Awards and Representative Honours for 1996

Awards

Ken Irvine Challenge
Winners: Manly-Warringah

Optus Cup
Minor premiers: Manly-Warringah
Premiers: Manly-Warringah

State of Origin I
Man of the match: Geoff Toovey

State of Origin III
Man of the match: Steve Menzies

State of Origin
Player of the series: Geoff Toovey

Clive Churchill Medal
Geoff Toovey

Representative Honours

City vs Country
City: Mark Carroll, Terry Hill, Steven Menzies, Geoff Toovey (Daniel Gartner was named as a reserve but was forced to withdraw through illness)

State of Origin
NSW: Geoff Toovey (3), Steve Menzies (3 - reserve)
Queensland: Owen Cunningham (1 - reserve)

Australia vs NZ All Golds (match cancelled)
Australia: Steve Menzies, Geoff Toovey

Australia vs Fiji
Australia: Mark Carroll, Terry Hill, Steve Menzies, Geoff Toovey

Australia vs PNG
Australia: Geoff Toovey (captain), Mark Carroll, Daniel Gartner, Terry Hill, Nik Kosef, Danny Moore (Steve Menzies and Jim Serdaris were forced to withdraw through injury)