The 2018

Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. As well as honouring the player of the year, who received the Dally M Medal, awards are also given to the premier player in each position, the be ...

was presented on Wednesday 26 September 2018. They are the official annual awards of the

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and are named after

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Dally M Medal

Dally M Player of the Year:

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 5 June 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former rugby league footballer. He plays for the Auckland Blues in the Super Rugby Pacific, and for the New Zealand national team. He made his debut against Irela ...

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. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the

Provan-Summons Medal The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. As well as honouring the player of the year, who received the Dally M Medal, awards are also given to the premier player in each position, the ...

is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year. Team of the Year

Presenters

Hosts * Yvonne Sampson,

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and

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Top Try and Point Scorer * Michael Irvine Rookie Award *

Billy Slater William Slater (born 18 June 1983), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and one-time captain of the Queensland State of Origin team, he played his entire ...

Johnathan Thurston Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous ...

Ken Stephen Medal * Yvonne Sampson Coach of the Year *

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Captain of the Year * Women's Player of the Year * Tarsha Gale Countdown * Jess Yates &

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Team of the Year *

Todd Greenberg Todd Greenberg (born 2 July 1971) is an Australian rugby league administrator who was Chief Executive Officer of the NRL between March 2016 and April 2020. Background Greenberg was born in 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is Jew ...

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)

Notes

References

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