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2016 Dally M Awards
The 2016 Dally M Awards were presented on Wednesday 28 September 2016. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. Cooper Cronk and Jason Taumalolo became just the second joint winners of the Dally M Medal after both players tied with 26 votes apiece. Judges Judges are usually ex-players which have an involvement in that game such as commentary. Such judges in 2016 included Brad Fittler, Darren Lockyer and Braith Anasta Dally M Medal Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and 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 favourite" player of the year. Presenters Pre-Dally M Presentation Monday Night with Matty Johns crew The following people are from Fox Sports (Australia)'s Monday Night With Matty Johns. They performed their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dally M Awards
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 Rothmans M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Norman
Corey Norman (born 3 February 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as and for FC Lézignan XIII in the Elite One Championship. Norman previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, the Parramatta Eels and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and Toulouse Olympique in the Super League. He has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland Maroons in State of Origin. Background Norman was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia of Māori descent. He is eligible to represent both and . He attended Keebra Park State High School on the Gold Coast. He played his junior football for the Beenleigh Lions before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. Playing career Early career Norman played for the Broncos NYC Team in 2009–2011, where in 2009 he was awarded as the Broncos Back of the Year. 2010 In Round 1 of the 2010 NRL season, Norman made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the North Queensland Cowboys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Mansour
Josh Mansour (Arabic: جوش منصور; born 17 June 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for Newtown Jets. He has represented Lebanon and Australia at international level. He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and at representative level played for the Prime Minister's XIII, NSW City Origin and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Early life Mansour was born in Sydney, Australia. He is of Lebanese and Cuban descent through his father, Fidel, who was born north of Beirut, Lebanon, and is of Portuguese descent through his mother, Angie, who was born in the Madeira archipelago. He played junior rugby league for the St Johns Eagles and the Kingsgrove Colts, and attended Holy Spirit College in Lakemba during his high school years. Playing career After being cut from the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' S. G. Ball Cup side, Mansour attended an open trial for the North S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tedesco
James Tedesco (born 8 January 1993), nicknamed "Teddy", is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and captains the Sydney Roosters in the NRL, New South Wales rugby league team and Australia. He previously played for the Wests Tigers. He has played for Italy and Australia at international level. Tedesco has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, New South Wales City and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. He is a dual NRL premiership winning player of 2018 and 2019. Background Tedesco was born in the north-western Sydney suburb of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. His father is of Italian descent. He was raised on a 100 hectare property in Menangle in Sydney's south west, complete with his own football field with goal posts. Tedesco played his junior football with the Camden Rams. His father said of his early years, "James couldn't even make the junior rep squad for Wests when he was 14, and from then on he's always sort of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kezie Apps
Kezie Apps (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. She is an Australian international and New South Wales representative. Background Born in Bega, New South Wales, Apps played her junior rugby league for the Bega Roosters alongside current Cronulla Sutherland Sharks player Dale Finucane. At age 12, she was forced to stop playing due to age restrictions that were in place. Her older brother Deon, played two games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011. Playing career In 2014, Apps returned to rugby league, joining the Helensburgh Tigers women's side. Later that year, she made her debut for New South Wales in the annual Women's Interstate Challenge against Queensland and Australia in their Four Nations curtain-raiser against New Zealand. At the end of the season, she was named the Illawarra Women's Player of the Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayden Brailey
Jayden Brailey (born 9 April 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. Background Brailey was born in Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior football for the Aquinas Colts and attended Aquinas College, Menai. In 2014, Brailey played for the Australian Schoolboys. In 2015 and 2016, Brailey played for the Sharks NYC team. On 4 September 2016, Brailey was awarded as the 2016 Holden Cup Player of the Year. Playing career 2017 After the retirement of Michael Ennis after the Sharks' historical 2016 NRL Grand Final win against the Melbourne Storm, Brailey earned the job of hooker ahead of new recruits, Daniel Mortimer and Manaia Cherrington. He made his debut for the Sharks in the World Club Challenge match against the Wigan Warriors. On 2 March, Brailey made his first appearance in the NRL again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Youth Competition (rugby League)
