NRL Best Players - Normal Season 2012

Based on the Goat System, I was curious if my best 5 players matched the Dally M's. Here we go
(**Bolters - under 50 career games)

Fullbacks
1. Brent Morris
2. Jared Hayne
3. Josh Dugan
4. Billy Slater
5.. Josh Hoffman
(No sign of Ben Barba here)
Wingers
1. Josh Mansour**
2. Blake Ferguson
3. Akuila Uate
4. Daniel Vidot
5. Ken Sio**
(Uate was at number 3 so worthy of Dally M Selection)

Centres
1. Matt Prior
2. Kane Linnet**
3. Justin Hodges
4. Michael Jennings
5.Dane Gagai **
(Josh Morris was at 6)

5/8
1. Greg Bird
2. John Sutton
3. Travis Burns
4. Gareth Widdop
5. Josh Reynolds**
(No sign of Thurston)

Half
1. Daly Cherry-Evens
2. Mitchell Pearce
3. Josh McCrone
4. Cooper Cronk
5. Ray Thompson**
(Cooper Cronk is 4th best so we will give it to him)

Lock
1. Paul Gallen
2. Ashley Harrison
3. Luke Lewis
4. Dallas Johnson
5. Micheal Crocker
(No argument with one of the best players in the game)

Second Row
1.Nate Myles
2. Nathan Hindmarsh
3. Sam Burgess**
4.. Anthony Watmough
5. Gavin Cooper
(Again no argument...but what a season from Nathan Hindmarsh in a losing side)

Props
1. Aaron Woods **
2 James Tamou
3.Aiden Tolman
4. Ben Hannant
5. Dan Hunt
(Seriously...no way is Sam Kasiano better than this top 5)

Hooker
1. Isaac Luke
2. Cameron Smith
3. Kevin Kingston
4. Matt Ballin 
5. Jake Friend
(Again, we'll give it to Cameron Smith, but I think Isaac Luke was unlucky)

Interchange (while not a Dally M award
1. Corey Parker
2. Shaun Fensom
3. Trent Merrin
4. James Graham**
5. Matthew Scott

So all up, I have a few issues with the Dally M's. I think Sam Kasiano, Jonathon Thurston, Josh Morris and dare I say it, Ben Barba, while having pretty good seasons, were not the best in their position. Consider themselves lucky. In a couple of days I will post the underperforming players.