Their mightn't have been any Canberra Raiders Cup premiers, but there were two Les McIntyre Medallists.
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Gungahlin halfback Tre Holten-Williams and West Belconnen second-rower Joshua Ayers have shared this season's best-and-fairest award with 14 votes in a nail-biting finish that saw just two votes separate the top six.
Queanbeyan Blues' Payge-Louise Condon claimed the Maree Bush Medal as the best player in the Katrina Fanning Shield at the virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday night.
Tuggeranong's Nirada Phonsaya and Blues' Isaiah Latu were named the women and men's representative players of the year respectively.
Evan Bayliss claimed the Noel Bissett Trophy as the outstanding referee.
Holten-Williams steered the resurgent Bulls around the park on their way to the Canberra Raiders Cup minor premiership, although the ACT coronavirus lockdown meant they didn't get the chance to secure the premiership.
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The former Australian Schoolboys representative scored five tries as the Bulls won all-but-two of their games, with just one loss and one draw during the shortened season.
"He just backed up the year before. He just leads the team around well for us," Bulls coach Neil Bijorac said.
"Super competitive and he just controls our side a lot - a lot of our good play has come off the back of his passing.
"He sets the field position for us and makes sure we get to those points in the field. A lot of our attack is on the back of him."
It was Ayers' first season with the West Belconnen Warriors having promised to play there in 2020 only for the Warriors to pull out of the competition due to the pandemic.
He certainly made an impact both on and off the field.
"He had a pretty good year for us ... he's very experienced and a good leader," Warriors coach Matt Gafa said.
"He leads by actions, doesn't have much to say really, but his actions do all the talking.
"You know what you get from him week-in, week-out. He's a good clubman - he lives out of town, but he's always at training if he's injured or not, he wants to help out."