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:

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Dally M Awards

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

Presenters

Hosts * Yvonne Sampson,

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, Hannah Hollis and Jessica Yates Top Try and Point Scorer * Michael Irvine Rookie Award *

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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

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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