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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.

These are just some of the stars short-listed for Dally M glory in 2018.
These are just some of the stars short-listed for Dally M glory in 2018.

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.

Tuivasa-Sheck has been nominate for fullback of the year. Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images.
Tuivasa-Sheck has been nominate for fullback of the year. Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images.

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

These are just some of the stars short-listed for Dally M glory in 2018.
These are just some of the stars short-listed for Dally M glory in 2018.

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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