Gutherson, Mulhall claim top gongs at 2025 Dragons Medal

Author: St George Illawarra Dragons
Timestamp: Tue 16 Sep 2025, 09:44 PM

The club tonight held the 2025 Dragons Medal at The Venue in Alexandria with Clint Gutherson and Madi Mulhall claiming the night’s top prizes.

Gutherson took home the Dragons Medal for NRL Player of the Year in his first campaign with the club having led the side in try assists (16) and run metres (3,661) and tallying the second-most line breaks (20) and tackle breaks (54) whilst playing in every minute of every game.

Mulhall meanwhile received the Dragons Medal for NRLW Player of the Year having appeared in all 11 of the side’s outings – earning Player of the Match nods in three of them – and averaged 95 run metres to go along with 276 total tackles at near 93 per cent efficiency.

Damien Cook – in his first year back with the club – claimed the Immortals Trophy in recognition of his attitude, commitment, and dedication across all aspects of athletic and professional endeavour.

Co-captains Clint Gutherson & Damien Cook pose with their awards.

The NRLW Coaches’ Award went to Keele Browne who pieced together a career year in the centres appearing in every match and averaging a career-high 125 run metres.

Browne, alongside Ryan Couchman, also claimed the club’s Community Involvement Award in recognition of the significant contributions the pair make to the community and the hard work they put in outside of football.

Gerringong Lions junior and Dragons Academy graduate Hamish Stewart notched the Geoff Selby Memorial Trophy for NRL Emerging Talent with the 21-year-old putting together a rookie campaign in which he made 19 appearances and tallied 532 total tackles at near 94 per cent efficiency.

Trinity Tauaneai was named the club’s NRLW Emerging Talent having made nine appearances in her maiden season averaging 71 run metres and making 166 tackles.

Trinity Tauaneai, Madi Mulhall & Keele Browne take a photo with their awards.

Gutherson also claimed the Red V Members Player of the Year alongside Teagan Berry who finished the year as the side’s top try-scorer for the fourth-consecutive year and averaged 181 run metres – the 3rd-highest mark in the NRLW – with 52 total tackle breaks – the 5th-highest – and 15 line breaks – the 2nd-highest.

Ben Murdoch-Masila was awarded the Mark Coyne Trophy for his initiative in developing a career outside football.

Jonah Glover was named the NSW Cup Player of the Year with the 23-year-old playing 23 games in the halves tallying 214 points and 22 try assists – both the 2nd-highest mark in the competition – to go along with nine tries.

Cody Ramsey took home the NSW Cup Coach’s Award as he completed one of rugby league's great comeback stories returning to the game after an 896-day hiatus as a result of an ulcerative colitis diagnosis.

Ramsey played his first game back in a trial match at Henson Park in February
before starting at fullback in 22 games scoring 10 tries – the 3rd-highest mark on team – and assisting on 21 others – the 2nd-highest mark.

He also led the team in run metres and tackle breaks whilst captaining the side on 18 occasions.

Isaiah Fagalilo received the Paul McGregor Trophy for Jersey Flegg Cup Player of the Year having made 18 Flegg appearances scoring five tries and assisting on two others whilst also leading the side in tackles made.

He made a try-scoring Knock-On Effect NSW Cup debut off the bench in Round 6 and went on to make four appearances at that level.