TOKYO - Kobe Steelers co-captain Brodie Retallick on Monday received Japan Rugby League One's most valuable player award, a day after leading his team to the championship.

Brodie Retallick of the Kobe Steelers poses with the Japan Rugby League One MVP award in Tokyo on June 8, 2026. (Kyodo)

The former All Blacks lock finished as the competition's leading try-scorer and was player of the match in Sunday's 22-13 victory over Spears Tokyo Bay, which marked incoming New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie's last game in charge of the Steelers.

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