Crichton and Mann Create History with RLPA Dream Team Selection

Author: bulldogs.com.au
Timestamp: Tue 23 Sep 2025, 09:02 AM

Bulldogs Captain Stephen Crichton and State of Origin winner Kurt Mann have been selected in the 2025 RLPA (Rugby League Players’ Association) Dream Team.

As voted by their peers, the duo were selected as two of the NRL’s best players, with Crichton named at centre alongside the Dolphins’ Herbie Farnworth, while Mann was named as the NRL’s best Impact player.

Both players created their own slice of history in their selections, with Crichton – along with Melbourne’s Harry Grant and Farnworth – becoming the first players to earn selection three years in a row.

Meanwhile, Mann earned his first selection for the RLPA Dream Team in his thirteenth season in the NRL, following a stellar campaign that saw him make his State of Origin debut in the Queensland Maroons’ emphatic Series victory.

“On behalf of the RLPA, I would like to send a huge congratulations to the 14 incredible players who have been selected by the players in their Dream Team of 2025,” said Clint Newton OAM, CEO of the RLPA.

“This team of 14 players has shown week in, week out during the 2025 NRL season how influential they have been to their respective teams. To be selected in the season’s best team by the players you battle against every round is an impressive recognition of a player’s performances.

“The Players’ Dream Team is one of the most significant awards in rugby league because it is player voted, and this team – along with all NRL players – delivered for their clubs and fans to produce one of the most memorable and successful years in the game’s history.”