{"id":528089,"date":"2026-03-09T04:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/528089\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:24:09","slug":"dally-m-leaderboard-dally-m-votes-for-every-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/528089\/","title":{"rendered":"Dally M leaderboard, Dally M votes for every game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dally M votes are in for the first week of the competition, with a four-way tie at the top including previous winner Kalyn Ponga.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Newcastle Knights fullback was in sensational form to start the season and got the maximum six votes along with Warriors forward Jackson Ford, Raiders field-goal hero Ethan Sanders and Cronulla playmaker Braydon Trindall.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? 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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Storm hooker Harry Grant could consider himself unlucky to not get three votes from both judges, with one instead deeming teammate Stefano Utoikamanu man of the match after his 204-metre effort against Parramatta. <\/p>\n<p>One of the other more surprising decisions was the one to award James Tedesco three votes, meaning at least one judge viewed him as the second-best player on the field in a blowout loss to the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Tedesco did have a monster game with 166 run metres, 15 tackle busts, a linebreak, try and try assist, but his inclusion will reignite the debate over how whether individual performance should outweigh result, with the Roosters outclassed 42-18 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>To that point, the Dragons only had one player poll (Damien Cook, one point) despite going down by a field goal to the Bulldogs. <\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Historic record could happen next week?! | 04:44<\/p>\n<p>DALLY M VOTES FOR EVERY GAME<\/p>\n<p>Knights v Cowboys<\/p>\n<p>Kalyn Ponga 6, Dylan Brown 4, Dom Young 1, Bradman Best 1<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs v Dragons<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Crichton 5, Viliame Kikau 3, Matt Burton 2, Lachlan Galvin 1, Damien Cook 1<\/p>\n<p>Storm v Eels<\/p>\n<p>Harry Grant 5, Stefano Utoikamanu 5, Joe Chan 1, Sua Faalogo 1<\/p>\n<p>Warriors v Roosters<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Ford 6, James Tedesco 3, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2, Tanah Boyd 1<\/p>\n<p>Broncos v Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Edwards 5, Isaah Yeo 5, Nathan Cleary 2<\/p>\n<p>Sharks v Titans<\/p>\n<p>Braydon Trindall 6, Nicho Hynes 4, Jesse Ramien 2<\/p>\n<p>Sea Eagles v Raiders<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Sanders 6, Tom Trbojevic 2, Hudson Young 2, Tolu Koula 2<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins v Rabbitohs<\/p>\n<p>Cody Walker 3, Cameron Murray 3, Keaon Koloamatangi 2, Isaiya Katoa 2, David Fifita 1, Latrell Mitchell 1<\/p>\n<p>DALLY M LEADERBOARD \u2014 Top 10 <\/p>\n<p>T1: Kalyn Ponga 6<\/p>\n<p>T1: Jackson Ford 6<\/p>\n<p>T1: Ethan Sanders 6<\/p>\n<p>T1: Braydon Trindall 6<\/p>\n<p>T2: Stephen Crichton 5<\/p>\n<p>T2: Dylan Edwards 5<\/p>\n<p>T2: Harry Grant 5<\/p>\n<p>T3: Dylan Brown 4<\/p>\n<p>T3: Nicho Hynes 4<\/p>\n<p>T4: Viliame Kikau 3<\/p>\n<p>T4: Cameron Murray 3<\/p>\n<p>T4: James Tedesco 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dally M votes are in for the first week of the competition, with a four-way tie at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-528089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}