2016 Dally M Awards

The 2016 Dally M Awards were presented on Wednesday 28 September 2016. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. Cooper Cronk and Jason Taumalolo became just the second joint winners of the Dally M Medal after both players tied with 26 votes apiece.

2016 Dally M Awards
Date28 September
LocationThe Star Sydney
Hosted byTony Squires
Dally M Medal Cooper Cronk
Jason Taumalolo
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFox Sports

Judges

Judges are usually ex-players which have an involvement in that game such as commentary. Such judges in 2016 included Brad Fittler, Darren Lockyer and Braith Anasta

Dally M Medal
Player votes tally – Top 10[1]
Points Player
26 Cooper Cronk
26 Jason Taumalolo
22 Johnathan Thurston
22 Cameron Smith
19 Ryan James
19 Anthony Milford
18 Josh Hodgson
18 Mitchell Moses
17 Corey Norman
17 Ben Barba


Dally M Awards

The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's favourite" player of the year.

Awards[1]
Award Player
Provan-Summons Medal Jarrod Croker
Peter Moore Award for Rookie of the Year Ashley Taylor
Captain of the Year Jarrod Croker
Representative Player of the Year Cameron Smith
Coach of the Year Ricky Stuart
Top Tryscorer of the Year Suliasi Vunivalu – 22
Top Pointscorer of the Year Jarrod Croker – 276
Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year Anthony Milford, golden point field goal vs North Queensland, Round 4
Holden Cup Player of the Year Jayden Brailey
Female Player of the Year Kezie Apps
Team of the Year[1][2]
Award Player
Best Fullback James Tedesco
Best Winger Josh Mansour
Best Centre Joseph Leilua
Best Five-Eighth James Maloney
Best Halfback Cooper Cronk
Best Lock Jason Taumalolo
Best Second-Rower Matt Gillett
Best Prop Jesse Bromwich
Best Hooker Cameron Smith

Presenters

Pre-Dally M Presentation

Monday Night with Matty Johns crew

The following people are from Fox Sports (Australia)'s Monday Night With Matty Johns. They performed their show 'live on the red carpet' instead of on their regular Monday night.

On the red carpet interviews

Through Matty Johns' show, regular interviews occurred between the following presenters and a number of players arriving with their partners.

Dally M Presentation

Hosts

The following Fox Sports presenters were the main hosts for the event.

Countdown

The following Fox Sports presenters were the main presenters for the countdown. They gave a brief summary round by round from round 16-26 before announcing any points given to anyone in the top 10.

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See also

References
  1. Pryde, Scott. "2016 Dally M Medal highlights: full results, blog". The Roar. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. "Cronk and Taumalolo win Dally M Medal". NRL website. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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