2021 Dally M Awards

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2021 Dally M Awards
Date20 & 27 September
Location Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
Dally M Medal Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox League
  2020  · Dally M Awards ·  2022  

The 2021 Dally M Awards were presented over two nights at the Howard Smith Wharves in Brisbane on the 20 and 27 September 2021. [1] The first night highlighted the minor awards featured in the Dally M Awards as well as building anticipation for the second night which presented the major awards and the Dally M Medal. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger.

Contents

Dally M Medal

Dally M Player of the Year : Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic

Player votes tally Top 10
PointsPlayer
35 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic
30 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Nathan Cleary
26 South Sydney colours.svg Cody Walker*
23 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Tedesco
23 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Daly Cherry-Evans
21 Auckland colours.svg Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
20 Melbourne colours.svg Jahrome Hughes
20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Adam Doueihi
20 Cronulla colours.svg William Kennedy Jr.
18 St. George colours.svg Ben Hunt

Dally M Awards

The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account.

AwardPlayer
Provan-Summons Medal (Spirit of the Game) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Josh Morris [2]
Rookie of the Year Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sam Walker
Captain of the Year Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Tedesco
Coach of the Year Melbourne colours.svg Craig Bellamy
Top Tryscorer of the Year (Ken Irvine Medal) South Sydney colours.svg Alex Johnston (27 Tries)
Top Pointscorer of the Year Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Reuben Garrick (304 Points)
VB Hard Earned Player of the Year Award Parramatta colours.svg Isaiah Papali'i
Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm winning 19 matches in a row
Ken Stephen Medal [lower-alpha 1] Cronulla colours.svg Ronaldo Mulitalo [3]
Therabody Young Gun of the Year Melbourne colours.svg Nicho Hynes
Drinkwise Try of the Year Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic vs. North Queensland Cowboys, Round 25 [4]
Youi Tackle of the Year Brisbane colours.svg Xavier Coates on Dane Gagai vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 15 [5]
NRLW 2021 Season Awards, presented on 7 April 2022
Female Player of the Year Brisbane colours.svg Millie Boyle and
St. George Illawarra colours.svg Emma Tonegato [6]
NRLW Coach of the Year St. George Illawarra colours.svg Jamie Soward [6]
NRLW Captain of the Year Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Brittany Breayley-Nati [6]
NRLW Try of the Year Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Shaniah Power vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 4 (19 March 2022). [7]
NRLW Tackle of the Year St. George Illawarra colours.svg Emma Tonegato on Jessica Sergis vs. Sydney Roosters, Round 5 (26 March 2022). [8]

Team of the Year

AwardPlayer
Best Fullback Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Tom Trbojevic
Best Wingers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Reuben Garrick
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Brian To'o
Best Centres Melbourne colours.svg Justin Olam
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Matt Burton
Best Five-Eighth South Sydney colours.svg Cody Walker
Best Halfback Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Nathan Cleary
Best Lock Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Isaah Yeo
Best Second-Rowers Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Viliame Kikau
Parramatta colours.svg Isaiah Papali'i
Best Props Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg James Fisher-Harris
Brisbane colours.svg Payne Haas
Best Hooker Melbourne colours.svg Brandon Smith

See also

Notes

  1. Award announced at 2021 NRL Grand Final.

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