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The 2004 Dally M Awards
Dally M Awards
The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. The most prestigious of these awards is the Dally M Medal which is only ever awarded to Australian born Players...

were presented on Tuesday 7 September 2004 at the Sydney Town Hall

Sydney Town Hall

The Sydney Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney. It stands opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

and broadcast on Fox Sports

Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

. Warren Smith

Warren Smith (broadcaster)

Warren Smith is an Australian rugby league commentator for Fox Sports Australia's National Rugby League coverage. He was also previously the host of two programs aired on Fox Sports NRL weekend action and NRL on Fox, a Wednesday preview of rugby league for the coming weekend.Smith regularly duels...

presided as Master of Ceremonies

Master of Ceremonies

A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....

Dally M Player of the Year

Dally M Awards

The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. The most prestigious of these awards is the Dally M Medal which is only ever awarded to Australian born Players...

Winner:

Danny Buderus

Danny Buderus is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL...

, Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

Nominated:

Everyone in the NRL competition is 'nominated' for the Dally M Award. The winner of the award is decided by the most number of votes during the year as decided by a panel of judges on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the year.

Special awards

Provan Summons Medal winner (fan's choice for 2004's best player)

Winner:

Darren Lockyer

Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...

, Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...

Nominated:

Dally M Rookie of the Year

Winner:

Karmichael Hunt

Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....

, Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

Nominated:

Dally M Representative Player of the Year

Winner:

Craig Fitzgibbon

Craig "Fitzy" Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Hull in the European Super League and previously the Sydney Roosters of the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he is the son of former rugby league player and...

, Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

Nominated:

Dally M Coach of the Year

Winner:

Steve Folkes

Steve Folkes is a former Australian rugby league test footballer and former coach of the Bulldogs in the National Rugby League...

, Canterbury Bulldogs

Canterbury Bulldogs

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...

Nominated:

Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for the headline moment of the year

Winner:

Billy Slater

Billy Slater is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League . An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he has played his whole NRL career to date at Melbourne...

, Melbourne Storm

Melbourne Storm

The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

Nominated:

Team of the Year

Best Fullback

Winner:

Luke Patten

Luke Patten is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Salford city reds in the super league competition. An New South Wales Country Origin representative fullback he previously played for the Illawarra Steelers and the St George Illawarra Dragons...

, Canterbury Bulldogs

Canterbury Bulldogs

Nominated:

Best Winger

Winner:

Amos Roberts

Amos Roberts is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for English club Wigan Warriors of Super League. A country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he previously played in Australasia's National Rugby League for the St...

, Penrith Panthers

Penrith Panthers

The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...

Nominated:

Best Centre

Winner:

Willie Tonga

Willie Tonga is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the NRL...

, Canterbury Bulldogs

Canterbury Bulldogs

Nominated:

Best Five-Eighth

Winner:

Darren Lockyer

, Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

Nominated:

Best Halfback

Winner:

Brent Sherwin

Brent Sherwin is an Australian professional rugby league player. Sherwin currently plays in the Illawarra Carlton League which is an indirect feeder league to the St George Illawarra Dragons. His position of choice is at half-back...

, Canterbury Bulldogs

Canterbury Bulldogs

Nominated:

Best Lock

Winner:

Shaun Timmins

Shaun Timmins is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s...

, St George Illawarra Dragons

St George Illawarra Dragons

The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the...

Nominated:

Best Second Rower

Winner:

Nathan Hindmarsh

Nathan William Hindmarsh is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and the Australian Prime Minister's XIII...

, Parramatta Eels

Parramatta Eels

The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...

Nominated:

Best Prop

Winner:

Paul Rauhihi

Paul Rauhihi is a retired professional rugby league footballer who represented his country. Rauhihi played in both the National Rugby League and Super League at prop forward.-New Zealand Career:...

, North Queensland Cowboys

North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

Nominated:

Best Hooker

Winner:

Danny Buderus

Danny Buderus is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL...

, Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

Nominated:

Best Captain

Winner:

Steve Price, Bulldogs

Nominated:

Hall of Fame Inductees
Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame
The Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game who are Australian...

Pre-WWII

Frank Burge (Glebe, St George; lock/second-row from 1911–27)
Harold Horder (Souths, Norths; winger from 1912–1924)
Vic Hey (Wests, Ipswich, Leeds, Dewsbury, Hunslet, Parramatta; five-eighth from 1933–49)

Post-WWII

Harry Bath (Balmain, Barrow, Warrington, St George; second row from 1946–59)
Norm Provan (St George; second row from 1951–1965)
Ken Irvine (Norths, Manly; winger from 1958–1973)

Dally M Player of the Year

Special awards

Team of the Year

Hall of Fame InducteesAustralian Rugby League Hall of FameThe Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game who are Australian...

See also

Hall of Fame Inductees
Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame
The Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game who are Australian...