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2014 Dally M Awards
The 2014 Dally M Awards were presented on Monday 29 September 2014 at Sydney's The Star, Sydney, Star Casino. Broadcast on Fox Sports Australia, 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 Australia, Fox Sports: Greg Alexander, Gary Belcher and Ben Ikin Nine Network, Channel 9: Brad Fittler, Andrew Johns and Wally Lewis Sky Television (New Zealand), Sky NZ: Daryl Halligan The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Daily Telegraph: Paul Crawley, Paul Kent (journalist), 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 ...
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The Star, Sydney
The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, New South Wales, Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Melbourne, Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star, owned by Star Entertainment Group features two gaming floors, one Bar (establishment), bars, 3 restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned apartments. It also includes the 2,000 seat Sydney Lyric theatre and 3,000-seat Event Centre. Its gaming operations are overseen and controlled by the New South Wales Casino Control Authority and is licensed to be the only legal casino in New South Wales. In late 2007, it was granted a 12-year extension of its exclusivity and licence. In December 1994, a consortium of CIMIC Group, Leighton Properties and Showboat, Inc., Showboat was announced by the NSW Casino Control Authority as the successful applicant for New South Wales' first casino licence. A temporary casin ...
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Brad Fittler
Bradley Scott Fittler (born 5 February 1972), also known by the nickname of "Freddy", is the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, a commentator and a television presenter. Fittler has previously coached the Sydney Roosters in the NRL, the NSW City side and at international level he coached Lebanon. He is a former professional player who was named among the finest rugby league footballers of the first century of rugby league in Australia. Nicknamed 'Freddy', Fittler captained both New South Wales and Australia, and in 2000 was awarded the Golden Boot. He retired as the most-capped New South Wales State of Origin player, inducted into the NSWRL Hall of Fame and third-most-capped Australian international player. Fittler won two Rugby League World Cups as a team captain; he captained the Kangaroos to victory in both the 1995 and 2000 finals, and was also a member of the victorious 1992 team. Fittler coached in the NRL for the Sydney Roosters between 2007 and 20 ...
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Kieran Foran
Kieran Foran (born 13 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. Foran previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Parramatta Eels and the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. He won the 2011 NRL Grand Final with the Sea Eagles. Foran played for the NRL All Stars, and captained the Kiwis twice in 2013 and was also part of the side that won the 2014 Four Nations title. Early life Foran was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and went to Ellerslie Primary School and played for the Ellerslie Eagles before his family moved to Australia. Foran attended St Ives North Primary School and then went on to attend Marist Catholic College North Shore, along with close friend and future Sydney Roosters player Mitchell Pearce. His father is Greg Foran, the former CEO of Walmart's US division and the current chief executive ...
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Cameron Smith (rugby League, Born 1983)
Cameron Wayne Smith (born 18 June 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a , spending his entire career with the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL). An n international and Queensland State of Origin representative, Smith is regarded by some as one of the greatest players of all time. During his nineteen year career, Smith won the Dally M Medal as the NRL's player of the year in 2006 and 2017, the Golden Boot Award as the international player of the year in 2007 and 2017, and the NRL's Dally M Hooker of the Year on nine occasions. He was the captain of the Storm for fifteen years, during which time they won the 2012, 2017, and 2020 NRL Premierships, and also Australia and Queensland from 2012 until his retirement from representative matches in 2018. Considered a future Immortal, Smith is currently the NRL's games record holder, with 430 matches played; he is the only player to have played over 400 matches. He is also the ...
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Matt Moylan
Matthew Moylan (born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and Australia at international level. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League, and has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, NSW City, NRL All Stars and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Background Moylan was born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior football for the St Clair Comets and St. Patricks before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Playing career Early career Moylan played for Penrith's NYC team from 2009 to 2011. 2012 Moylan played for the Windsor Wolves, the NSW Cup feeder team to the Panthers. 2013 In round 7, Moylan made his NRL debut for the Penrith club against the Parramatta Eels in a 44–12 victory at Penrith Stadium. He became Penrith's first-choice fullback. Moylan scored his first try in roun ...
