Every nominee in every position for 2018 Dally M team of the year
WITH just over 24 hours until the Dally M awards kick off The Daily Telegraph can reveal every nominee for every position for the team of the year.
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WITH just over 24 hours until the Dally M awards kick off The Daily Telegraph can reveal every nominee for every position for the team of the year.
The 2018 version of league’s most prestigous prize promises to be a changing of the guard with a host of new players up for the positional awards.
Again Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk have both been nominated for hooker and halfback, respectively, but across the board a host of new nominees have received a shot.
With the top vote-getter in each position poised to take the prize, fans could be in for a few surprises on Wednesday. Fullback could be the most hotly contested, with Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Val Holmes, James Tedesco and Kalyn Ponga in contention.
Fullback: Valentine Holmes, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kalyn Ponga, James Tedesco
2017 winner: Billy Slater
Winger: David Fusitu’a, Corey Oates, Blake Ferguson, Jordan Rapana, Josh Addo-Carr
2017 winner: Jordan Rapana
Centre: Waqa Blake, Latrell Mitchell, Joseph Leilua, Esan Marsters, Jesse Ramien
2017 winner: Dylan Walker
Five-eighth: Anthony Milford, Matt Moylan, Gareth Widdop, Cameron Munster
2017 winner: Gareth Widdop
Halfback: Mitchell Pearce, Ash Taylor, Daly Cherry-Evans, Cooper Cronk, Luke Brooks
2017 winner: Michael Morgan
Props: Martin Taupau, Andrew Fifita, Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Paul Vaughan
2017 winner: Aaron Woods
Hooker: Cameron Smith, Damien Cook, Issac Luke, Cameron McInnes
2017 winner: Cameron Smith
Lock: Jake Trbojevic, Jai Arrow, Jason Taumalolo, Nathan Brown
2017 winner: Paul Gallen
Second-row: Tyson Frizell, Tohu Harris, Josh Jackson, Tariq Sims
2017 winner: Matt Gillett
Interchange: Leeson Ah Mau, Alex Twal, Jazz Tevaga, Cameron Murray, Aaron Woods
2017 winner: Reagan Campbell-Gillard
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