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
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