2025 Betfred Super League Dream Team named

Hull KR have four players included in the 2025 Betfred Super League Dream Team, recognising their contribution to the club’s first League Leaders’ Shield winning season.

The 2024 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel Mikey Lewis retains his position in the team, and he is joined by Robins team-mates Peta Hiku at centre, Jez Litten at hooker and Dean Hadley in the second-row – all three earning their first ever Dream Team selection.

They are joined by five more Dream Team debutants – Lewis Martin and Herman Ese’ese of Hull FC, Jake Connor and James McDonnell of Leeds Rhinos, and Umyla Hanley of Leigh Leopards.

The Wigan Warriors wing Liam Marshall joins Lewis as the only two members of the 2024 Dream Team to retain their places in the 2025 line-up, which has been selected by the same panel of Rugby League legends and experts who award points for the Man of Steel rankings throughout the season.

Marshall’s Wigan team-mate Jai Field returns to the Dream Team at full-back for the first time since his debut appearance in 2022, and the St Helens loose forward Morgan Knowles earns selection for the fifth time, having been a mainstay in four consecutive Dream Teams from 2019-2022.

Finally, Wakefield Trinity and England forward Mike McMeeken is rewarded for his outstanding leadership of the 2025 Betfred Super League newcomers with a recall to the Dream Team eight seasons after his first appearance, shortly after he moved north from his London Broncos roots to join Castleford Tigers.

Rhodri Jones, the Managing Director of RL Commercial, said:

“Congratulations to all 13 members of the 2025 Betfred Super League Dream Team – and as ever, our thanks to the panel of Rugby League legends who lend their expertise both to this selection, and to the voting throughout the season for the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel.

“The announcement of the Dream Team marks the end of the regular season and the start of the Play-Offs campaign – the second phase of the Final Charge to the Betfred Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford on October 11.

“With mouthwatering elimination fixtures in the first round of the Play-Offs at Leigh and Leeds this weekend, and Hull KR and Wigan Warriors waiting in the wings to host Semi Finals, we’re already guaranteed a bumper series in terms of attendances, maintaining the positive trend in all areas through the 2025 season.

“The countdown to Old Trafford will continue with announcements of shortlists for the major individual awards to be handed out days before the 2025 Betfred Super League champions are crowned.”

2025 Super League Dream Team and heritage numbers:

Full-Back – Jai Field (Wigan Warriors, 200)

Wings – Lewis Martin (Hull FC, 223), Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors, 214)

Centres – Peta Hiku (Hull KR, 224), Umyla Hanley (Leigh Leopards, 225)

Halves – Jake Connor (Leeds Rhinos, 226), Mikey Lewis (Hull KR, 216)

Hooker – Jez Litten (Hull KR, 227)

Props – Mike McMeeken (Wakefield Trinity, 168), Herman Ese’ese (Hull FC, 228)

Second-Row – Dean Hadley (Hull KR, 229), James McDonnell (Leeds Rhinos, 230)

Loose Forward – Morgan Knowles (St Helens, 185)