The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Grand Final of the Rugby Super League by the Rugby League Writers' Association. The Super League Grand Final (commonly referred to as the Grand Final is the last game of the European Super League 's domestic season The Rugby League Writers' Association is made up from accredited members of the English news media who write about the sport in newspapers or present for television/radio
Harry Sunderland was an Australian rugby league football administrator in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Harry Sunderland ( 23 November 1889 &ndash 15 January, 1964) was an Australian Rugby league football administrator and journalist For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
The Trophy was first awarded in the Championship Final of the 1964-65 season to Terry Fogerty whilst playing for Halifax. The Rugby League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic Rugby league clubs in the game formed over a century ago in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax.
After the 1972-73 season the play-off system was dropped as the League went to two divisions. The 1972-73 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 77th season of Rugby league football played in England The Trophy's use was continued in the Rugby League Premiership and Super League Premiership finals until Super League III when a play-off system was re-introduced to determine the Champions through the Grand Final. The Rugby League Premiership was a competition for British Rugby league clubs that operated between 1973 and 1995 JJB Sports Super League III was the official name for the year 1998 's Super League championship season the 104th season of top-level professional Rugby league football