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The AFL's night of nights is here, with Gary Ablett the favourite to take out the 2013 Brownlow Medal. Will he claim his second…
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Well with the last of the events now complete before the Grand Final, we can look forward to the build up to Saturday with excitement and anticipation. If the finish then is anything like tonight, we will have witnessed a classic.
Gary Ablett confirms his status as the best player in the game and did it in style, leaving it until the last minute to take the medal. The Suns are also on the up, so the prospect of increasing numbers of wins for the Gold Coast club bodes well for Ablett to win another one. Who knows? He could end up with three or four before he is done.
Thanks for being with us on what was a great night. Be sure to follow us on Saturday for the big one.
Chris Mason, signing off.
2013 Brownlow Medal: Live blog, updates
Jobe Watson also did well to finish seventh in a tough year for himself and his club, while Dustin Martin showed the dwindling number of clubs interested in him that he has a lot of ability to offer.
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Hawthorn and Fremantle showed that the ability to get to a Grand Final rests on team performance, with no representatives in the Top Ten. Sam Mitchell ended up in 12th while David Mundy finished 13th, both on 16 votes.
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Patrick Dangerfield did well to poll 22 votes with Adelaide not having the best season, if they can lift their performances and get some more wins in future, he could yet snare one. Dan Hannebery is also rewarded for a stellar season but Sydney’s form fading towards the end of the year didn’t help him. young Brisbane Lion Tom Rockliff also has a bright future and a long career ahead.
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Gary Jr. says Gary Snr should’ve won a Brownlow and now he can give him one of his.
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So Ablett proves the punters right and takes out his second Brownlow Medal with 28 votes. He says he was devastated that he polled three votes in the last round because he wanted to share it with former teammate and Geelong captain Joel Selwood, who ends on 27. Dane Swan stormed home to finish in third place with 26.
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TOP TEN
G.Ablett (GC) 28
J.Selwood (GEEL) 27
D.Swan (COLL) 26
P.Dangerfield (ADE) 22
S.Pendelbury (COLL) 21
D.Hannebery (SYD) 21
D.Rockliff (BRIS) 21
T.Cotchin (RICH) 19
K.Jack (SYD) 19
J.Watson (ESS) 17
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ABlett has done it! The favourite wins the Brownlow with a BOG 3 votes in the final round of the 2013 AFL season. Selwood and Swan didn’t poll, leaving the champion of the Gold Coast to take the medal by one vote!
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ROUND 23
PORT v CARL
15.13 (103) 15.14 (104)
3.Murphy
2.Ebert
1.Cornes
SYD v HAW
16.4 (100) 17.10 (112)
3.Mumford
2.Lewis
1.Kennedey
WB v MELB
16.11 (107) 13.9 (87)
3.Boyd
2.Cooney
1.Liberatore
STK v FRE
16.16 (112) 6.5 (41)
3.Steven
2.Montagna
1.Lake
GCFC v GWS
22.14 (146) 9.9 (63)
3.Ablett
2.Prestia
1.Thompson
ESS v RICH
9.11 (65) 15.14 (104)
3.Jackson
2.Ellis
1.Edwards
COLL v NMFC
17.12 (114) 19.11 (125)
3.Ziebel
2.Pendelbury
1.Bastinac
WCE v ADEL
5.13 (43) 19.15 (129)
3.Dangerfield
2.Crouch
1.Sloane
GEEL v BL
15.22 (112) 17.9 (111)
3.Rockliff
2.Stokes
1.McGrath
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Amazing! It’s going to come down to whoever has the best final game of the season to decide the Charlie!. Any of the top three could win it if they poll well enough, great end to the count.
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TOP 3
J.Selwood (GEEL) 27
D.Swan (COLL) 26
G.Ablett (GC) 25
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ROUND 22
COLL v WCE
15.11 (101) 5.9 (39)
3.Thomas
2.Swan
1.Pendelbury
ADEL v MELB
18.12 (120) 7.10 (52)
3.Thompson
2.Johnstone
1.Crouch
NMFC v HAW
15.13 (103) 17.15 (117)
3.Wells
2.Goldstein
1.Rioli
GEEL v SYD
13.14 (92) 7.6 (48)
3.Johnson
2.Taylor
1.Enright
CARL v ESS
9.22 (76) 12.10 (82)
3.Simpson
2.Watson
1.Hurley
FRE v PORT
21.8 (134) 9.6 (60)
3.Ballantyne
