Dally M 2015 Picks

[Broncoman]

Dally M player of the year: Jonathen Thurston
Provan summons medal: Jonathan Thurston
Rookie of the year: Jack Bird
Representative player of the year: Corey Parker
Coach of the year: Shane Flanagan
Captain of the year: Cameron Smith
Headline moment of the year: Hayne's success in America
Holden cup Player: Don't knnow anything about it so I can't comment

Fullback: Roger Tuivasa Shek
Wing: Semi Radradra
Centre: Will Chambers
Five Eighth: Anthony Milford or Blake Austin
Halfback: Jonathan Thurston
Prop: Matt Scott
Hooker: Cameron Smith
Second rower: Wade Graham
Lock: Corey Parker

 

[Cult]

If Blake Ferguson, Shane Flanaghan or Paul Gallen win anything at the Dally M Awards, there will be a lot of pissed off people.

 

[Sproj]

If Blake Ferguson, Shane Flanaghan or Paul Gallen win anything at the Dally M Awards, there will be a lot of ****ed off people.

They will though because these awards are rarely accurate.

 

[Harry Sack]

Dally M player of the year: Jonathan Thurston
Provan summons medal: Jonathan Thurston
Rookie of the year: Jack Bird but given Munsters recent form.....Hastings a smokey as well tbh
Representative player of the year: Corey Parker
Coach of the year: Benny but likely Robinson. 3 minor premierships in a row etc
Captain of the year: Cameron Smith
Headline moment of the year: Origin 3
Holden cup Player: Ash Taylor

Fullback: Roger Tuivasa Shek
Wing: Semi Radradra
Centre: Blank, no real standouts that I can think of.
Five Eighth: Morgan, Maloney or Austin
Halfback: Jonathan Thurston
Prop: Matt Scott, Bromwich. Aaron Woods a smokey, he was fairly high up in the Dally M's when they wen silent from memory
Hooker: Cameron Smith
Second rower: Wade Graham
Lock: Corey Parker

 

[Foordy]

Are the positional awards based on how many good games a player has or will they just give the halfback award to DCE again?

It will be a joke if they do especially as Thurston was playing halfback all year

 

[Je$ter]

How is Hayne playing in the NFL an NRL story?

 

[Big Pete]

It's more of a prediction than an actual pick.

Hayne still has an agreement with the NRL and his presence in the NFL has generated some publicity for the NRL as well. Hence there's a link and given how much the story has been flogged, I believe that's the way they'll go.

Otherwise the story should be about Game III.

Or Bennett's Broncos Revival.

Roosters 12 straight or Cowboys 11 straight (after losing 3 to begin the season).

Those are really the only positive stories to emerge.

If they were being truthful, the big headliners were...

The Gold Coast Drug Charges
Daly Cherry-Evans backflip
Parramatta self-destructing
Good Friday Projectiles

 

[Big Pete]

Official Team of the Year nominations

FULLBACK OF THE YEAR
James Tedesco (Wests Tigers)
Lachlan Coote (North Queensland Cowboys)
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Sydney Roosters)
Greg Inglis (South Sydney Rabbitohs)


WINGER OF THE YEAR
Semi Radradra (Parramatta Eels)
Curtis Rona (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Marika Koroibete (Melbourne Storm)
Valentine Holmes (Cronulla Sharks)


CENTRE OF THE YEAR
Josh Morris (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Will Chambers (Melbourne Storm)
Michael Jennings (Sydney Roosters)
James Roberts (Gold Coast Titans)


FIVE-EIGHTH OF THE YEAR
Blake Austin (Canberra Raiders)
James Maloney (Sydney Roosters)
Anthony Milford (Brisbane Broncos)
Michael Morgan (North Queensland Cowboys)


HALFBACK OF THE YEAR
Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
Mitchell Pearce (Sydney Roosters)
Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)
Ben Hunt (Brisbane Broncos)


LOCK OF THE YEAR
Greg Eastwood (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Jason Taumalolo (North Queensland Cowboys)
Corey Parker (Brisbane Broncos)
Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks)


SECOND-ROWER OF THE YEAR
Josh Jackson (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Aidan Guerra (Sydney Roosters)
Wade Graham (Cronulla Sharks)
Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)


PROP OF THE YEAR
Aaron Woods (Wests Tigers)
David Klemmer (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Sydney Roosters)
Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne Storm)


HOOKER OF THE YEAR
Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm)
Jake Friend (Sydney Roosters)
Jake Granville (North Queensland Cowboys)
Michael Ennis (Cronulla Sharks)


COACH OF THE YEAR
Trent Robinson (Sydney Roosters)
Paul Green (North Queensland Cowboys)
Wayne Bennett (Brisbane Broncos)
Shane Flanagan (Cronulla Sharks)

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...540368211?sv=a5e842e27f007cb5cb6557c21242933b

 

[Broncoman]

If I had to name a team of the year out of those picks

1: Roger Tuivasa-Shek
2: Semi Radradra
3: James Roberts
4: Will Chambers
5: Valentine Holmes
6: Blake Austin
7: Jonathan Thurston
8: David Klemmer
9: Cameron Smith
10: Jesse Bromwich
11: Aiden Guerra
12: Wade Graham
13: Corey Parker

Coach: Shane Flanagan

I went for Blake Austin as I couldn't leave him out as he had a stormer of a year which I didn't predict at all and I couldn't leave him out. I went for Flangan as coach as I personally thought last year there was signs here at the Broncos last year that we were coming together and there were positives to take out of last year when nothing positive whatsoever could be said of the Sharks of 2014 apart from Holmes and Bird debuting.

