Any chance we can lay off this 'Jack Wighton didn't deserve to win the Dally M Medal' talk? Give me strength. In amongst the utter debacle of Monday night's event, during which the Daily Telegraph broke a strict media embargo and published the results early, there was a suggestion that Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary had effectively been robbed by not winning the medal. Looks like that isolation Tik Tok video he starred in might have cost him more than just two rounds of football. Wighton polled 26 votes throughout the season, finishing one clear of Parramatta fullback Clint Gutherson with Cleary one vote further back in third. Playing in rounds three and four may well have been enough to earn Cleary the votes required to pip Wighton, or at least finish level with him.
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Topic: Why Wighton deserves to be latest Dally M medallist
