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2023 Dally M Awards
The 2023 Dally M Awards were presented on 27 September 2023. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. Several changes were implemented for the voting process for the 2023 season, including the introduction of a second independent judge, raising the maximum votes a player can receive per match from three to six. The point deduction for a one-game suspension was also raised from three to six, while players suspended for two or more games remain ineligible to receive any awards. Dally M Medal Dally M Player of the Year (Men): Dally M Player of the Year (Women): 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. Team of the Year Women's Team of the Year See also * Dally M Awards * Dally M Medal *2023 NRL season The 2023 NRL season is the 116th season of professional rugby league in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters. The racecourse is located about six kilometres from the Sydney Central Business District in the suburb of Randwick, New South Wales, Randwick. The course proper has a circumference of 2224m with a home straight of 410m. On 14 October 2017, the inaugural running of The Everest was held at Royal Randwick. The Everest is the richest race in Australia and the richest turf race in the world with $15 million in prize money. Since 2014, Randwick hosts The Championships, a two-day season-ending meeting in April that offers over AUD$20 million in prize money. It features several Group One, Group 1 races such as the Australian Derby, Doncaster Handicap and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC), Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Other an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addin Fonua-Blake
Addin Fonua-Blake (born 6 November 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL. He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. Background Fonua-Blake was born in Meadowbank, New South Wales, Australia. He is of New Zealand and Tongan descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Playing career Early career After playing lower grades with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011 and Parramatta Eels in 2012, Fonua-Blake joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2013. In 2013 and 2014, he played for St. George Illawarra's NYC team. In 2014, he co-captained the side. On 2 September 2014, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provan-Summons Medal
The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. As well as honouring the player of the year, who received the Dally M Medal, awards are also given to the premier player in each position, the best coach, the best captain, representative player of the year and the most outstanding rookie of the season. The awards are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger. History The awards were introduced in 1979 by News Limited. Their journalists vote on the best performing players in each match on a 3, 2, 1 point(s) system. The scores of the voting are visible to the public and media up until Round 16 of the NRL season. In 1998, following the merger of the Super League and the Australian Rugby League (ARL), the awards became the official awards of the newly formed National Rugby League. Prior to 1998, the official award of the game was voted on by the referees and were known as the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raecene McGregor
Raecene McGregor (born 23 October 1997) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for St George Illawarra Dragons, in the NRL Women's Premiership and the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a halfback she is a New Zealand international and has won three NRLW premierships, two with the Brisbane Broncos and one with the Sydney Roosters. Background McGregor was born in Sydney to New Zealand parents and attended Bass Hill High School. She represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal. She also represented New South Wales and Australia in soccer and touch rugby. She played for the Macquarie University Rays during the University Sevens competition. Playing career In 2016, McGregor played in the NSWRL Women's Premiership for the Greenacre Tigers. In 2017, she represented New Zealand at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. On 2 December 2017, she started at in New Zealand's final loss t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayle Broughton
Gayle Broughton (born 5 June 1996) is a former New Zealand rugby union sevens player who played for the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. She made her international debut for New Zealand in 2014 and called time on her rugby career in March 2022. She had scored 315 points in 112 World Series matches. and has won every trophy on offer in the sevens game. Her accomplishments include six World Rugby Sevens series titles, Olympic Games gold and silver medals, Commonwealth Games gold and winning the Rugby World Cup Sevens. In April 2022, Broughton began playing rugby league in Australia. Early life Gayle Broughton was born in Hāwera, New Zealand, on 5 June 1996 to Alfred Hauparoa. A naturally talented sportswoman with six brothers, Broughton was raised by her Broughton grandparents but had a troubled childhood, which led to her being expelled from high school at the age of 16. Rugby career In 2012, the New Zealand Rugby Union organized a "Go for Gold" campaign to id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahara Temara
Zahara Temara (born 4 July 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership. She is an Australian and Queensland representative, who also played for the Queensland Reds in the Super W. Background Born in Rotorua, Temara emigrated to Australia with her family in 2007, where she played her junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Her younger sister, Chante, plays for the Brisbane Broncos NRLW team. She played her junior football with boys until she turned 12 and went on the play for Nerang Roosters girls team. They went on to make the final but were comprehensively beaten in the final by Tweed Heads Seagulls. Thereafter the Roosters went on to win back-to-back U15 and U16 titles against Logan Brothers. She attended Worongary Primary School and to Keebra Park State High School. Playing career Rugby league Zahara played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evania Pelite
