Dally M Medal in Australian rugby league. The medal is awarded, usually by the Australian Prime Minister, at the annual Dally M Awards night where as well as honouring the player of the year, the NRL recognises the premier player in each position, the best coach and the most outstanding rookie of the season. The medal was notably not awarded in 2003, with the players first threatening to boycott the event, followed by the league cancelling the event, during a pay dispute between the league and the players association which was going on at the time. Penrith's Craig Gower, who led by one
M-Net Literary Awards promise for translation into a visual medium. The 2013 M-Net Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony at The Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg on 20 September. The winners were announced at an event at the Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg in October 2012. In 2011, 95 novels, published between January and December 2010, were submitted for consideration in the various award categories. The winners were celebrated at a gala event in Cape Town. The 2010 M-Net Literary and Film Awards, which previously had been held at the same function as the Via Afrika Awards, were announced separately for the first time