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Players Awards - Round 12

League Wrap: Round 12, 27-29 May 2005 Cowboys? full back Matty Bowen has broken away to a three point lead in this year?s Leagueunlimited.com Player Awards. Following an exciting round of football, Bowen is on 16 points while Storm half back Matt Orford is in second place on 13 points.

Manly back rower Steve Menzies continues to show excellent form and has moved into outright third position on 12 points. Broncos? five eighth Darren Lockyer is fourth in 11 points while Dragons? back Ben Hornby is in fifth position on 10 points.

Not far away on nine points are a log-jam of players including, Ben Kennedy (Sea Eagles), Brett Kimmorley (Sharks), Billy Slater (Storm), David Stagg (Broncos) and Anthony Watmough (Sea Eagles).

The full leader board is below.

The Leagueunlimited.com players of the match are decided by our live score updaters and tallied here each week on Mondays Expert?s League wrap.

MATCH RESULTS: CANTERBURY BULLDOGS 12 Tries: Asotasi Goals: El Masri 4/4 NTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS 48 Tries: Williams 2, Southern, Thurston, M Bowen, Lillyman, Payne, Tronc Goals: Thurston 4/4, Smith 4/4 Carrara Stadium Fri 7:30pm Crowd: 21,012 Referee: Tim Mander Half time: 12-all Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - M Bowen (Cowboys) 2 - J Thurston (Cowboys) 1 - A Payne (Cowboys)

BRISBANE BRONCOS 36 Tries: S Berrigan 3, Hodges 3, Minto Goals: Lockyer 4/6, Seymour 0/1 STH SYDNEY RABBITOHS 12 Tries: Polglase, Sutton Goals: B Walker 2/3 Suncorp Stadium Sat 5:30pm Crowd: 18,081 Referee: Sean Hampstead Half time: Broncos 12-8 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - S Berrigan (Broncos) 2 - J Sutton (Rabbitohs) 1 - K Hunt (Broncos)

SYDNEY ROOSTERS 30 Tries: Monaghan, Soliola, Faaoso, Crocker, Minichiello Goals: Fitzgibbon 3/4, Roberts 2/2 CANBERRA RAIDERS 16 Tries: Withers, Chalk, D Howell Goals: Gafa 2/3 Central Coast Stadium Sat 7:30pm Crowd: 16,253 Referee: Jason Robinson Half time: Roosters 18-6 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - A Morley (Roosters) 2 - M Chalk (Raiders) 1 - C Fitzgibbon (Roosters)

CRONULLA SHARKS 26 Tries: D Peachey, K Galloway, P Gallen, L Covell, D Simmons Goals: L Covell 4/6 PARRAMATTA EELS 34 Tries: E Grothe 2, M Petersen, B Smith, PJ Marsh, M Riddell Goals: L Burt 5/9 Toyota Park Sat 7:30pm Crowd: Referee: Stephen Clark Half time: Eels 22-0 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - N Hindmarsh (Eels) 2 - E Grothe (Eels) 1 - D Peachey (Sharks)

NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS 21 Tries: Toopi 2, Byrne, Villasanti Goals: Hohaia 1/3, Jones 1/4 Field goals: Jones 1 WESTS TIGERS 4 Tries: Richards Goals: Hodgson 0/1 Ericsson Stadium Sun 2:00pm (NZ) 12:00pm (AEST) Crowd: 9,420 Referee: Shayne Hayne Half time: Warriors 11-4 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - C Toopi (Warriors) 2 - S Jones (Warriors) 1 - J Ropati (Warriors)

MELBOURNE STORM 24 Tries: King, Turner, Smith, Orford Goals: Orford 3/4, Smith 1/1 ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS 16 Tries: Best 2, Cooper Goals: Naiqama 2/5 Olympic Park, Melb. Sun 2:30pm Crowd: 7,590 Referee: Russell Smith Half time: Storm 10-8 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - B Slater (Storm) 2 - R Kearns (Storm) 1 - M King (Storm)

MANLY SEA EAGLES 36 Tries: Witt 2, Watmough, Monaghan, Stewart, Donald Goals: Witt (6/6) PENRITH PANTHERS 26 Tries: Lewis 2, Wesser, Rogers, Campbell Goals: Campbell (3/5) Brookvale Oval Sun 3:00pm Crowd: 14,047 Referee: Paul Simpkins Half time: Panthers 16-6 Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 - B Kennedy (Sea Eagles) 2 - A Watmough (Sea Eagles) 1 - S Menzies (Sea Eagles)

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Next week?s matches: Round 13, 3-5 June 2005 Roosters v Sea Eagles Aussie Stadium Fri 7:30pm Cowboys v Sharks Dairy Farmers Sat 5:30pm Bulldogs v Rabbitohs Sydney Showground Sat 7:30pm Dragons v Warriors WIN Stadium Sat 7:30pm Wests Tigers v Storm Leichhardt Oval Sun 2:30pm Knights v Broncos EnergyAustralia Stadium Sun 3:00pm Panthers v Eels Penrith Stadium Sun 3:00pm Raiders v BYE

LEAGUEUNLIMITED.COM PLAYER AWARDS 2005 LEADER BOARD The Leagueunlimited.com players awards are decided by our live score updaters. Want to be a live score updater? For further enquiries, email us.