Evania Faaea Pelite (born 12 July 1995) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Pelite made her debut for the Australian women's national rugby sevens team at the age of 17 at the 2013 Amsterdam Women's Sevens. She also represented Australia in touch rugby. Pelite was selected to represent Australia in rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport. She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Pelite was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals. Full details. Honours and achievements * 2019, Dubai Sevens The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Mato
Shannon Mato (born 21 August 1998) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the North Sydney Bears in the NRL Women's Premiership. She previously played rugby union for the Queensland Reds and represented Australia. Background Mato was born in Whangārei, New Zealand, where she played rugby league, before moving to Australia in 2011. Playing career Rugby union In 2017, Mato represented Griffith University at the AON Uni 7s series. In 2018, she began playing for the Queensland Reds in the Super W competition. In 2019, Mato her international debut for Australia against Japan. Rugby league In 2020, Mato joined the Wests Panthers in the Holcim Cup. On 27 September 2020, she joined the Brisbane Broncos Women in the NRL Women's Premiership. In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Broncos in a 28–14 win over the New Zealand Warriors#Women's team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teagan Berry
Teagan Berry (born 20 May 2002) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and for the Illawarra Steelers in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership. Background Raised in Oak Flats, New South Wales, Teagan attended Oak Flats Primary and High school. Teagan has a twin sister Olivia and an older brother Jackson. Berry began playing rugby league in 2018 for the Shellharbour Stingrays. Playing career In 2019, Berry joined the Illawarra Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup side, scoring two tries in their 24–12 Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights. On 21 June 2019, she started on the for New South Wales under-18, scoring two tries in a 24–4 win over Queensland. 2020 In 2020, Berry began the season playing for the Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup. On 24 September, Berry joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team. In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Brigginshaw
Ali Brigginshaw (born 1 December 1989) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a , she is the captain of the Broncos, Australia and Queensland. Background Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Brigginshaw played her junior rugby league for the North Ipswich Tigers but was forced to give up the sport when she was 12. Playing career In 2009, Brigginshaw returned to rugby league, playing for the Souths Logan Magpies. That year, she made her representative debuts for Australia and Queensland. In 2013, Brigginshaw was a member of Australia's 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup-winning squad, starting at in the final against New Zealand. In 2015, Brigginshaw broke her right fibula in three places. During her recovery she took up Muay Thai and boxing, becoming a national champion and the Australian Golden Gloves Novice A champion in the 69 kg category. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simaima Taufa
Simaima Taufa-Kautai (born 28 April 1994) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL Women's Premiership and Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. She is an Australian and New South Wales representative. Background Taufa was born in Tonga and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, before moving to Sydney with her family. She grew up playing rugby union, playing for the Western Sydney Two Blues in Sydney's Jack Scott Cup competition. Playing career In 2014, Taufa began playing rugby league for the Canley Heights Dragons. On 19 July 2014, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 10–26 loss to Queensland. On 9 November 2014, she made her Test debut for Australia in an 8–12 win over New Zealand. On 27 September 2017, Taufa won the Dally M Female Player of the Year medal at the Dally M awards. On 2 December 2017, Taufa started at in Australia's World Cup final win over New Zealand. On 17 June 2018, Taufa was announced as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarryn Aiken
Tarryn Aiken (born 14 July 1999) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership. She is an Australian 9s and Queensland representative. Background Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Aiken played junior rugby league for the Wyong Roos before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland. Playing career 2019 An Australian touch football representative, Aiken joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2019 and later that year represented South East Queensland at the NRL Women's National Championship. In June 2019, Aiken signed with the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership side. In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's Premiership, Aiken made her debut for the Broncos in a 14–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 6 October 2019, she came off the bench in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons. In October 2019, she represented Australia at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
