Max Plath has capped off a sensational year on the field by taking home the Arthur Beetson Medal as the Dolphins' Player of the Year.
It completes an amazing first full season in the NRL for the Brisbane-born prodigy.
At the start of the 2024 season, Plath had just two NRL games to his name. Unbelievably, tonight, the 22-year-old took home three awards from the Dolphins' Presentation Ball.
The consistency shown by Plath over 21 matches this year was the key to receiving the Arthur Beetson Medal.
It was a job much needed by the Dolphins, with Plath filling the shoes of Origin lock Tom Gilbert, who went down in the trials with a season-ending knee injury.
It wasn't just the coaches who thought Plath was the season's shining light; he also won the Players' Player Award, which his teammates judged as the season's best performer.
In the same vein, he beat out nominees Mark Nicholls and Ray Stone for the Best Forward award.
Nicholls took a piece of silverware home, receiving the award for the Most Consistent Player.
Herbie Farnworth was named Best Back from a hot field that included Jack Bostock and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow.
Bostock won Rookie of the Year for his breakthrough performances across 23 matches, including 14 tries.
Tabuai-Fidow received the Adventure Kings' Fan Voted MVP award in an injury-interrupted season where he still managed to score 15 tries in 16 matches.
Gilbert was announced as the Academic Achievement award recipient for his efforts in studying for a business degree at Griffith University, with staff member Natalie Campbell named the Club Person of the Year.
2024 Award Winners
- Adventure Kings Fan-Voted MVP - Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
- Academic Achievement - Tom Gilbert
- Rookie of the Year - Jack Bostock
- Best Forward - Max Plath
- Best Back - Herbie Farnworth
- Most Consistent - Mark Nicholls
- Players' Player - Max Plath
- Arthur Beetson Medal Player of the Year - Max Plath
- Club Person of the Year - Natalie Campbell
