Melbourne Storm's Jahrome Hughes was crowned the NRL's best player, edging out James Tedesco by a single vote to win the prestigious Dally M Medal. Despite facing competition from other top players, Hughes' consistent performance throughout the season ultimately secured his victory.
Jahrome Hughes didn't need the Dally M medal to be the best player in the NRL this year, but it certainly helps.
Memories can fade, but medals don't and accolades like the Dally M are how we talk to each other about rugby league history across time, so getting it right matters. He started on the Gold Coast, where he played Under 20's until he got one NRL game in 2013, before heading north to the Cowboys, where he eventually played another.
But when he didn't play, Papenhuyzen starred. Plus Brodie Croft wasn't really working at halfback and because Craig Bellamy is Craig Bellamy and he very rarely misses an opportunity, he got Hughes feeding the scrums a few weeks before the 2019 finals series began. He was a good footballer though, fast and tough and smart and brave, the kind of player who could play anywhere and find a way to do a good job of it, and that was more than enough.
In this, his true counterpart through Melbourne Storm history is the man he succeeded as the club's long-term halfback, Cooper Cronk.Cronk arrived at the Storm as a true utility and player five-eighth, hooker and lock. He was not a halfback until he was and once he was he willed himself into being one of the best of all time.
Through sheer dedication, he mastered the fabric of rugby league on a technical level, bending by that iron will into the shape he required for his team to win.Hughes's best assets are that speed and power, and that has always been the basis of his game, regardless of the position. In those early days he leant heavily on his running game and he was dangerous for it.Photo shows A Melbourne Storm NRL player wearing headgear fends off a Cronulla defender as he runs with the ball.
He can hit holes as easily as he puts people in them, he can slice through the defence or straighten up and create the space for someone else to do it for him. He can take control of a game or win it with a lighter touch. But now it is Hughes who stands tallest, Hughes who leads the way, Hughes who the Storm turn to the most. He does not crave the spotlight and he has never chafed at not receiving the same headlines, but the glory is upon him now because he has earned it many times over.
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