Leeds Rhinos, Castleford Tigers and Wakefield Trinity players included in 2020 Betfred Super League Dream Team

By Peter Smith
Published 22nd Nov 2020, 12:15 BST
Updated 22nd Nov 2020, 15:02 BST
Dream Team member Ash Handley, of Leeds Rhinos. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.Dream Team member Ash Handley, of Leeds Rhinos. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Dream Team member Ash Handley, of Leeds Rhinos. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Two Leeds Rhinos players and one each from Castleford Tigers and Wakefield Trinity have been named in this season’s Betfred Super League Dream Team.

Rhinos winger Ash Handley and centre Konrad Hurrell are included for the second successive year.

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Tigers hooker Paul McShane - a Man of Steel nominee - and Trinity second-rower Kelepi Tanginoa are among seven players who make their Dream Team debut.

The others are Man of Steel contenders Aidan Sezer - the Huddersfield Giants scrum-half - and Wigan Warriors full-back Bevan French, who topped the season’s statistics for tackle busts and clean breaks; Salford Red Devils winger Krisnan Inu and the Warrington Wolves’ pair of centre Toby King, who finished the season top of the offloads charts and prop Mike Cooper.

Wakefield Trinity's Kelepi Tanginoa. Picture by James Hardisty.Wakefield Trinity's Kelepi Tanginoa. Picture by James Hardisty.
Wakefield Trinity's Kelepi Tanginoa. Picture by James Hardisty.

Along with Handley - Super League’s top try scorer and top metre-maker - and Hurrell, St Helens loose-forward Morgan Knowles is backing up after featuring in the 2019 Dream Team.

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Wigan second-row Liam Farrell, who is also on the Man of Steel shortlist, has been selected for the third time, after making the second-highest number of clean breaks and carries in the competition.

Saints prop Alex Walmsley makes his second appearance in Dream Team, five years after his debut.

Walmsley’s teammate Jonny Lomax is selected at half-back. He topped the Super League chart for try assists.

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The team is based on Man of Steel points awarded after every fixture in the regular Super League season.

The full team is: Bevan French – full-back (Wigan Warriors), Krisnan Inu – winger (Salford Red Devils), Ash Handley – winger (Leeds Rhinos), Toby King – centre (Warrington Wolves), Konrad Hurrell – centre (Leeds Rhinos), Aidan Sezer – Half Back (Huddersfield Giants), Jonny Lomax – half-back (St Helens), Alex Walmsley – prop (St Helens), Mike Cooper – prop (Warrington Wolves), Paul McShane – hooker (Castleford Tigers), Liam Farrell – second-row (Wigan Warriors), Kelepi Tanginoa – second-row (Wakefield Trinity), Morgan Knowles – loose-forward (St Helens.

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Related topics:Alex WalmsleyAidan SezerAsh HandleyLeeds RhinosWigan WarriorsPaul McShaneCastleford TigersWakefield Trinity

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