{"id":311744,"date":"2025-12-12T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/311744\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:00:14","slug":"wigan-warriors-and-hull-kr-stars-named-favourites-for-man-of-steel-as-odds-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/311744\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors and Hull KR stars named favourites for Man of Steel as odds released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AM21192-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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 odds for the 2026 Steve Prescott Man of Steel award have been released, and the bookies have named two favourites to clinch the title, with Hull KR and Wigan Warriors stars in pole position.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds Rhinos playmaker Jake Connor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-leeds-rhinos-star-signs-long-term-deal-after-sensational-2025-campaign-110982\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who this week signed a new three-year deal at the club,<\/a> won the 2025 award, after a stunning first season in Blue and Amber, where he racked up 37 try contributions in 26 matches.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 31-year-old has only made it to joint-sixth favourite to claim the award again this year, with bookmakers Betfred, who are also Super League\u2019s main sponsors, pricing him at 16\/1.<\/p>\n<p>Joining him at those odds are his half-back partner, Brodie Croft, and Hull KR hooker, Jez Litten, who capped off a stellar year with the Robins with three matches against Australia in the Ashes series.<\/p>\n<p>Five players are ahead of the trio in the odds, with Mikey Lewis and Bevan French tied as the favourites, with the pair priced at 8\/1.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have won the award in the past, and if they were to achieve the title in 2026, would become only the fifth player in history to win it multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan full-back Jai Field is priced at 10\/1, after he was named as a Man of Steel nominee in 2025. Jack Welsby and Lachlan Lam round out the top five, with the pair labelled at 14\/1.<\/p>\n<p>Rhyse Martin is the shortest priced forward in the odds, with him priced 18\/1. Junior Nsemba is second, with him placed at 25\/1.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest priced player from a newly promoted club is Waqa Blake, with the Bradford Bulls centre having 20\/1 odds to be named the best player in the competition. Those odds are equal to Warrington duo Matt Dufty, Matty Ashton and George Williams, as well as Wigan centre Jake Wardle.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that these odds will, of course, be subject to change, with Betfred not listing a number of new signings in the division, such as Jackson Hastings, Blake Taaffe, Danny Levi and Toby Sexton.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on our <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RJEg5OR1XRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Super League 2026 Man of Steel odds<\/p>\n<p>All odds are correct at time of writing, odds taken from Betfred:<\/p>\n<p>Mikey Lewis, Bevan French \u2013 8\/1<\/p>\n<p>Jai Field \u2013 10\/1<\/p>\n<p>Jack Welsby,\u00a0 Lachlan Lam \u2013 14\/1<\/p>\n<p>Jake Connor, Brodie Croft, Jez Litten \u2013 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Sailor, Rhyse Martin \u2013 18\/1<\/p>\n<p>Matt Dufty, Matty Ashton, George Williams, Jake Wardle, Waqa Blake \u2013 20\/1<\/p>\n<p>Selected odds:<\/p>\n<p>Lachie Miller, Liam Marshall, Umyla Hanley \u2013 25\/1<\/p>\n<p>David Armstrong, Edwin Ipape, Lewis Martin \u2013 33\/1<\/p>\n<p>Herman Ese\u2019ese, Harry Robertson, Lewis Dodd, Tyrone May \u2013 66\/1,<\/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\/12\/1765275256_81_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The odds for the 2026 Steve Prescott Man of Steel award have been released, and the bookies have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-311744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}