Leading contenders to win intriguing Dally M

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The NRL's biggest awards nighttime is present again - here's everything you request to know.

What is the Dally M Medal?

First awarded successful 1979 to Dragons fullback Steve Morris, it is the yearly awards nighttime to admit the champion subordinate successful the NRL, and is named aft Roosters fable Herbert 'Dally' Messenger.

Where volition the Dally M awards beryllium held?

This year's Dally M Medal awards volition beryllium held astatine Randwick Racecourse.

When is the Dally M Medal awards?

The 2022 Dally M awards volition beryllium held connected Wednesday, September 28 from 7.30pm.

How is the Dally M Medal decided?

Judges ballot connected a 3-2-1 ground aft each lucifer and the subordinate with the astir votes astatine the extremity of the regular play is crowned the winner.

Players who are suspended suffer 3 points, and go ineligible should they service a multi-week ban, oregon beryllium suspended twice.

When the points tally went down closed doors aft circular 12, Dragons halfback Ben Hunt was successful the pb with 19 votes, up of Isaah Yeo connected 17 and Nicho Hynes connected 16.

Either Dylan Edwards, Mitchell Moses oregon Yeo could go conscionable the 5th subordinate successful the past 35 years to triumph some a premiership and the game's apical idiosyncratic medal, should they beryllium victorious.

Who are the favourites for this year's Dally M Medal?

Betting connected the grant is banned, but determination are a fewer players that are successful contention:

Ben Hunt (Dragons)

The clubhouse person astatine the halfway point, the No.7 played astir a lone manus astatine times successful a St George Illawarra squad that fell distant precocious successful the year.

Working against Hunt is that the squad didn't marque the finals, and successful those past 12 rounds aft voting went private, they won conscionable six games.

Nicho Hynes (Sharks)

After leaving the affable confines of the Melbourne Storm to 'make a squad his own', the caller Sharks prima passed his archetypal play with flying colours, and was adjacent tipped by Hunt to beryllium the 1 who claims the award.

Isaah Yeo (Panthers)

Often under-appreciated successful past years, the NSW Origin prima and Penrith co-captain is present rightfully recognised arsenic 1 of the game's champion players. It's evidently a batch harder for a guardant to win, but Yeo is each spot arsenic important to Penrith's playmaking arsenic their spine players.

Dylan Edwards (Panthers)

Fresh disconnected an unthinkable show against Souths connected the weekend, the fullback has good and genuinely deserved the plaudits he's been fixed this year, and is simply a work blistery accidental of winning.

James Tedesco (Roosters)

The 2019 champion is inactive the champion subordinate successful the crippled successful the eyes of many, and contempt the Roosters' dilatory commencement to the season, has had 1 of his champion seasons to date.

Cameron Munster (Storm) 

While different Melbourne players were struggling, missing games done wounded oregon not performing, their mercurial five-eighth remained astatine a precocious level throughout.

Mitchell Moses (Eels)

He was Parramatta's apical vote-getter earlier the grant went down closed doors, and though helium missed a mates of games precocious successful the year, is inactive an extracurricular chance.

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How galore players marque the Dally M Team of the Year?

Until 2019, 1 subordinate was selected from each presumption to signifier the squad of the twelvemonth - but for the past 2 seasons, a afloat XIII was selected with 2 wingers, 2 centres, 2 props, and 2 second-rowers.

Recent Dally M winners

2021 - Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles)

2020 - Jack Wighton (Raiders)

2019 - James Tedesco (Roosters)

2018 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Warriors)

2017 - Cameron Smith (Storm)

2016 - Jason Taumalolo (Cowboys), Cooper Cronk (Storm)

2015 - Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

2014 - Jarryd Hayne (Eels), Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys)

2013 - Cooper Cronk (Storm)

2012 - Ben Barba (Bulldogs)

Who has won the astir Dally M Medals?

North Queensland Cowboys fable Johnathan Thurston has won the grant 4 times, portion the eighth Immortal, Andrew Johns, has three.

Seven players person won the grant twice: Peter Sterling and Jarryd Hayne for the Eels, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith for the Storm, Cliff Lyons for the Sea Eagles and Gavin Miller for the Sharks, portion Mick Potter is the lone antheral to triumph the grant with antithetic clubs - astatine the Bulldogs successful 1984, and the Dragons successful 1991.

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