The 2018 Dally M Awards was presented on Wednesday 26 September 2018. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger.
Dally M Medal Dally M Player of the Year: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Player votes tally – Top 10PointsPlayer29 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck27 Kalyn Ponga26 Luke Brooks25 Valentine Holmes23 Mitchell Pearce19 Jason Taumalolo19 Cameron Munster18 Ashley Taylor18 Damien Cook18 Issac Luke
Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards are usually 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. Award Player Provan-Summons Medal Damien Cook Award for Rookie of the Year Jamayne Isaako Captain of the Year Cameron Smith Coach of the Year Anthony Seibold Top Tryscorer of the Year (Ken Irvine Medal) David Fusitu'a Top Pointscorer of the Year Jamayne Isaako Ken Stephen Medal Ryan James Female Player of the Year Brittany Breayley
Team of the Year AwardPlayerBest Fullback Roger Tuivasa-SheckBest Winger Blake FergusonBest Centre Joseph LeiluaBest Five-Eighth Cameron MunsterBest Halfback Luke BrooksBest Lock Jason TaumaloloBest Second-Rower Josh JacksonBest Prop Andrew FifitaBest Hooker Damien CookBest Interchange Player Jazz Tevaga
Presenters Hosts Yvonne Sampson, Lara Pitt, Hannah Hollis and Jessica Yates
Top Try and Point Scorer Michael Irvine
Rookie Award Billy Slater & Johnathan Thurston
Ken Stephen Medal Yvonne Sampson
Coach of the Year Kevin Walters
Captain of the Year
Women's Player of the Year Tarsha Gale
Countdown Jess Yates & Mal Meninga
Team of the Year Todd Greenberg
Judging Panel Greg Alexander (Fox League) Braith Anasta (Fox League) Richie Barnett (Sky Sport) Gary Belcher (Fox League) Monty Betham (Sky Sport) Darryl Brohman Danny Buderus (Fox League) Brett Finch (Fox League) Joe Galuvao Mark Gasnier (Fox League) Ryan Girdler (Triple M) Daryl Halligan (Sky Sports) Andrew Johns (Nine) Dallas Johnson Brett Kimmorley (Fox League) Darren Lockyer (Nine) Steve Menzies Steve Roach (Fox League) Andrew Ryan (ABC) Jimmy Smith Peter Sterling (Nine) Alan Tongue (ABC) Kevin Walters (Fox League)
See also Dally M Awards Dally M Medal 2018 NRL season
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