WARRINGTON Wolves stand-off Blake Austin has joined St Helens hooker James Roby at the top of the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel voting leaderboard.
His three points from the win against London Broncos on Friday takes him above clubmate Stefan Ratchford and level with long-time leader Roby ahead of colliding in this week's round 10 battle at the Totally Wicked Stadium.
Tommy Makinson was the only point scorer for Saints in the loss at Catalans Dragons on Saturday, with Sam Tomkins awarded the top mark and Tony Gigot considered second best by a legend of the game from the panel of judges.
Leaderboard after nine rounds:
1 B. Austin - Warrington 12pts
2 J. Roby - St Helens 12
3 D. Fifita - Wakefield 10
4 S. Ratchford - Warrington 10
5 D. Brough - Wakefield 9
6 P. McShane - Castleford 9
7 G. Williams - Wigan 7
8 J. Shaul - Hull FC 7
9 L. Watts - Castleford 7
10 D. Clark - Warrington 7
Here's how the voting went in all Round 9 games:
Hull KR v Leeds Rhinos
3pts – Danny McGuire
2pts – Konrad Hurrell
1pt – Craig Hall
Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors
3pts – Oliver Gildart
2pts – Adam Milner
1pt – Liam Watts
Warrington Wolves v London Broncos
3pts – Blake Austin
2pts – Joe Philbin
1pt – Tom Lineham
Salford Red Devils v Hull FC
3pts – Josh Griffin
2pts – Marc Sneyd
1pt – Niall Evalds
Wakefield Trinity v Huddersfield Giants
3pts – David Fifita: 2 individual tries that changed the game
2pts – Reece Lyne: handful all night with solid tackle busts and big metres made
1pt – Darnell McIntosh: 1 try, 1 assist, good play from Fullback
Catalans Dragons v St Helens
3pts – Sam Tomkins: 1 try, 1 assist, 5 tackle busts
2pts – Tony Gigot: 1 try, 5 tackle busts, 129 metres
1pt – Tommy Makinson: 1 try, 5 tackle busts, 140 metres
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