The full-back was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy after producing a man-of-the-match performance in a losing cause for Castleford Tigers against St Helens. Like Robbie Paul and Kevin Sinfield before him and Chris McQueen the following year, Evalds would have happily traded the individual accolade for the main prize, the Challenge Cup trophy.
'Everything is set up for the club to compete regularly but you've got to take it week by week,' he said ahead of Saturday’s rematch against Leigh. 'That starts this week with a quarter-final at home. 'You probably don't think too far ahead at the bigger picture. You've got to work hard in training and perform on game day. 'We've got to take care of that each week as players. There's no better place to do that than in a quarter-final.