Robbie Farah Dally M Hooker of the Year
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simonthetiger
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Benji and Robbie in the top 4.
Not too shabby.
Not too shabby.
tig_prmz
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Robbie oh Robbie!!
Yeah….stiff...
1 point....
Farah finishes on 26 Benji 21
2 Wests Tigers in the top 4....Well done
1 point....
Farah finishes on 26 Benji 21
2 Wests Tigers in the top 4....Well done
hybrid_tiger
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So unlucky…had we won against the Titans he would have picked up three points.
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A good result nonetheless for Robbie and Benji. Their eyes will now be focused on a bigger goal this weekend.
Feel for Robbie.
Especially when he was very unlucky not to get at least some points from the Brisbane game (He should of got 3 there in my opinion).
But congrats to Carney, he has certainly played well this year.
I must admit though, I got a bit over the Roosters love affair on there. Coach of the year, captain of the year, Rothmans medal, Dally M medal, Kenny Dowall as a centre of the year nomination (No Lawrence), and Carney as 5/8 of the year.
Especially when he was very unlucky not to get at least some points from the Brisbane game (He should of got 3 there in my opinion).
But congrats to Carney, he has certainly played well this year.
I must admit though, I got a bit over the Roosters love affair on there. Coach of the year, captain of the year, Rothmans medal, Dally M medal, Kenny Dowall as a centre of the year nomination (No Lawrence), and Carney as 5/8 of the year.
Tiger_Watto
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Congratulations to Carney & Robbie…
Who actually votes the DM's?
Who actually votes the DM's?
Marshall_magic
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@alex said:
Top 3 vote getters will get their positional award, unless someone polls higher than them in the same position (if Marshall had've run second instead of Farah he wouldn't have won 5/8 as Carney polled higher, if Luke had've polled 3rd, Farah would've still won hooker as he polled second). Every other award is done via an experts vote, only Boyd, Carney and Farah got theirs for how they polled in the overall award.
My 2 cents, probably the most satisfying Dally Ms I have seen, most of the awards were very well deserved, a few I disagree on (Lewis over Gallen, Uate over Manu) but I can live with the winners who had very strong seasons. Only one I was not happy with was Jamie Lyon winning centre, I would've gone Kenny-Dowall or Jennings.
Have too feel for Robbie though, he fell inches short again, he'll win it soon though, 2011 will be his year. Todd Carney did have a great season though, shame they'll get smashed on Saturday.
Discussion_Bot
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Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah has been recognised tonight for an outstanding season in the NRL by being named the Dally M Hooker of the Year.
Farah was nominated alongside Test hooker Cameron Smith, Isaac Luke and Nathan Friend. NSW and Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis was overlooked.
The award should also go a long way to seeing Farah named alongside Smith in the Australian squad for the Four Nations tournament in October.
"This award would not have been possible without the forward pack in front of me,'' Farah said in accepting his award.
"If you ask any hooker, they can't work their magic unless they have got their guys up front laying the platform.
"To Gareth, Heighno, Gibbsy, Keith…they have been awesome for us this year."
Farah also finished a gallant second in the Dally M Player of the Year.
Having played every game this season, Farah finished on 26 points, one point behind winner Todd Carney.
Farah stormed home to be in strong contention after being on 12 points when voting went behind closed doors after round16.
The skillful hooker picked up the maximum three points against the Titans in round 18 before collecting a futher two against Souths in round 22 to move to 17 points.
A further two points awarded against the Panthers in round 23 saw Farah move to 19 points behind Carney on 26 and the Dragons' Darius Boyd on 22.
Three more points in the win over the Eels in round 24 saw Farah join Boyd on 22, four points off Carney.
Carney picked up his last point in round 25 to move to 27 with Farah collecting another three points against the Storm at Leichhardt Oval to move to 24.
With the prospect of a joint Dally M winner for the first time heading into the final tound, Farah claimed two points to finish on 26, one behind Carney.
It was the second time Farah had finished second in the Dally M Player of the Year award.
By Wayne Cousins
[Source](http://www.weststigers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30120&title=farah-named-dally-m-hooker-of-the-year)
Farah was nominated alongside Test hooker Cameron Smith, Isaac Luke and Nathan Friend. NSW and Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis was overlooked.
The award should also go a long way to seeing Farah named alongside Smith in the Australian squad for the Four Nations tournament in October.
"This award would not have been possible without the forward pack in front of me,'' Farah said in accepting his award.
"If you ask any hooker, they can't work their magic unless they have got their guys up front laying the platform.
"To Gareth, Heighno, Gibbsy, Keith…they have been awesome for us this year."
Farah also finished a gallant second in the Dally M Player of the Year.
Having played every game this season, Farah finished on 26 points, one point behind winner Todd Carney.
Farah stormed home to be in strong contention after being on 12 points when voting went behind closed doors after round16.
The skillful hooker picked up the maximum three points against the Titans in round 18 before collecting a futher two against Souths in round 22 to move to 17 points.
A further two points awarded against the Panthers in round 23 saw Farah move to 19 points behind Carney on 26 and the Dragons' Darius Boyd on 22.
Three more points in the win over the Eels in round 24 saw Farah join Boyd on 22, four points off Carney.
Carney picked up his last point in round 25 to move to 27 with Farah collecting another three points against the Storm at Leichhardt Oval to move to 24.
With the prospect of a joint Dally M winner for the first time heading into the final tound, Farah claimed two points to finish on 26, one behind Carney.
It was the second time Farah had finished second in the Dally M Player of the Year award.
By Wayne Cousins
[Source](http://www.weststigers.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30120&title=farah-named-dally-m-hooker-of-the-year)
Marshall_magic
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@djm619 said:
What about Carney tearing the Eels to shreads and only scoring 1 point?
MacDougall
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Or them getting belted by the Sharks and Carney scoring 2?
Leroy_The_Tigers_Fan
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A fairer indication of the overall Dally M awards would be to have 'your' team added up, Iv'e never been in favour of the Dilly M's or the old Rothmans Medal.
Look at the Rugby League Week Awards, must say that I haven't bought the mag in a while but they do rate the players, all the players not just 1-2-3, thus if you added them all up on a RLW basis you would have a genuwhine team of the year and not just the show pony team of the year.
p.s. genuwhine is a deliberate entrendre!.
Look at the Rugby League Week Awards, must say that I haven't bought the mag in a while but they do rate the players, all the players not just 1-2-3, thus if you added them all up on a RLW basis you would have a genuwhine team of the year and not just the show pony team of the year.
p.s. genuwhine is a deliberate entrendre!.
Leroy_The_Tigers_Fan
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The last time we slipped under the Radar we won A Premiership, funnily enough I got home from the Dogs taking Me for a walk and Fox Sports has a nothing game from 2004 on, what's the relevance here after the Diddlywat Mmmmm's.
MacDougall
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He got 0 points from the Broncos game.
Marshall_magic
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@djm619 said:
You could argue all night about games where a player got points they shouldn't have got, and got robbed of points. Really Carney was a satisfying winner (except to those who can't see past their dislike for the guy), just like Hayne was last year (again, except to those who can't see past their dislike for the guy). Did I want Farah to win it? Yes, of course, but Carney deserves the accolade for the great season he had.
