Dally M Medal in Australia. The award was originally established in 1979 by "The Daily Mirror" newspaper in 1979. For many years, it was the second major individual award in the New South Wales Rugby League behind the Rothmans Medal. It was awarded each year between 1979 and 1996. With the Super League schism in 1997, the medal was not awarded. Since the National Rugby League (NRL) was formed from the merger of the Australian Rugby League and the Australian Super League in 1998, the Dally M Medal has been the single official player-of-the-year award for that league, and the highest individual honour
The Matty Johns Show has been described as a "smut-free" version of it. Being on the Seven Network, "The Matty Johns Show" cannot incorporate NRL footage (the rights to which are currently held by the Nine Network, and put to use on "The Footy Show"). "The Matty Johns Show" is not sanctioned by the NRL, while "The Footy Show" is. The main cast of "The Matty Johns Show" was initially not invited to the 2010 Dally M Awards night (an annual ceremony to honour the best NRL players of the year), while the cast of "The Footy Show" was invited. Johns said of the