How many individual awards would Cristiano Ronaldo win if they were all determined by match officials? How about Cameron Smith? LeBron James? Aaron Smith? TJ Perenara?
Ronaldo in particular wouldn't be able to dive far enough to pick up an award and given his predilection for giving referees the old Sir Ben Ainslie "love-tap", he isn't exactly hot on their charts.
The Mitre 10 Cup has introduced the Duane Monkley Medal, their equivalent of the NRL's Dally M Medal and AFL's Brownlow Medal.
Named after the greatest player never to pull on an All Black jersey (a discussion for another time), the medal is given to the MVP of the Mitre 10 Cup as judged by the referees.
The Player of the Year awards will be determined by a season-points system, with match officials picking their players of the match awarding three points, two points and one point for the game's top three performers.