{"id":616296,"date":"2026-09-30T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616296\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:34:11","slug":"dally-m-awards-2026-live-updates-and-blog-dally-m-medallist-nrl-team-of-the-year-results-coach-of-the-year-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616296\/","title":{"rendered":"Dally M Awards 2026: Live updates and blog, Dally M medallist, NRL Team of the Year, results, coach of the year, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/dally-m-awards-2026-red-carpet-best-pictures-and-photos-as-nrl-and-nrlw-players-arrive-for-dally-m-medal-awards-pics-latest-news\/news-story\/2b2d8a679bcfdbf22bda5ea453b482d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">stars of the NRL and NRLW will gather at The Cutaway in Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour<\/a> on Wednesday night to celebrate the top performers of 2026 at the Dally M Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Get the expert take on NRL Grand Final Day with FOX LEAGUE\u2019s extensive coverage, plus full and mini replays available post-game on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DALLY M STATE OF PLAY<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790768051_110_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>NRL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-predicted-dally-m-team-of-the-year-leaderboard-contenders-voting-how-to-watch-the-dally-ms\/news-story\/35af38656ab806f005fddc81b1a064f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Three-way shootout for fullback; superstar\u2019s contract statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NRLW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrlw\/nrlw-2026-contenders-for-dally-m-team-of-the-year-jess-sergis-tamika-upton-teagan-levi-tarryn-aiken\/news-story\/fa9fc1bb903273d0255cf2144722e7c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Crosscode superstar\u2019s statement; incredible comeback stuns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the recepient of one of the biggest awards of the night may well not be in attendance, with Penrith Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary the raging favourite to be crowned the NRL Dally M Medallist. <\/p>\n<p>If Cleary is to top the voting as expected, he could accept the award via video link from father Ivan\u2019s house, where he is recovering from a nasty compound fracture he suffered in Penrith\u2019s loss to the Newcastle Knights on the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, Ivan \u2014 who is in the running for coach of the year \u2014 could accept the award on his behalf while a pre-recorded message is another alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Cronulla\u2019s Braydon Trindall is considered the strongest competition to Cleary given his stellar season while Panthers teammate Dylan Edwards is also a contender to poll plenty of votes.<\/p>\n<p>CODE Sports reporter Michael Carayannis also singled out Cowboys star fullback Scott Drinkwater was a \u201csmokie\u201d for the award.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, it looks like it could be a two-way race for the NRLW Dally M Medallist between the two grand finalists with Brisbane\u2019s Tamika Upton and Roosters star Taryn Aiken topping the leaderboard when it went behind closed doors. <\/p>\n<p>LIVE BLOG<\/p>\n<p>Follow along for foxsports.com.au\u2019s live blog of the Dally M Awards on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All the stars of the NRL and NRLW will gather at The Cutaway in Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-616296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}