The 2004 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 7 September 2004 at the Sydney Town Hall in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports. Warren Smith presided as Master of Ceremonies.
Dally M Player of the Year Dally M Player of the Year: Danny Buderus
Player votes tally – Top 10PointsPlayer27 Danny Buderus25 Brett Finch23 Craig Gower Matt Orford21 Nathan Hindmarsh19 Paul Rauhihi16 Brett Kimmorley Darren Lockyer15 Michael Monaghan Scott Prince Andrew Ryan14 Mark O'Meley Steve Price Shane Webcke
Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence 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 choice" player of the year. AwardPlayerProvan-Summons Medal Darren LockyerRookie of the Year Karmichael HuntCaptain of the Year Steve PriceRepresentative Player of the Year Craig FitzgibbonCoach of the Year Steve FolkesTop Tryscorer of the Year Amos Roberts 23 triesTop Pointscorer of the Year Hazem El Masri – 288Peter Frilingos Memorial Award Billy Slater – Try in Game II of the 2004 State of Origin series
Team of the Year AwardPlayerBest Fullback Anthony MinichielloBest Winger Amos RobertsBest Centre Willie TongaBest Five-Eighth Darren LockyerBest Halfback Brett FinchBest Lock Shaun TimminsBest Second-Rower Nathan HindmarshBest Prop Paul RauhihiBest Hooker Danny Buderus Sources:
Hall of Fame Inductees Pre-WWII Frank Burge (Glebe, St George; lock/second-row from 1911–27) Harold Horder (Souths, Norths; winger from 1912–1924) Vic Hey (Wests, Ipswich, Leeds, Dewsbury, Hunslet, Parramatta; five-eighth from 1933–49)
Post-WWII Harry Bath (Balmain, Barrow, Warrington, St George; second row from 1946–59) Norm Provan (St George; second row from 1951–1965) Ken Irvine (Norths, Manly; winger from 1958–1973) Source:
See also Dally M Awards Dally M Medal 2004 NRL season
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