2017 Dally M Awards


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
PointsPlayer
33 Cameron Smith
25 Michael Morgan
24 Gareth Widdop
22 Luke Keary
22 Paul Gallen
21 Daly Cherry-Evans
20 Billy Slater
19 Jason Taumalolo †
19 Corey Norman
18 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.
AwardPlayer
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 Samaima Taufu

Team of the Year
AwardPlayer
Best Fullback Billy Slater
Best Winger Jordan Rapana
Best Centre Dylan Walker
Best Five-Eighth Gareth Widdop
Best Halfback Michael Morgan
Best Lock Paul Gallen
Best Second-Rower Matt Gillett
Best Prop Aaron Woods
Best Hooker Cameron Smith
Best Interchange Player Reagan Campbell-Gillard

Presenters

Hosts
Top Try and Point Scorer
Rookie Award
  • Michael Ennis
Peter Frilingo Medal
  • Phill Rothfield
Captain of the Year
  • Mal Meninga
Countdown
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