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Does anyone actually know who’s currently leading the Dally Ms?
No, neither do I, and who really cares anyway? It will probably once again be awarded to either an unworthy recipient, like Jack Wighton (2020), or to a player who eventually brings the game into disrepute, like Andrew Johns (1998, 1999 and 2002), (Jarryd Hayne (2009), Todd Carney (2010) and Ben Barba (2012).
More importantly, it’s time to get your votes in for the annual Dufty Award, originally instigated by a hard-core cell of disillusioned Dragons supporters, numbering in the tens of thousands by the way, but now open to all followers of the best and worst that rugby league can toss up.
Unlike the Dally Ms though, which laughingly claims to reward rugby league excellence, the Duftys is an award system that deals with the harsh reality facing supporters of all teams other than Penrith.
We bottom-dwelling supporters sit there in the gloom week after week wondering how footballers earning as much as caretaker Prime Minister Tony Albanese can consistently fail to perform even the most basic rugby league task, like catching the ball, making a tackle and playing the ball.
By now, the brightest among you you may have connected the soon to be prestigious award’s name to the former St George dud player in Matt Dufty, who although blessed with immeasurable natural talent, lacked both fortitude and application to use it on the football field for more than one week in a row.
Matt Dufty, at the Dragons. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
Needless to say, he was the inaugural winner of the award, and after watching his efforts for Canterbury this season, the organising committee have decided to enshrine his ongoing incompetence by permanently naming the award after him.
So what, I hear you ask, does it take to be nominated for the Dufty Award in 2022?
It’s simple really, just have a look through the team you unfortunately support and look for a player, or players in the case of the Titans and the Tigers, who consistently let the team down and aren’t worth what they’re being paid.
The player you are continually disappointed with, and the one you would like to see either signed by the Dolphins or off to the ESL before the end of the week.
I know no one likes to go first with these things, so here are some suggestions to get you started:
Warriors – Shaun Johnson
Dragons – Aaron Woods
Tigers – Luke Brooks
Knights – Tex Hoy
Rabbitohs – Taane Milne
Titans – David Fifita
Canterbury – Jayden Okunbor
Please get your votes in early so that I can have the trophy ready before the wooden spoon is decided. All I need to do now is find a suitable venue for the awards night, and to convince Matt Dufty to present the awards.
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