{"id":183967,"date":"2025-10-07T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/183967\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:13:11","slug":"hull-fc-star-snubbed-as-st-helens-man-crowned-super-league-young-player-or-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/183967\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull FC star snubbed as St Helens man crowned Super League Young Player or the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AMZ_0606.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"St Helens\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Super League Young Player of the Year award has been handed out with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/2025-super-league-dream-team-announced-with-four-hull-kr-players-included-and-one-notable-omission-108651\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dream Team winger Lewis Martin<\/a> of Hull FC overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s incredible 2025 season saw him end the year as the leading try scorer in Super League with the youngster scoring a try against every other club in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-st-helens-hull-fc-and-wigan-warriors-stars-among-quartet-nominated-for-super-league-young-player-of-the-year-108718\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> one of four players nominated<\/a> alongside Huddersfield Giants\u2019 George Flanagan Jr, St Helens\u2019 Harry Robertson and last year\u2019s winner, Junior Nsemba of Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now been confirmed that Saints centre Robertson has won the award, becoming the first St Helens player to claim the award since Jack Welsby, who scooped it in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson is in with a genuine chance of making the England squad having been named in the 30-man training squad earlier in the year, however, NRL star Herbie Farnworth wasn\u2019t part of that group and it may be the case that Gold Coast\u2019s AJ Brimson is selected as a utility back for Shaun Wane\u2019s 24-man squad.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens\u2019 Harry Robertson crowned Super League Young Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Robertson debuted for St Helens in 2024 but it\u2019s clear that 2025 was his breakout year with the 19-year-old actually making a position change in the off-season.<\/p>\n<p>Coming through the academy as a full-back, Robertson quickly became St Helens\u2019 first choice centre and he started the season in incredible form in that position, scoring five tries in the opening three games.<\/p>\n<p>Injury did derail him but Robertson would still end the year with 12 tries and five assists in his 21 appearances, whilst also providing one of the moments of the season as he evaded numerous tacklers when helping create Shane Wright\u2019s try in St Helens\u2019 win over Leeds Rhinos.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Robertson has had an incredible season, questions will be asked over Lewis Martin and whether he should have claimed the award.<\/p>\n<p>The Hull FC winger was named in the Super League Dream Team, which effectively confirms him as one of the two best players in his position, whereas Robertson wasn\u2019t among the Dream Team centres.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson was crowned at the Rugby League Awards with the Man of Steel to be confirmed later in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=86PEmyarFog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of brightest young players in the game \ud83c\udf1f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saints1890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Saints1890<\/a> Harry Robertson is your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betfred?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Betfred<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SuperLeague<\/a> Young Player of the Year \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCqIJw5nhQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WCqIJw5nhQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperLeague\/status\/1975641232656212083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759084633_634_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async 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