2.Mundy
1.Mzungu
STK v GCFC
17.14 (116) 10.10 (70)
3.Montagna
2.Riewoldt
1.Del Santo
GWS v RICH
6.6 (42) 25.13 (163)
3.Martin
2.Grigg
1.Edwards
BL v WB
15.10 (100) 13.15 (93)
3.Rockliff
2.Leuenberger
1.Dauhlhaus
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ROUND 21
HAW v COLL
18.11 (119) 12.12 (84)
3.Hodge
2.Gibson
1.Swan
RICH v CARL
14.12 (96) 16.10 (106)
3.Mclean
2.Delidio
1.Walker
PORT v GCFC
16.17 (113) 14.12 (96)
3.Boak
2.Bennell
1.Ebert
ESS v NMFC
9.16 (70) 17.13 (115)
3.Pietrie
2.Greenwood
1.Wells
WCE v GEEL
6.5 (41) 16.11 (107)
3.Selwood
2.Johnson
1.Stokes
BL v GWS
18.15 (123) 9.9 (63)
3.Mayse
2.Black
1.Patful
MELB v FRE
5.8 (38) 20.13 (133)
3.Mundy
2.Pearce
1.Clarke
SYD v STK
18.10 (118) 8.11 (59)
3.Kennedy
2.Steven
1.Tippett
WB v ADEL
20.11 (131) 17.12 (114)
3.Liberatore
2.Cooney
1.Dixon
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TOP FOUR
G.Ablett (GC) 25
J.Selwood (GEEL) 24
D.Swan (COLL) 23
D.Hannebery (SYD) 21
Selwood and Swan make up some ground on Ablett in that round and are hot on the heals of the GC star now. Hannebery needs at least one BOG now to keep up
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ROUND 20
STK v HAW
7.14 (56) 14.18 (102)
3.Savage
2.Roughead
1.Montagna
RICH v BL
14.13 (97) 11.8 (74)
3.Cotchin
2.Rockliff
1.Jackson
GEEL v PORT
20.9 (129) 16.8 (104)
3.Selwood
2.Monfries
1.Boak
CARL v WB
13.11 (89) 16.21 (117)
3.Cooney
2.Grant
1.Griffen
SYD v COLL
10.11 (71) 14.16 (100)
3.Pendelbury
2.Swan
1.Mcveigh
GCFC v MELB
13.12 (90) 10.17 (77)
3.Bennell
2.Vine
1.Swallow
ESS v WCE
9.13 (67) 18.12 (120)
3.Goddard
2.Priddis
1.Lecras
ADEL v NMFC
11.13 (79) 10.10 (70)
3.Sloane
2.Wells
1.Douglas
FRE v GWS
24.13 (157) 6.8 (44)
3.Suban
2.Barlow
1.Neale
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Ablett still ahead with a close race for second. They’ve got four rounds to catch them if they can.
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LEADERBOARD
G.Ablett (GC) 25
D.Hannebery (SYD) 21
J.Selwood (GEEL) 21
D.Swan (COLL) 21
S.Johnson (GEE) 20
P.Dangerfield (ADE) 19
K.Jack (SYD) 19
N.Fyfe (FRE) 18
S.Mitchell (HAW) 16
T.Cotchin (RICH) 16
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ROUND 19
NMFC v GEEL
15.6 (96) 13.8 (86)
3.Harvey
2.Johnson
1.Wells
GWS v MELB
19.10 (124) 12.15 (87)
3.Ward
2.Scully
1.Whitfield
HAW v RICH
9.12 (66) 16.11 (107)
3.Cotchin
2.Houli
1.Rance
WCE v GCFC
20.10 (130) 17.11 (113)
3.Cox
2.Kennedy
1.Bennell
CARL v FRE
12.8 (80) 17.14 (116)
3.Fyfe
2.Barlow
1.Crowley
BL v STK
16.12 (108) 11.11 (77)
3.Rockliff
2.Merrett
1.Rich
WB v SYD
15.9 (99) 21.8 (134)
3.Jack
2.Griffen
1.Tippett
ADEL v PORT
15.13 (103) 17.5 (107)
3.Wingard
2.Crouch
1.Dangerfield
COLL v ESS
20.13 (133) 7.12 (54)
3.Ball
2.Sidebottom
1.Reid
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ROUND 18
ESS v HAW
13.9 (87) 22.11 (143)
3.Franklin
2.Mitchell
1.Hodge
GCFC v CARL
11.11 (77) 16.24 (120)
3.Kreuzer
2.Henderson
1.Ablett
MELB v NMFC
4.4 (28) 22.18 (150)
3.Cunnington
2.Goldstein
1.Harvey
COLL v GWS
15.16 (106) 10.6 (66)
3.Swan
2.Cameron
1.Beams
GEEL v STK
21.11 (137) 5.6 (36)
3.Selwood
2.Johnson
1.Podsiadly
FRE v ADEL
11.9 (75) 7.11 (53)
3.Fyfe
2.Sloane
1.Johnson
PORT v BL
9.17 (71) 9.8 (62)
3.Boak
2.Rockliff
1.Hartlett
WB v WCE
16.15 (111) 13.11 (89)
3.Dauhlhaus
2.Gaff
1.Murphy
SYD v RICH
16.14 (110) 9.9 (63)
3.Jack
2.O’Keefe
1.White
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He may get close but I don’t think he’ll have the legs. Anything can happen though, umpires love him…
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Ablett and Hannebery continuing to smash the BOG’s
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LEADERBOARD
G.Ablett (GC) 24
D.Hannebery (SYD) 21
P.Dangerfield (ADE) 18
J.Selwood (GEEL) 18
D.Swan (COLL) 18
J.Watson (ESS) 15
S.Pendelbury (COLL) 15
S.Mitchell (HAW) 14
A.Swallow (NM) 14
K.Jack (SYD) 13
D.Martin (RICH) 13
S.Johnson (GEE) 13
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Fantastic article Chad! I remember watching Ljubo when he first turned out for Perth Glory, great player but who would’ve thought he’d turn out to be such an interesting character? Great to see professional sports people being themselves and saying what they think; not diluting their personalities via media training.
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