Thurston & Hayne share 2014 Dally M Medal

Johnathan Thurston and Jarryd Hayne have tied at the top of the Dally M Leaderboard in 2014 to share the NRL's prestigious annual award. Read on for all the winners below.

The awards night is set to commence from 8:30pm AEST.

8:45pm - Fifteen minutes in and we've had a few highlights packages, host Tony Squires cracking a few "jokes", David Smith making a positive speech sharing positive stories and news about the 2014 NRL season. We now have Hindmarsh & Fletcher interviewing fans in the bleachers.

9:00pm - Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year both named. Now we bring in Russell Crowe to begin the count from Round 17.

9:15pm - Crowe has updated the count (see below for the latest leaderboard), and we now have the Representative Player of the Year named. Some horrible banter between the co-hosts, you could hear a pin drop. Next up is the Captain of the Year.

9:30pm - Another count update from Russell (with a unique movie plug to boot). Jarryd Hayne now tops the count going into Round 23. Provan Summons Medallist Thurston accepts his award, and now we go back to another count from Rusty.

9:40pm - Jarryd Hayne remains on top after 24 rounds. The count will now take a backburner role as we power through a range of other awards including Holden Cup Player of the Year which will be presented by Braith Anasta and his wife Jodi.

9:50pm - Holden Cup Player of the Year presented, now a long, tedious speech from a newspaper editor before we learn the winner of Peter Frilingos Headline Moment of the Year.

10:00pm - We power through! Round 25 done and dusted, now the Team of the Year has been named, and we're now awaiting the review of Round 26. The Dally M Player of the Year is... TWO PLAYERS! It's a TIE!

Dally M Players of the Year

JOHNATHAN THURSTON (North Queensland Cowboys)
and JARRYD HAYNE (Parramatta Eels)

Other Awards

Provan Summons Award (fan voted): Johnathan THURSTON (North Queensland Cowboys)
Nominated: Jarryd Hayne (PAR), Ben Hunt (BRI), Sam Burgess (SOU), Greg Inglis (SOU)

Peter Frilingos Headline Moment: NSW Blues win Origin after nine long years
Nominated: Morris twins' courage in Origin I, Inglis try vs Broncos, Sharks epic comeback v Roosters

Peter Moore Award - Rookie of the Year: Luke BROOKS (Wests Tigers)
Nominated: Paul Carter (GLD), Kirisome Auva'a (SOU), Alex Johnston (SOU)

Coach of the Year: Ivan CLEARY (Penrith Panthers)
Nominated: Geoff Toovey (MAN), Michael Maguire (SOU), Brad Arthur (PAR)

Captain of the Year: Jamie LYON (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
Nominated: Cameron Smith (MEL), Anthony Minichiello (SYD), Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott (NQL)

Representative Player of the Year: Jarryd HAYNE (Parramatta Eels, NSW Blues, Australia)
Nominated: Cameron Smith (MEL, QLD, AUS), Johnathan Thurston (NQL, QLD, AUS), Ryan Hoffman (MEL, NSW, AUS)

Team of the Year:
Fullback - Jarryd HAYNE (Parramatta Eels)
Winger - Semi RADRADRA (Parramatta Eels)
Centre - Jamie LYON (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
Five-Eighth - Johnathan THURSTON (North Queensland Cowboys)
Halfback - Daly CHERRY-EVANS (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
Prop - James GRAHAM (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Hooker - James SEGEYARO (Penrith Panthers)
Second Rower - Beau SCOTT (Newcastle Knights)
Lock - Sam BURGESS (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

Top Tryscorer: Jarryd HAYNE (Parramatta Eels) - 20 tries

Top Pointscorer: Johnathan THURSTON (North Queensland Cowboys) - 208 points from 10 tries, 82 goals and 4 field goals

Holden Cup (Under 20's) Player of the Year: Kane ELGEY (Gold Coast Titans)

Stay tuned!