 

[Harry Sack]

Official Team of the Year nominations

FULLBACK OF THE YEAR
James Tedesco (Wests Tigers)
Lachlan Coote (North Queensland Cowboys)
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Sydney Roosters)
Greg Inglis (South Sydney Rabbitohs)


WINGER OF THE YEAR
Semi Radradra (Parramatta Eels)
Curtis Rona (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Marika Koroibete (Melbourne Storm)
Valentine Holmes (Cronulla Sharks)


CENTRE OF THE YEAR
Josh Morris (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Will Chambers (Melbourne Storm)
Michael Jennings (Sydney Roosters)
James Roberts (Gold Coast Titans)


FIVE-EIGHTH OF THE YEAR
Blake Austin (Canberra Raiders)
James Maloney (Sydney Roosters)
Anthony Milford (Brisbane Broncos)
Michael Morgan (North Queensland Cowboys)


HALFBACK OF THE YEAR
Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
Mitchell Pearce (Sydney Roosters)
Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)
Ben Hunt (Brisbane Broncos)


LOCK OF THE YEAR
Greg Eastwood (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Jason Taumalolo (North Queensland Cowboys)
Corey Parker (Brisbane Broncos)
Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks)


SECOND-ROWER OF THE YEAR
Josh Jackson (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Aidan Guerra (Sydney Roosters)
Wade Graham (Cronulla Sharks)
Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)


PROP OF THE YEAR
Aaron Woods (Wests Tigers)
David Klemmer (Canterbury Bulldogs)
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Sydney Roosters)
Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne Storm)


HOOKER OF THE YEAR
Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm)
Jake Friend (Sydney Roosters)
Jake Granville (North Queensland Cowboys)
Michael Ennis (Cronulla Sharks)


COACH OF THE YEAR
Trent Robinson (Sydney Roosters)
Paul Green (North Queensland Cowboys)
Wayne Bennett (Brisbane Broncos)
Shane Flanagan (Cronulla Sharks)

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...540368211?sv=a5e842e27f007cb5cb6557c21242933b

That's how I see it personally. Can't split Morgan and Maloney and I'm buggered if I know which coach. I don't think Flanagan deserves a mention although from the spoon to finals is an achievement. 3 Minor premierships in a row is an achievement as well but the previous 2 shouldn't count towards him this year. For mine, it comes down to Wayne and Green because they've got their sides firing at the right time.

*by deserves a mention I mean in that group of coaches.

 

[Super Freak]

I think it's easy to leave Austin out.

Quite a few times, when the Raiders needed him to step up and guide the team to victory, he couldn't do it.

 

[Cult]

Josh Morris? He's not even the best Morris brother, let alone top 4 centres in the game.

 

[Alec]

Yeah, I mostly agree with Harry Sack. 5/8th is between Baloney and Morgan - they were conisistently good the entire year. Austin finished poorly, Milford started poorly.

Front rower is a tough one. Bromwich mostly goes well, but he can really go missing too, like against the Cows.

Jorris is one of those "we can't come up with a 4th entry" selections.

 

[Big Pete]

I actually think the journos got it close to the mark.

Sure, Bulldog Ritchie clearly had a few deciding votes here. How else can you explain Greg Eastwood making the ballot? However, they got the contenders right and a lot of their picks can be justified.

 

[Broncoman]

Rookie of the year will be tough to pick it's been a boom year for them. Bird, Holmes, Munster, Grevshmul, Mybe, that Roosters lock, Evans etc

 

[mitch222]

Dally M player of the year: Jonathan Thurston
Provan Summons Medal: Ben Hunt
Rookie of the year: Cameron Munster
Representative player of the year: Corey Parker
Coach of the year: Wayne Bennett
Captain of the year: Justin Hodges
Headline moment of the year: Origin 3
Holden Cup Player: Ash Taylor

Fullback: Roger Tuivasa Shek
Wing: Semi Radradra
Centre: James Roberts
Five Eighth: Anthony Milford
Halfback: Jonathan Thurston
Prop: Aaron Woods
Hooker: Michael Ennis
Second rower: Tyson Frizell
Lock: Corey Parker

 

[Super Freak]

Rookie of the year will be tough to pick it's been a boom year for them. Bird, Holmes, Munster, Grevshmul, Mybe, that Roosters lock, Evans etc

Holmes, Mbye and Evans are not eligible.

It's pretty much between Bird and Munster.

I think Bird will win it.

 

[Broncoman]

RTS has emerged as a smokey