James Tedesco is named best NRL player by his peers for the fourth time despite Roosters falling short in NRL finals

James Tedesco has joined Johnathan Thurston as the only four-time winner of the players’ champion award, after being voted the NRL’s best player of 2025 by his peers.

Tedesco, 32, was on Monday handed his first major player gong of the season, with the Sydney Roosters fullback also the clear…