Dally M 2015 Picks

[Big Pete]

Dally M Player of the Year:
Provan-Summon's Medal (People's Choice):
Rookie of the Year:
Representative Player of the Year:
Coach of the Year:
Captain of the Year:
Headline Moment of the Year:
Holden Cup Player of the Year:

Fullback:
Wing:
Centre:
Five-Eighth:
Halfback:
Prop:
Hooker:
Second-Rower:
Lock:

 

[Broncoman]

When is the awards announced if they are still going to do it?

 

[Big Pete]

Eligible Rookies

To qualify for rookie of the year, a player cannot have played more than 3 games in the NRL in the previous season.

Brisbane Broncos
Joe Boyce*
Francis Molo
Kodi Nikorima
Joe Ofahengaue
Matt Parcell
Ash Taylor*

Canberra Raiders
Mitchell Barnett*
Luke Bateman

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Herman Ese'ese*
Danny Fualolo*
Shaun Lane
Tyrone Phillips*

Cronulla Sharks
Jack Bird
David Fifita

Gold Coast Titans
Leva Li*
Keirran Moseley
Agnatius Paasi
Nathaniel Peteru
Chad Redman

Manly Sea Eagles
Michael Chee-Kam
Tom Trbojevic

Melbourne Storm
Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Felise Kaufusi
Richard Kennar
Cameron Munster
Christian Welch

Newcastle Knights
Lachlan Fitzgibbon*
Daniel Levi
Tyler Randell
Nathan Ross
Paterika Vaivai

North Queensland Cowboys
Coen Hess*
Patrick Kaufusi*
Ben Spina

Parramatta Eels
Daniel Alvaro
Bureta Faraimo
John Folau

Penrith Panthers
Waqa Blake
Regan Campbell-Gillard
George Jennings
Robert Jennings
Sione Katoa*
Leilani Latu
Chris Smith*

St George Illawarra Dragons
Euan Aitken
Yaw Kiti Glymin*
Drew Hutchinson*
Eto Nabuli
Rory O'Brien*
Luke Page*

South Sydney Rabbitohs
Aaron Gray
Chris Grevsmuhl
John Olive*

Sydney Roosters
Brendan Elliott
Jackson Hastings

Warriors
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Solomone Kata
Mason Lino*
Sam Lisone
Tuimoala Lolohea
Ken Maumalo
Albert Vete

Wests Tigers
Manaia Cherrington
Delouise Hoeter
Lamar Liolevave*
Kyle Lovett
Nathan Milone*
Brendon Santi

 

[Big Pete]

When is the awards announced if they are still going to do it?

Next week on Tuesday.

 

[MaroubraBroncos]

Eligible Rookies

To qualify for rookie of the year, a player cannot have played more than 3 games in the NRL in the previous season.

Brisbane Broncos
Joe Boyce*
Francis Molo
Kodi Nikorima
Joe Ofahengaue
Matt Parcell
Ash Taylor*
Aaron Whitchurch

Canberra Raiders
Mitchell Barnett*
Luke Bateman

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Herman Ese'ese*
Danny Fualolo*
Shaun Lane
Tyrone Phillips*

Cronulla Sharks
Jack Bird
David Fifita

Gold Coast Titans
Lachlan Burr
Leva Li*
Keirran Moseley
Agnatius Paasi
Nathaniel Peteru
Chad Redman

Manly Sea Eagles
Michael Chee-Kam
Blake Leary
Ligi Sao
Jake Trbojevic
Tom Trbojevic

Melbourne Storm
Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Hymel Hunt
Felise Kaufusi
Richard Kennar
Cameron Munster
Christian Welch

Newcastle Knights
Lachlan Fitzgibbon*
Daniel Levi
Tyler Randell
Nathan Ross
Paterika Vaivai

North Queensland Cowboys
Coen Hess*
Patrick Kaufusi*
Ben Spina

Parramatta Eels
Daniel Alvaro
Bureta Faraimo
John Folau

Penrith Panthers
Waqa Blake
Regan Campbell-Gillard
George Jennings
Robert Jennings
Sione Katoa*
Leilani Latu
Chris Smith*

St George Illawarra Dragons
Euan Aitken
Yaw Kiti Glymin*
Drew Hutchinson*
Eto Nabuli
Rory O'Brien*
Luke Page*

South Sydney Rabbitohs
Nathan Brown
Aaron Gray
Chris Grevsmuhl
John Olive*

Sydney Roosters
Brendan Elliott
Jackson Hastings
Siosiau Taukeiaho

Warriors
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Solomone Kata
Mason Lino*
Sam Lisone
Tuimoala Lolohea
Ken Maumalo
Albert Vete

Wests Tigers
Manaia Cherrington
Delouise Hoeter
Lamar Liolevave*
Kyle Lovett
Nathan Milone*
Brendon Santi

Would have to be one of those 4 surely

Jack Bird
Tom Trbojevic
Cameron Munster
Jackson Hastings

Not sure how it is voted on but if it was based on future talent id want at my club it would be Tom Trbojevic from Cameron Munster

 

[Cult]

Are the positional awards based on how many good games a player has or will they just give the halfback award to DCE again?

