Posts Tagged "Brownlow Medal"
Travis Boak flying under the Brownlow radar
By Ben Mitchell, 14 May 2013There is no doubt that Travis Boak has flourished in his new captaincy role. He has been a standout player for the Port Adelaide Power in 2013.
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Should the umpires determine the Brownlow Medal?
By Glenn Mitchell, 9 May 2013Ever since the Brownlow Medal was first awarded to Geelong’s Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves in 1924, the umpires have been responsible for awarding the votes.
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Watson a worthy winner, but Ablett still the best
By Vince Rugari, 25 Sep 2012Another Brownlow medal count has been and gone, and you would be hard pressed to find anyone too upset with the way this one panned out. Essendon’s Jobe Watson is a deserving winner.
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Hird hails Watson’s Brownlow win
By Roger Vaughan, 25 Sep 2012Essendon coach James Hird has heralded captain Jobe Watson’s Brownlow Medal win as a morale-boosting postscript to their disappointing AFL season.
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Fearlessly predicting the Brownlow top ten
By Michael DiFabrizio, 19 Sep 2012With the 2012 Brownlow Medal count just days away, it’s time to have a look at which players are in contention for the game’s most prestigious individual honour.
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Kennedy not the man for the Brownlow
By Sh00ter, 8 May 2012After his stellar start to the 2012 AFL season Sydney’s clearance-specialist Josh Kennedy has tumbled in from $251 to as low as equal $7 favourite to win the Brownlow Medal.
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Will the AFL’s best player please stand up
By Mitch Brown, 12 Apr 2012It’s one of the most debated questions in Australian Rules Football: who is the very best we have on offer? From a pool of worthy nominees, we want you to select the best players in the league.
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What we learned from the opening round of the NAB Cup
By Cameron Rose, 28 Feb 2012It’s only February, each club has only played two ‘half-matches’ in the three-way round robin format, and some sides have taken it more seriously than others. But there is always something to be learned from a round of football.
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The epidemic that is season eve optimism
By EveryDayMan, 17 Feb 2012Can you smell it in the air? No? Try again. Raise your nose up a little higher and let out a big sniff. Can you smell it now?
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2012 AFL season preview
By Cameron Larkin, 16 Feb 20122012 is shaping up to be an intriguing AFL season. With the addition of Greater Western Sydney, we now have 18 teams that will battle it out over 23 home-and-away round and 198 matches.
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Time for an AFL club to take a punt on Fevola
By JackBoard, 2 Dec 2011Over several years of calamity and sordidness, Brendan Fevola has proven himself to be the fool of the AFL. Fevola has plummeted from the echelons of the game that sustained him and originally made him. Through nothing short of abominable behaviour and the perils of addiction, Fevola has lost it all.
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Hawk nearly gets most AFL Brownlow votes
By Roger Vaughan, 27 Sep 2011The AFL have managed to avoid their worst nightmare at the Brownlow Medal count for 15 years.
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How Swan claimed his record-breaking Brownlow
By Michael DiFabrizio, 27 Sep 2011Collingwood star Dane Swan wrote his name into the history books last night, claiming his first Brownlow Medal with a whopping 34 votes. It was the highest tally of any winner since the 3-2-1 voting system was introduced.
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2011 Brownlow Medal live blog, updates
By Michael DiFabrizio, 26 Sep 2011Footy’s night of nights has arrived. Tonight the AFL’s highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, will be presented at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne. Join us for a live blog with leaderboard updates from 8.00pm EST.
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Judd, Goodes in line for Brownlow history
By Roger Vaughan, 26 Sep 2011AFL captains Chris Judd and Adam Goodes will join a select club if either wins this year’s Brownlow Medal.
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Chris Judd tips Marc Murphy for Brownlow Medal
By Melissa Woods, 9 Aug 2011Carlton captain Chris Judd believes teammate Marc Murphy is a better Brownlow Medal bet than him.
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Chris Judd closer to triple Brownlow glory
By Guy Hand, 7 Aug 2011Only four men have won three Brownlow Medals. On the evidence of another Chris Judd masterclass in Carlton’s 76-point win over Melbourne, make way for a fifth member of that exclusive club next month.
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There’s a better way to decide the AFL’s best player
By Ben Somerford, 23 Sep 2010When I sat down to write my weekly column yesterday, I had intended to focus on the upcoming Grand Final, the biggest day on the footy calendar. Instead, though, I’ve been startled by the fallout to Chris Judd’s Brownlow Medal win this week and needed to get it off my chest.
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Is Ablett Snr best never to win Brownlow?
By Daniel Dufty, 22 Sep 2010Gary Ablett Senior was a magician on the field for Geelong. His legend continues to live on and for good reason. He achieved so much on the field, yet one individual honour escaped him, one he could never reach, that being the Brownlow medal.
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Judd claims the Brownlow, but did he deserve it?
By Michael DiFabrizio, 21 Sep 2010Chris Judd is a superstar, a magnificent footballer and yes, he had a decent season this year. But the most glaring issue with him winning the Brownlow Medal last night is that the award is supposed to go to the “fairest and best” player in the AFL. Unfortunately, on both those fronts, Judd simply wasn’t [...]
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