2016 Dally M Awards 2016 Dally M Awards The 2016 Dally M Awards were presented on Wednesday 28 September 2016. They are the official annual awards of the National Rugby League and are named after Dally Messenger. Cooper Cronk and Jason Taumalolo became just the second joint winners of the Dally M Medal after both players tied with 26 votes apiece. The Dally M Awards are, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal
NBPA Players Awards NBPA Players Awards The NBPA Players Awards is an annual American awards ceremony presented by the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) honoring achievements in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In an ongoing series of statements by various NBA players, a need was expressed for awards voted on by NBA players as a counterpoint to the "official" NBA awards, voted on by a panel of NBA print and broadcast media. On 15 April 2015, Michele Roberts, the Executive Director of the NBPA issued a statement announcing "a peer recognition awards program … at the request of the players. … Our members