Legends back Dally M process despite leaks

Rugby league legends Andrew Johns and Brad Fittler have defended the voting process for the Dally M Medal after calls to overhaul the entire system after this year's leak.

The NRL was left fuming after The Daily Telegraph published an article about Canberra's Jack Wighton winning the award hours before he was actually crowned. Following the horror blunder, there have been calls to scrap the entire process to ensure that embarrassing leaks do not occur, but Johns defended the current voting panel which includes a number of ex-players including himself.

"I love the system. In years gone by we've had the referees doing it but you can't have the referees now, they're under that much pressure as it is," he told Wide World of Sports'"Can you imagine the furore if this was happening with the referees? I think the ex-players works. I still think they get it right."Right up the top of the ladder this year, Jack Wighton just beat Gutherson and Nathan Cleary, so the best players are thereabouts.

Johns was backed by Fittler who said the only thing wrong about the entire process was the leak to the media prior to the actual presentation of the awards.

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