Inactive Thurston clings to lead
23/07/2008 2:10:12 PM
Johnathan Thurston has held on to his lead in Sportal's Player of the Year award despite being out injured.
The Cowboys star remains on top on 22 points, with those below him making up little ground after Round 19.
Matt Orford (21), who also sat out last weekend due to injury, is locked in second place with Storm No.1 Billy Slater.
Melbourne's Greg Inglis was the only notable mover after round 19, picking up one point from his side's 26-0 win over St George Illawarra on Monday night.
He sits two points behind Thurston on 20.
Further down the tally board, Cronulla duo Brett Kimmorley (11) and Paul Gallen (12) picked up points, as did Newcastle's tireless Kurt Gidley (15).
Brisbane's kamikaze fullback Karmichael Hunt (13) also jumped a number of places after attracting the man-of-the-match vote in his side's win over the Cowboys.
And Robbie Farah (12) got his campaign going again with a stand-out performance in Wests Tigers' impressive win over South Sydney.