ALEX Walmsley will discover tonight whether he has become Saints’ first Steve Prescott Man of Steel winner since fellow prop James Graham won the award in 2008.

Walmsley has been the outstanding prop of Super League XX and fully deserves the accolades coming his way with league stats showing him as top metre maker with 4,092, most carries at 531 and the second most tackle busts at 119.

Such form earned him a selection in the Dream Team and saw him make the shortlist tonight for the Man of Steel award where he will be up against two Rhinos in Zak Hardaker and Adam Cuthbertson.

By earning a place on the shortlist, 25-year-old has already shown how rapid an advancement he has made in the three years since joining from Batley at the end of 2012.

Walmsley explained his super season so far.

"At the start of the year Kez sat me down and told me he was going to get more minutes from me," he said.

"He had confidence in me and we worked together on ball skills, my passing game and offload .

"I have worked hard on my game and it is starting to pay off a little bit.

"The offload game has always been there but it has come more to the fore with confidence and it helps when you have someone like James Roby inside me.

"Leeds, with Adam Cuthbertson in particular, have shown how effective it can be.

"They like to offload and then that can give the outside backs the chance to show what they can do."

Walmsley signed a new three-and-a-half year deal at Saints in the spring, spurning the offers from NRL clubs.

And his form has remained at a steady high standard, but despite that he could not believe it when he was shortlisted for Man of Steel.

"When someone told me I was shortlisted for that major honour I thought it was a wind up.

"I am still trying to get my head around being in the top three – up against players like Zak Hardaker and Adam Cuthbertson.

"I am genuinely chuffed about it and so proud to be there."