Newcastle prodigy Kalyn Ponga has wrestled back the Arthur Beetson Medal lead from Andrew Fifita after picking up two votes in Newcastle’s close loss to Wests Tigers.
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Damien Cook are also on the move after big weekends:
AFTER ROUND 21
Kalyn Ponga 22
Andrew Fifita 21
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 19
Gareth Widdop 18
Damien Cook 18
Cameron Smith 17
Cameron Munster 17
Daly Cherry-Evans 16
Sam Burgess 16
Shaun Johnson 15
Matt Dufty 14
Jason Taumalolo 14
Luke Brooks 14
James Maloney 13
Jake Trbojevic 13
Jai Arrow 12
Tevita Pangai Jr 12
Johnathan Thurston 12
Jack de Belin 11
Issac Luke 11
David Klemmer 11
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 11
Matt Moylan 11
James Tedesco 11
Nathan Brown 11
Benji Marshall 10
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 10
Billy Slater 10
Josh McGuire 10
Ash Taylor 9
Angus Crichton 9
Adam Reynolds 9
Blake Ferguson 9
Latrell Mitchell 9
Robbie Farah 9
Blake Green 8
Josh Papalii 8
Martin Taupau 8
Victor Radley 8
Tariq Sims 8
Cooper Cronk 8
Nathan Cleary 8
Tom Trbojevic 8
Matt Lodge 8
Ben Hunt 8
Ben Matulino 7
Luke Keary 7
Tohu Harris 7
Corey Oates 7
Viliame Kikau 7
Sio Taukeiaho 7
Josh Hodgson 7
Ryan James 7
John Sutton 7
Tyrone Peachey 7
Dylan Napa 6
Greg Inglis 6
Paul Gallen 6
Mitchell Pearce 6
Jarryd Hayne 6
Rhys Martin 6
Jake Granville 5
Raymond Faitala-Mariner 5
Herman Ese’ese 5
Trent Merrin 5
Corey Thompson 5
Cody Walker 5
Chad Townsend 5
Matt Prior 5
Joseph Tapine 5
Corey Norman 5
Mitchell Moses 5
James Fisher-Harris 5
Paul Vaughan 5
Aidan Sezer 5
Esan Marsters 5
Mitch Barnett 5
Kodi Nikorima 5
Lachlan Fitzgibbon 5
Valentine Holmes 5
Jordan Rapana 5
Joey Leilua 5
Siliva Havili 4
Cameron McInnes 4
Mahe Fonua 4
Tyson Frizell 4
Dallin Watene-Zalezniak 4
Daniel Saifiti 4
Josh Addo-Carr 4
Ryan Hoffman 4
Anthony Milford 4
Blake Austin 4
Jarrod Wallace 4
Agnatius Paasi 4
Joel Luai 4
Moses Mbye 4
Brenko Lee 4
Wade Graham 4
Lachlan Lewis 4
Waqa Blake 3
Elijah Taylor 3
Russell Packer 3
Corey Harawira-Naera 3
Andrew McCullough 3
Jayden Bailey 3
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 3
Kaysa Pritchard 3
Shannon Boyd 3
Dale Finucane 3
Api Koroisau 3
James Roberts 3
Jack Wighton 3
Josh Reynolds 3
Sione Mata’utia 3
Elliot Whitehead 3
James Segeyaro 3
Boyd Cordner 3
Joe Ofahengaue 3
Brodie Croft 3
Jake Friend 3
Alexander Brimson 3
Coen Hess 3
Joel Thompson 3
Joseph Manu 3
Clint Gutherson 3
Solomone Kata 3
Matt Frawley 3
Nene McDonald 2
Dane Gagai 2
Phillip Sami 2
Jesse Ramien 2
Michael Lichaa 2
Chris Lawrence 2
Jesse Bromwich 2
Tom Burgess 2
Will Chambers 2
Cameron Welch 2
Alex Johnston 2
Matt Scott 2
Josh Morris 2
Jamayne Isaako 2
Isaac Liu 2
Robert Jennings 2
Keegan Hipgrave 2
Jeremy Marshall-King 2
Jarrod Croker 2
Simon Mannering 2
Brian Kelly 2
Ryley Jacks 1
Konrad Hurrell 1
Jordan McLean 1
Euan Aitken 1
Mason Lino 1
Josh Aloiai 1
Josh Dugan 1
Tim Mannah 1
Ben Hampton 1
Jason Clark 1
Ryan Matterson 1
Alex Glenn 1
Manu Ma’u 1
Peta Hiku 1
George Burgess 1
Brett Morris 1
Darius Boyd 1
Kyle Feldt 1
David Fusitua 1
Kevin Proctor 1
Kerrod Holland 1
Tim Glasby 1
Michael Gordon 1
Aidan Tolman 1
Campbell Graham 1