in the international team of the year.
Dragons coach Wayne Bennett received the Coach of the Year prize after ending the joint-venture's long wait for a premiership, with a 32-8 victory over the Roosters in October.
England's Sam Tomkins, of Super League champions Wigan, was named rookie of the year following a superb season that saw the Warriors win their first premiership in 12 years under the guidance of highly-rated Australia coach Michael Maguire.
Carney was joined in the team of the year by Kangaroos teammates Luke Lewis, who was named lock of the year, Robbie Farah, who picked up the hooker of the year accolade, and Dragons fullback Darius Boyd.
Gold Coast halfback Scott Prince was also included, along with the Roosters' Kiwi centre Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Wests Tigers and England second-rower Gareth Ellis.The girl from the ring watched a highlights reel of Greg Bird, she died 7 days later.....
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Mind the typo in the thread heading; meant to be 'RFIL' Awards!
Never heard of a 'RILF' before, maybe it comes from Tasmania: 'Relative I'd Like to F......
Anyways, sounds like Princey got International Halfback of the Year
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I watched some of the awards being presented last night on Fox & could agree with most but obviously the Ref of the year must surely be a Typo
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I was thinking Ranga but then i remembered we have that PM :boo: Originally Posted by Ryan
Mind the typo in the thread heading; meant to be 'RFIL' Awards!
Never heard of a 'RILF' before, maybe it comes from Tasmania: 'Relative I'd Like to F......
Anyways, sounds like Princey got International Halfback of the Year
Fixed the title..#itaintweaktospeak
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That works. Originally Posted by TITAN PETE
I was watching Silence of The Lambs the other day, the leading actress is a RILF. She actually reminded me of Gillard, except atractive.The girl from the ring watched a highlights reel of Greg Bird, she died 7 days later.....
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