2016 Dally M Awards

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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.

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2016 Dally M Awards
Date28 September
Location The Star Sydney
Hosted by Tony Squires
Dally M Medal Melbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk
North Queensland colours.svg Jason Taumalolo
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox Sports
←  2015  · Dally M Awards ·  2017  →

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]
PointsPlayer
26 Melbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk
26 North Queensland colours.svg Jason Taumalolo
22 North Queensland colours.svg Johnathan Thurston
22 Melbourne colours.svg Cameron Smith
19 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Ryan James
19 Brisbane colours.svg Anthony Milford
18 Canberra colours.svg Josh Hodgson
18 Wests Tigers colours.svg Mitchell Moses
17 Parramatta colours.svg Corey Norman
17 Cronulla colours.svg 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]
AwardPlayer
Provan-Summons Medal Canberra colours.svg Jarrod Croker
Peter Moore Award for Rookie of the Year Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Ashley Taylor
Captain of the Year Canberra colours.svg Jarrod Croker
Representative Player of the Year Melbourne colours.svg Queensland colours.svg Cameron Smith
Coach of the Year Canberra colours.svg Ricky Stuart
Top Tryscorer of the Year Melbourne colours.svg Suliasi Vunivalu – 22
Top Pointscorer of the Year Canberra colours.svg Jarrod Croker – 276
Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year Brisbane colours.svg Anthony Milford, golden point field goal vs North Queensland, Round 4
Holden Cup Player of the Year Cronulla colours.svg Jayden Brailey
Female Player of the Year Australian colours.svg Kezie Apps
Team of the Year [1] [2]
AwardPlayer
Best Fullback Wests Tigers colours.svg James Tedesco
Best Winger Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Josh Mansour
Best Centre Canberra colours.svg Joseph Leilua
Best Five-Eighth Cronulla colours.svg James Maloney
Best Halfback Melbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk
Best Lock North Queensland colours.svg Jason Taumalolo
Best Second-Rower Brisbane colours.svg Matt Gillett
Best Prop Melbourne colours.svg Jesse Bromwich
Best Hooker Melbourne colours.svg 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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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