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Daly Cherry-Evans
Daly Cherry-Evans (born 20 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Australia at international level. He captains Manly and won the 2011 NRL Grand Final with the Sea Eagles. He captains Queensland at State of Origin level and has played for Prime Ministers XIII. Early life Cherry-Evans was born in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia to an English-born mother and an Australian father. His father, Troy Evans, played as a for the Norths Devils and Redcliffe Dolphins in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership during the 1980s and 1990s. His brother Darcy Cherry-Evans is a professional scooter rider and his brother Dylan Cherry-Evans is also a former rugby league player. He also has two sisters, Kaci and Klanci Cherry-Evans He began playing rugby league for the Redcliffe Dolphins at 5-years-old. At 12 years of age Cherry-Evans moved to Mackay, Queensland with his family and continued to pla ...
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Ben Hunt (rugby League)
Ben Hunt (born 27 March 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and hooker for Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, and at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series. He has also played as a at various points in his career. Background Hunt was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. He grew up in Dingo, Queensland, Dingo, playing junior rugby league with the Blackwater Crushers, in Blackwater, Queensland, Blackwater before attending St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon, St. Brendan's College in Yeppoon. Playing career Hunt signed with the Brisbane Broncos as a youth player as a Hooker. In 2008 Hunt won the inaugural 2008 NRL Under-20s season, 2008 Toyota Cup (Under-20s) player of the year ...
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Gareth Widdop
Gareth Widdop (born 12 March 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League, and England and Great Britain at international level. Widdop previously played the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and for the Melbourne Storm and the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL (National Rugby League). He won the 2012 NRL Grand Final with Melbourne and has played for the World All Stars. Earlier in his career he played as a . Early life Born and brought up in Halifax, Yorkshire, Widdop played his junior rugby for King Cross before moving to Melbourne, Australia with his family at the age of 12 where he was educated at Bayside Secondary College. As a teenager Widdop went to the 2006 NRL Grand Final, and continued to play in the Melbourne Rugby League for Altona Roosters under his father Gary. He was introduced to the Storm by Dean Lance, and was taken into the Storms Academy U18 program by Pa ...
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Sam Burgess
Samuel Burgess (born 14 December 1988) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or forward in the 2000s and 2010s. He played in England for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and in Australia for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. The Rabbitohs won the 2014 NRL Premiership, the club's first in 43 years, and Burgess was named winner of the Clive Churchill Medal for man of the match in the Grand Final. he played for Great Britain and England at international level. In late 2014, Burgess switched codes to play rugby union for Bath. He was called up to the England national team in August 2015, becoming a dual-code international, and was a member of England's squad for their unsuccessful 2015 Rugby Union World Cup campaign, before returning to rugby league for the 2016 NRL season. On 30 October 2019, Burgess announced his retirement due to a shoulder injury. Burgess currently works as an assistant coach for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. ...
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Paul Kent (journalist)
Paul Kent is an Australian journalist and former rugby league footballer. In 1989, he played in one first grade match for Parramatta at halfback, becoming the 481st player for the club. Since retiring, he has become a journalist and now works for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and is currently co-host of NRL 360 on Fox Sports alongside former player Braith Anasta. He has written two books; ''Sonny Ball'' and ''Johnny Lewis: The Biography'' — about Sonny Bill Williams and Johnny Lewis, respectively. ''Sonny Ball'' was chosen as one of the best sports books of 2015 by Australian newspaper ''The New Daily''. Kent is a weekly panel member for Triple M's Sunday NRL Show. Kent's opinions of Melbourne coach, Craig Bellamy Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward and is current assistant manager at EFL Championship side Burnley. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norw ..., brought forth ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was lookin ...
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Daryl Halligan
Daryl John Halligan (born 25 July 1966) is a rugby league commentator and former professional player. A New Zealand international winger, he was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history. Halligan played club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the latter. Rugby union Halligan attended Hamilton Boys' High School and made the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team in 1984. He played representative rugby union for Waikato Rugby Union, Waikato. Rugby league career Halligan made his first grade rugby league debut for North Sydney against the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 1991 at North Sydney Oval. Halligan made 25 appearances for Norths as they enjoyed one of their best ever seasons finishing third on the table. In the minor preliminary semi final, Halligan kicked 6 goals as Norths defeated arch rivals Manly-Warring ...
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