For the fifth consecutive year, the winner of The81stMinute’s Player of the Year has gone on to claim the Dally M Medal with New Zealand skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck stealing it from Kalyn Ponga in the final round of voting.

Your 2018 #DallyM Medal Winner and Fullback of the Year – Roger Tuivasa-Sheck!#NRL pic.twitter.com/yqSuCg86DG

— NRL (@NRL) September 26, 2018

WOW.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck won the #DallyM award and three of his Kiwi teammates broke out a spontaneous haka in the ballroom.

That is what respect looks like.

👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/6P22ZpEuKN

— FOXSportsAUS (@FOXSportsAUS) September 26, 2018