Three Wheelaroos players have won three awards each at the NSW Wheelchair Rugby League presentation night

Three players pick up trebles in NSW Wheelchair awards

Author: Margie McDonald
Timestamp: Sat 2 Sep 2023, 08:00 AM

Wheelaroos players Cory Cannane, Diab Karim and Liam Luff have capped stellar seasons by winning three awards each at the NSW Wheelchair Rugby League end-of-season presentation night.

A total of 20 awards for players, coaches, officials and volunteers were announced at the function in Wenty Leagues at Wentworthville.

Cannane not only won the Top Try Scorer (17 tries) and Most Valuable Player for the St George Illawarra Dragons from the NSW Cup club competition, but he picked up NSW Wheelchair Blues Players’ Player.

Blues teammate Diab Karim won NSW Cup Top Points Scorer (124) and Top Goal Scorer (31 goals) along with jointly sharing the NSW Player of the Year award with Parramatta teammate Liam Luff.

Luff also collected the Most Valuable Player for the Eels and won the NSW Volunteer Award.

NSW Wheelchair Rugby League Chairman Edie George said the awards night recognising the game’s great people had been a long time coming.

“We're excited to be able to once again celebrate our players and volunteers with such an occasion,” he said.

“Our last major awards night was in 2019. So we are truly grateful for our members and they very much deserve to be recognised and rewarded.”

NSWRL Chief Executive David Trodden said the success of the Wheelaroos making the World Cup Semi-finals last November had lifted the profile of the wheelchair game substantially.

“And some of our NSW players are the among the highest-profile names in the sport,” Trodden said.

“It is great to have this opportunity again to celebrate not just the players but all those supporting them by working hard behind the scenes at our wheelchair Rugby League clubs.”