The 2017 Dally M Awards was presented on Wednesday 27 September 2017. 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: Cameron Smith
Player votes tally – Top 10PointsPlayer33 Cameron Smith25 Michael Morgan24 Gareth Widdop22 Luke Keary22 Paul Gallen21 Daly Cherry-Evans20 Billy Slater19 Jason Taumalolo †19 Corey Norman18 James Tedesco
† Taumalolo was given a 6 point penalty for being suspended for two games.
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 is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year. Award Player Provan-Summons Medal Clint Gutherson Peter Moore Award for Rookie of the Year Nick Cotric Captain of the Year Cameron Smith Representative Player of the Year Coach of the Year Craig Bellamy Top Tryscorer of the Year Suliasi Vunivalu – 23 Top Pointscorer of the Year Nathan Cleary – 216 Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year Mitchell Pearce Holden Cup Player of the Year Jake Clifford Female Player of the Year Simaima Taufa
Team of the Year AwardPlayerBest Fullback Billy SlaterBest Winger Jordan RapanaBest Centre Dylan WalkerBest Five-Eighth Gareth WiddopBest Halfback Michael MorganBest Lock Paul GallenBest Second-Rower Matt GillettBest Prop Aaron WoodsBest Hooker Cameron SmithBest Interchange Player Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Presenters Hosts Yvonne Sampson, Lara Pitt, Hannah Hollis and Jessica Yates
Top Try and Point Scorer Jarrod Croker
Rookie Award Michael Ennis
Peter Frilingo Medal Phil Rothfield
Captain of the Year Mal Meninga
Countdown Johnathan Thurston
Team of the Year Mal Meninga
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 Jimmy Smith Peter Sterling (Nine) Alan Tongue Kevin Walters (Fox League)
See also Dally M Awards Dally M Medal 2017 NRL season
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