 

[Big Pete]

Dally M Player of the Year: Johnathan Thurston
Provan-Summon's Medal (People's Choice): Johnathan Thurston
Rookie of the Year: Jack Bird
Representative Player of the Year: Corey Parker
Coach of the Year: Wayne Bennett
Captain of the Year: Cam Smith
Headline Moment of the Year: Hayne cracks the NFL
Holden Cup Player of the Year: Ash Taylor

Fullback: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Wing: Semi Radradra
Centre: Will Chambers
Five-Eighth: James Maloney
Halfback: Johnathan Thurston
Prop: Jesse Bromwich
Hooker: Cam Smith
Second-Rower: Wade Graham
Lock: Corey Parker

 

[Big Pete]

Like last year, I found the second row position to be the toughest position to select for.

There's just so many options out there...

Alex Glenn
Matt Gillett
Sam Thaiday (if he qualifies)
Frank Pritchard (really underrated member of the Dogs pack)
Josh Jackson (well...the media is infatuated with him and they decide the thing. Plus, he happens to be a 'good' player)
Luke Lewis
Iosia Soliola
Josh Papalii
Tohu Harris
Gavin Cooper
Tyson Frizell
Boyd Cordner
Aidan Guerra

Among a number of them. Really hard to pick a stand-out between them, so I ended up going for Wade Graham who had more on his plate than all of them yet really played a big part in Cronulla's climb up the ladder.

 

[Unbreakable]

Dally M Player of the Year: Thurston
Provan-Summon's Medal (People's Choice): Thurston
Rookie of the Year: Bird
Representative Player of the Year: Parker
Coach of the Year: Bennett
Captain of the Year: Smith
Headline Moment of the Year: Hayne
Holden Cup Player of the Year: Taylor

Fullback: Tuivasa-Scheck
Wing: Radradra
Centre: Roberts
Five-Eighth: Milford
Halfback: Thurston
Prop: Warea-Hargreaves
Hooker: Ennis
Second-Rower: Graham
Lock: Parker

 

[Alec]

Bird will no doubt win rookie of the year, but I think Taukeiaho would be a pretty close second. He's almost like a more skillful Taumalolo.

Been a fantastic year for rookies though, one of the best in some time. Some other talented standouts are

Kodi Nikorima
Joe Ofahengaue
Matt Parcell
Tom Trbojevic
Jake Trbojevic
Cameron Munster
Regan Campbell-Gillard
Chris Grevsmuhl
Shaun Lane
Jake Trbojevic
Euan Aitken
Jackson Hastings
Solomone Kata
Tuimoala Lolohea

 

[Super Freak]

Taukeiaho doesn't qualify.

He made his debut in 2013.

 

[Alec]

He only played 1 game though

 

[Super Freak]

Yeah, but you don't qualify if you have played a game before the 2014 season.

 

[Big Pete]

It must have been amended this year.

Last year, Big League specifically said that it could be any length of time, just that they couldn't have played more than 3 games. That's why Kyle O'Donnell qualified despite making his debut in 2012.

It makes sense, but certainly puts a dent in the 2015 class (while retroactively making the 2013 class look better).

 

[Harry Sack]

Bird will no doubt win rookie of the year, but I think Taukeiaho would be a pretty close second. He's almost like a more skillful Taumalolo.

Easily my rookie of the year personally. Rules be damned!!!!

 

[Morkel]

Munster might be a smokey.

 

[Sproj]

Dally M Player of the Year: Thurston
Provan-Summon's Medal (People's Choice): Tuivasa-Scheck
Rookie of the Year: Bird
Representative Player of the Year: Chambers
Coach of the Year: Bennett
Captain of the Year: Thurston
Headline Moment of the Year: Hayne Walks Outside
Holden Cup Player of the Year: Taylor

Fullback: Tuivasa-Scheck
Wing: Radradra
Centre: Ferguson
Five-Eighth: Milford
Halfback: Thurston
Prop: Bromwich
Hooker: Granville
Second-Rower: Cordner
Lock: Parker

There, that's a little controversial.

 

[Cult]

Dally M Player of the Year: Johnathan Thurston
Provan-Summon's Medal (People's Choice): Johnathan Thurston
Rookie of the Year: Cameron Munster (Jack Bird hasn't had a good game since like round 4)
Representative Player of the Year: Corey Parker
Coach of the Year: Wayne Bennett
Captain of the Year: Cameron Smith
Headline Moment of the Year: I don't know but please don't give it to Hayne. May as well give it to Folau or SBW for playing in the World Cup
Holden Cup Player of the Year: Gideon Mosby

Fullback: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Wing: Semi Radradra
Centre: Will Chambers or Justin Hodges
Five-Eighth: Michael Morgan
Halfback: Johnathan Thurston
Prop: Matt Scott will probably get it for last week and that's how these things are given right? If not, Jesse Bromwich
Hooker: Jake Friend will win it whilst also winning the award for getting away with the most forward passes
Second-Rower: Wade Graham will win it. Or Cordner because they're channel 9 awards, right?
Lock: Corey Parker but probably Gallen