A SHORT HISTORY OF … WARRIORS AT THE DALLY Ms

It will come as no surprise to most Warriors fans that the club has made only a modest impression on Dally M awards night during the club’s first 31 seasons.

That has gradually changed over the past decade, with the Warriors producing their first Dally M Medal winner in 2018, arguably the most unlucky runner-up in the gong’s history in 2023, and a host of positional awards.

TWL charts the history of the Warriors’ occasional wins and many near misses at the Dally Ms.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

A rabble for much of their first six seasons, the Auckland Warriors never had any genuine contenders for the media-voted Dally M Medal from 1995-2000 – though Stacey Jones was a top-20 finisher in the last-ever Rothmans Medal, the game’s official Player of the Year prize (and voted on by the game’s referees) from 1967-96.