I remember a few years back, 2016 I think, Warriors vs Raiders. Josh Hodgson started on the bench but played about 65 minutes anyway and was easily best on ground.
In the after match stuff, Darryl Halligan said “Hodgson was enormous, but he started on the bench which means he can’t get any Dally M points but he was magnificent.”
I remembered thinking how glad I was that he wasn’t a judge.
On another completely unrelated topic, I found the Dally M points for Raiders vs Warriors, Round 11 2016:
3 - Jordan Rapana
2 - Paul Vaughan
1 - Josh Papalii
Judge: D. Halligan