16 points M Bowen (Cowboys)

13 points M Orford (Storm)

12 points S Menzies (Sea Eagles)

11 points D Lockyer (Broncos)

10 points B Hornby (Dragons)

9 points B Kennedy (Sea Eagles), B Kimmorley (Sharks), B Slater (Storm), D Stagg (Broncos), A Watmough (Sea Eagles)

8 points N Hindmarsh (Eels), C Schifcofske (Raiders), J Smith (Raiders), R Wesser (Panthers)

7 points H El Masri (Bulldogs), P Gallen (Sharks), S Jones (Warriors), D Nutley (Sharks), D Peachey (Sharks), J Thurston (Cowboys), T Waterhouse (Panthers)

6 points S Berrigan (Broncos), K Kahler (Raiders), T Smith (Eels), P Whatuira (Tigers)

5 points P Campbell (Panthers), J Cayless (Roosters), A Laffranchi (Tigers), A Minichiello (Roosters), G Morrison (Eels), S Price (Warriors), S Prince (Tigers), M Sing (Cowboys), R Wiki (Warriors), J Williams (Rabbitohs), M Witt (Sea Eagles)

4 points P Bowman (Cowboys), T Grimaldi (Bulldogs), E Grothe (Eels), J Hannay (Cowboys), A Harrison (Rabbitohs), B Hodgson (Tigers), K Hunt (Broncos), M King (Storm), H Maiava (Sharks), M Monaghan (Sea Eagles), A Ryan (Bulldogs), B Tate (Broncos), C Wing (Roosters)

3 points R Asotasi (Bulldogs), T Campese (Raiders), M Chalk (Raiders), L Covell (Sharks), N Cayless (Eels), R Cross (Roosters), M Ennis (Dragons), C Fitzgibbon (Roosters), M Head (Dragons), R Hoffman (Storm), L Hohaia (Warriors), J Monaghan (Roosters), A Morley (Roosters), W Naiqama (Dragons), M O'Neill (Tigers), L Patten (Bulldogs), L Priddis (Panthers), M Riddell (Eels), A Roberts (Roosters), J Ryles (Dragons), B Seymour (Broncos), B Sherwin (Bulldogs), B Thorn (Broncos), A Tongue (Raiders), C Toopi (Warriors), N Vagana (Sharks), M Vatuvei (Warriors), C Webb (Cowboys), L Withers (Raiders), S Woolford (Raiders), D Young (Dragons)

2 points B Anasta (Bulldogs), L Bailey (Dragons), P Bailey (Sharks), T Byrne (Warriors), P Civoniceva (Broncos), A Dykes (Sharks), B Finch (Roosters), N Fien (Warriors), C Flannery (Roosters), M Gafa (Raiders), D Galea (Panthers), M Geyer (Storm), M Gidley (Knights), R Jensen (Cowboys), R Kearns (Storm), PJ Marsh (Eels), W McKinnon (Eels), M Minichiello (Rabbitohs), I Paleaasina (Warriors), L Ricketson (Roosters), J Sutton (Rabbitohs), B Stewart (Sea Eagles), M Sullivan (Sharks), G Turner (Storm), S Walker (Rabbitohs), B Webb (Warriors)

1 point B Berrigan (Broncos), L Bott (Broncos), A Brideson (Bulldogs), D Buderus (Knights), D Cooper (Knights), M Cooper (Dragons), D Faiumu (Cowboys), R Farah (Tigers), S Faumuina (Warriors), B Fletcher (Rabbitohs), C Gower (Panthers), A Guttenbeil (Warriors), M Hilder (Sharks), T Hill (Sea Eagles), A Johns (Knights), W Koopu (Warriors), L MacDougall (Rabbitohs), F Meli (Warriors), F Moi Moi (Eels), J Morris (Eels), A Payne (Cowboys), J Ropati (Warriors), S Simpson (Knights), C Smith (Storm), S Southern (Cowboys), L Thompson (Dragons), S Timmins (Dragons), W Tonga (Bulldogs), M Utai (Bulldogs), S Webcke (Broncos), D Widders (Eels), S B Williams (Bulldogs), T Williams (Cowboys), A Woolnough (Knights)

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