Warriors captain Simon Mannering. Photo / Getty Images
Warriors captain Simon Mannering has become only the second double winner of the Player of the Year accolade at the club's gala awards dinner at Auckland's Skycity Convention Centre.
After previously winning the award in 2008, Mannering last year matched the twin wins in 2005 and 2006 by Steve Price,
the man he succeeded as captain last.
Mannering was one of the four finalists for the NRL Captain of the Year title at the Dally M Awards in Sydney last week.
The youngest captain in the club's history, Mannering is one of only three players who have appeared in each of the Warriors' 25 matches so far this season. He's set to make it 26 on end when he leads the side in his 144th career appearance in Friday night's NRL semi-final against Wests Tigers.
Mannering was honoured in front of 600 guests, marking a year in which he has been named the players' player of the day five times so far. He has been on the field longer than any of his team-mates this year - 1931 minutes - and also averages the most minutes per game of all the forwards (77.2). He averages 30.6 tackles a game (only Micheal Luck heads him), 80.5m a game and he is second on the side's list of off loaders behind Feleti Mateo.
