2014 Dally M Awards


The 2014 Dally M Awards were presented on Monday 29 September 2014 at Sydney's Star Casino. Broadcast on Fox Sports, the awards ceremony was hosted by Matthew Johns. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. The Dally M Medal was awarded to Jarryd Hayne and Johnathan Thurston in a tie of votes, making it the first time for the medal to be awarded to joint winners.

Judges

The 13 judges for the 2014 Dally M's were:
Fox Sports: Greg Alexander, Gary Belcher and Ben Ikin
Channel 9: Brad Fittler, Andrew Johns and Wally Lewis
Sky NZ: Daryl Halligan
The Daily Telegraph: Paul Crawley, Paul Kent, Josh Massoud, Dean Ritchie, Barry Toohey and Nick Walshaw

Dally M Medal

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 Johnathan Thurston
Peter Moore Award for Rookie of the Year Luke Brooks
Captain of the Year Jamie Lyon
Representative Player of the Year Jarryd Hayne
Coach of the Year Ivan Cleary
Top Tryscorer of the Year Jarryd Hayne - 20
Top Pointscorer of the Year Johnathan Thurston - 208
Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year New South Wales winning the State of Origin series.
Holden Cup Player of the Year Kane Elgey

Team of the Year
AwardPlayer
Best Fullback Jarryd Hayne
Best Winger Semi Radradra
Best Centre Jamie Lyon
Best Five-Eighth Johnathan Thurston
Best Halfback Daly Cherry-Evans
Best Lock Sam Burgess
Best Second-Rower Beau Scott
Best Prop James Graham
Best Hooker James Segeyaro

Presenters

Each of the players implicated in the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements scandal were banned from attending, or receiving awards at the 2014 Dally M Awards ceremony in September as a result of the investigation into the club's supplements scandal; captain Paul Gallen was also ruled ineligible for the Brad Fittler Medal for being the best performed New South Wales player during their victorious State of Origin series campaign.