I disagree.
You play all year for a premiership, it’s the ultimate prize and a premiership ring is the most coverted item of an NRL player.
No one remembers who Dally M positional player of the years are, but premierships are part of history and you can always say you were part of that team if you were there.
Ask any retiring players what they would rather have, a premiership or a dally M position award. I’m sure most would say a premiership - a dally M would be great for earning more $$$.
bmoz has mogged jmoz through his career.
Yes, a premiership is more valued than a Dally M award, but it does not necessarily reflect that player's skill. A premiership is reflective of the team.
I sometimes think that Dally M position awards are extremely underrated by fans... Josh Morris won two awards, one in 2009 and one in 2012. This means he was regarded as the Best Centre in the competition for two years... hence he is at the top of the pecking order when it comes to centres. These are the numbers since 1998:
Centre of the Year
Jamie Lyon - 4 (10,11,13,14)
Josh Morris - 2 (09,12)
Joseph Leilua - 2 (16,18)
Nigel Vagana - 2 (01,02)
Mark Gasnier - 2 (05,06)
James Roberts - 1 (15)
Latrell Mitchell - 1 (19)
Justin Hodges - 1 (07)
Dylan Walker - 1 (17)
Israel Folau - 1 (08)
Darren Smith - 1 (98)
Willie Tonga - 1 (04)
Clearly a very esteemed award with many great players, and very hard to win two of them. Somehow Brett Morris hasn't won an award for Winger yet (Uate won three somehow), and I think that this fact shouldn't be overlooked when comparing Brett and Josh.
Either way both of them are all time greats and deserve to go into the NRL Hall of Fame.