Clive Churchill Medal Winners

The Clive Churchill Medal is awarded to the man-of-the-match in the NRL / NSWRL Grand Final. The award is named in commemoration of South Sydney Rabbitohs legend Clive Churchill.

The Clive Churchill Medal was first awarded in 1986; however, the medal has since been awarded retrospectively to the man-of-the-match in grand finals between 1954 and 1985.

The decision regarding who should receive the Clive Churchill Medal has sometimes been controversial. On three occasions, the medal has been awarded to players on the losing team in the grand final. We have written about the players who should have received the Clive Churchill Medal, but didn’t.

Below is the list of all Clive Churchill Medal winners to date:

1986 – Peter Sterling (Parramatta Eels)

1987 – Cliff Lyons (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

1988 – Paul Dunn  (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

1989 – Bradley Clyde (Canberra Raiders)

1990 – Ricky Stuart (Canberra Raiders)

1991 – Bradley Clyde (Canberra Raiders)

1992 – Allan Langer (Brisbane Broncos)

1993 – Brad Mackay (St George Dragons)

1994 – David Furner (Canberra Raiders)

1995 – Jim Dymock (Sydney Bulldogs)

1996 – Geoff Toovey (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

1997 – Robbie O’Davis (Newcastle Knights)

1998 – Gorden Tallis (Brisbane Broncos)

1999 – Brett Kimmorley (Melbourne Storm)

2000 – Darren Lockyer (Brisbane Broncos)

2001 – Andrew Johns (Newcastle Knights)

2002 – Craig Fitzgibbon (Sydney Roosters)

2003 – Luke Priddis (Penrith Panthers)

2004 – Willie Mason (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

2005 – Scott Prince (Wests Tigers)

2006 – Shaun Berrigan (Brisbane Broncos)

2007 – Greg Inglis (Melbourne Storm)

2008 – Brent Kite (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

2009 – Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm)

2010 – Darius Boyd (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

2011 – Glenn Stewart (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

2012 – Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)

2013 – Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)

2014 – Sam Burgess (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

2015 – Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)

2016 – Luke Lewis (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)