The NRL Under-20s (known commercially as the Holden Cup due to sponsorship from Holden) was the top league of professional rugby league for players aged 20 years or younger in Australasia. Contested by sixteen teams, the Under-20s competition commenced in 2008 and was originally known as the Toyota Cup. The competition runs parallel to Australasia's professional competition, the National Rugby League, with NYC matches played immediately prior to the NRL games. Similar to the NRL, the NYC enforces a salary cap and puts a heavy focus on life outside football for the players. The New Zealand Warriors were the most successful club in the competition's short history, with three premierships from four Grand Final appearances; in 2010, 2011 and 2014. In 2018, the NRL Under-20s was replaced by state-based under-20s competitions in New South Wales and Queensland. History The NRL Under-20s succeeded the Jersey Flegg Cup in 2008, which existed from 1961 to 2007. The competition was adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frilingos
Peter Frilingos (1944–2004) was a sports journalist and commentator, best known for his work as a rugby league writer. His reporting methods and integrity came under severe scrutiny during the Super League war. While he originally supported the ARL, he began openly endorsing Super League after a closed door meeting with News Limited management. This led to him being branded News Limited's "Chief Toady" by Media Watch. He has an award named after him in the National Rugby League's Dally M Medal The Dally M Medal is awarded each year (annually) to the player voted for as the ' Player of the year' over the National Rugby League (NRL) regular season. The awards are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry "Da ..., called the 'Peter Frilingos Memorial Award'. In August 2019, Frilingos was inducted into the National Rugby League Hall of Fame. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Frilingos, Peter 1944 births Continuous Call Team Australian rugby league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suliasi Vunivalu
Suliasi Vunivalu (born 27 November 1995) is a professional rugby union footballer who plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby. His regular playing position is Wing. Vunivalu previously played professional rugby league for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL, and Fiji at international level. He is a dual NRL premiership winning player of 2020 and 2017. Early life Vunivalu was born in Suva, Fiji, and grew up in the province of Bua and was educated at Lelean Memorial School. Vunivalu then moved to Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 16 and played rugby union for Saint Kentigern College. When Vunivalu turned 17, he made the Blues development team after impressing in schoolboy rugby. He was then signed by the Melbourne Storm at 18 years old. Rugby league career Melbourne Storm In 2014 and 2015, Vunivalu played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team. 2016–17 Vunivalu graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Eastern Suburbs Tigers. In Round 7, he made his NRL debut for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Stuart
Ricky John Stuart (born 7 January 1967) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and a former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He was also the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy (rugby league), Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 State of Origin series, 2010 series. Stuart had previously been coach of the Australian national rugby league team, Australian national side, and has coached National Rugby League clubs, the Sydney Roosters (taking them to three consecutive grand finals from 2002–2004), Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Parramatta Eels. A former international representative rugby league and rugby union player – a dual-code international – Stuart also played Rugby League State of Origin, State of Origin for New South Wales in the first Phil Gould (rugby league), Gould era. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Taylor (rugby League)
Ashley Taylor (born 17 March 1995) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. Taylor played for the Indigenous All Stars in 2017. Background Taylor was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia and raised in St George, Queensland until 2006 when he was 10 years of age. He is of Indigenous Australian descent - from Yuwaalaraay and Munanjali. He played his first junior rugby league for the St George JRL. He signed with the Brisbane Broncos when he was 12-years-old and moved back to Toowoomba, where played junior rugby league for the Toowoomba Brothers while attending Harristown State High School. Playing career Early career From 2013 until 2015, Taylor played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team. In 30 June 2013, he re-signed with the Broncos on a 3-year contract. On 5 October 2014, he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter "Bullfrog" Moore
Peter Sydney "Bullfrog" Moore OAM (1932 – 5 July 2000) was an Australian rugby league administrator, particularly associated with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, where he was Chief Executive from 1969 to 1995, serving a record 26 years at the helm. The Canterbury club won four grand finals during his time as its CEO, and he was largely considered responsible for fostering the proud "family" culture for which the club became renowned. Career Moore was a local newsagency owner in the Sydney suburb of Belmore before arriving at Canterbury-Bankstown in 1969. Nicknamed "Bullfrog" due to the amphibious appearance of his head, Moore undertook what was known as the "reformation" of the Canterbury club and shaped the club for the success it was to enjoy throughout the 1980s. He was famous for his recruitment of players to the Bulldogs and for introducing player scholarships to help young players coming to Sydney with their off-field careers (particularly before the game was fully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
