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The NRL’s night of nights has come and gone and The Roar has the complete lowdown on who won big.
Cooper Cronk and Jason Taumalolo took out the prestigious Dally M Medal as joint players of the year. It was Cronk’s second Dall M Medal following his 2013 triumph, with Taumalolo becoming the first forward to win the award since Cameron Smith claimed the prize in 2006.
Taumalolo also became the first non-hooking forward to win the award since Cronulla’s Gavin Miller in 1989.
| Player | Points |
| Cooper Cronk | 26 |
| Jason Taumalolo | 26 |
| Cameron Smith | 22 |
| Johnathan Thurston | 22 |
| Ryan James | 19 |
| Anthony Milford | 19 |
| Mitchell Moses | 18 |
| Josh Hodgson | 18 |
| Sam Burgess | 17 |
| Matt Moylan | 17 |
Once again the Dally M Team of the year featured a slew of the NRL’s best players. Canberra featured heavily with Joey Leilua claiming centre of the year, Jarrod Croker claiming captain of the year and Ricky Stuart deservedly receiving coach of the year honours.
Jesse Bromwich’s title of ‘world’s best prop’ was confirmed as he picked up prop of the year. Josh Hodgson can consider himself extremely unlucky not to have picked up a single award throughout the night.
Second RowerMatt GillettPropJesse Bromwich
| Award | Recipient |
| Fullback | James Tedesco |
| Winger | Josh Mansour |
| Centre | Joey Leilua |
| Five-eighth | James Maloney |
| Half back | Cooper Cronk |
| Lock | Jason Taumalolo |
| Hooker | Cameron Smith |
| Coach | Ricky Stuart |
| Captain | Jarrod Croker |
Kezie Apps became the second woman to receive a Dally M award. Apps had already claimed the NSW women’s player of the year award earlier in 2016, following an 18-year drought-breaking victory for the Blues over Queensland. Ash Taylor claimed the hotly contested rookie of the year award, beating out the likes of Nathan Cleary, Latrell Mitchell, Suliasi Vunivalu and Bevan French.
NYC Player of the yearJayden Brailey
| Award | Recipient |
| Representative player of the year | Cameron Smith |
| Female player of the year | Kezie Apps |
| Moment of the year | Anthony Milford (Round 4, field goal Broncos v Cowboys) |
| Provan Summons medal | Jarrod Croker |
| Ken Stephen Medal | Joel Thompson |
| Rookie of the Year | Ash Taylor |
What do you think Roarers? Was there any shock award winners? Did the critics get it right?
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