2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season "Source: Rugby League Project" Two Manly players were recognised in the official Dally M Awards for the NRL season. Daly Cherry-Evans was named the best rookie in the league, for a season in which he started at half-back in every single match. Steve Menzies was the last Manly player to have won the award, in 1994. Jamie Lyon was named in the NRL's team of the season, as the league's best centre. On 3 November 2011 the annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London. Manly coach Des Hasler was named the world's top coach of the
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