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ArnoldCameron Smith wins 'Golden Boot' Award
November 30th 2007 07:30
Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith has won the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award for 2007, a prestigious accolade awarded by an international judging panel and votes by fans from two separate websites.
The 24 year-old Australian hooker scooped the most prestigious individual honour in international rugby league ahead of Great Britain captain Jamie Peacock with Australia halfback Johnathan Thurston in third place from the votes tallied by the judging panel of 14.
Smith joins a list of who's who of Rugby League including the likes of Mal Meninga, Wally Lewis, Brett Kenny, Peter Sterling, Andrew Johns and Darren Lockyer who have all won this award in the past.
The award caps off an amazing year for Smith after winning the Ron McAuliffe Medal for Queensland's Player-of-the-Series in their triumphant State-of-Origin campaign; the Wally Lewis Medal for Player of the State-of-Origin Series; the Dally M Representative Player-of-the-Year; and a third straight Melbourne Storm Player-of-the-Year Award.
As the captain of the Storm, he led the club to a 34-8 victory over Manly in the NRL Grand Final, and also captained Australia for the first time in their record-breaking 58-0 demolition of New Zealand in the Wellington Test match on October 14.
Congrats Cam!
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