Port Adelaide speedster Matt White has taken out the AFL’s goal of the year award, while teammate Chad Wingard’s round-12 screamer is the mark of the year.
And for a while, Adelaide’s Patrick Dangerfield and Port’s Travis Boak looked a chance in the big one, the Brownlow Medal.
White and Wingard were each presented with $10,000 on Monday night at the Brownlow Medal count.
West Coast’s Beau Waters was presented with the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award at the count for his work as an ambassador for the Cancer Council WA.
Waters will receive $20,000 from the AFL to be donated to the charity or community program(s) of his choice.
White’s incredible running effort against Richmond in round 17 was judged goal of the year ahead of nominations from Adelaide’s Eddie Betts and Western Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli.
“It was like in Auskick where you keep running, that’s what I was thinking,” White said.
Wingard downplayed his spectacular mark against St Kilda, calling it “a bit of luck”.
Dangerfield and Boak surprised most tipsters with strong showings in the medal count.
The Adelaide midfielder polled six best-on-ground efforts while Boak had four.
Conversely, the more favoured Rory Sloane (Adelaide) with 10 votes, and Robbie Gray (Port), 14 votes, finished in the middle of the field.
Club by club:
ADELAIDE
Patrick Dangerfield 21
Scott Thompson 14
Rory Sloane 10
Sam Jacobs 6
Taylor Walker 5
Eddie Betts, James Podsiadly, Brodie Smith 4
Josh Jenkins 3
BRISBANE LIONS
*Tom Rockliff 15
Pearce Hanley 9
Dayne Zorko 8
Jack Redden 5
Stefan Martin 4
Rohan Bewick 1
CARLTON
Bryce Gibbs, Marc Murphy 9
Kade Simpson 8
Chris Judd 7
Lachie Henderson 6
Jarrad Waite, Chris Yarran 4
Andrejs Everitt, Brock McLean 3
Simon White 2
Tom Bell, Andrew Carrazzo, *Mitch Robinson, Robert Warnock 1
COLLINGWOOD
Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury 16
*Steele Sidebottom 9
Jamie Elliott 6
Dane Swan 5
Travis Cloke 4
Alex Fasolo, Tom Langdon, Josh Thomas, *Clinton Young 1
ESSENDON
Dyson Heppell 14
*Brendon Goddard 9
Jobe Watson, David Zaharakis 8
Jake Carlisle 6
*Paul Chapman 4
Michael Hibberd, Cale Hooker, Michael Hurley 3
Ben Howlett, Jackson Merrett, Patrick Ryder, Brent Stanton 2
Joe Daniher, David Myers 1
FREMANTLE
*Nat Fyfe 25
Michael Barlow, *David Mundy 13
Stephen Hill 9
Lachie Neale, Aaron Sandilands 7
*Hayden Ballantyne 6
*Michael Johnson 3
Luke McPharlin, Tendai Mzungu 2
GEELONG
Joel Selwood 21
*Steve Johnson 19
Mitch Duncan 12
Jimmy Bartel, Tom Hawkins, Harry Taylor 7
*Mathew Stokes 6
Josh Caddy 2
Allen Christensen, George Horlin-Smith, James Kelly, Steven Motlop 1
GOLD COAST
Gary Ablett 22
Dion Prestia 13
Harley Bennell 6
David Swallow 5
Tom Lynch 4
Steven May 3
Sam Day 2
Jaeger O’Meara, Michael Rischitelli 1
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Callan Ward 15
Shane Mumford 8
Adam Treloar 5
*Devon Smith 4
*Toby Greene 3
Stephen Coniglio, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Rhys Palmer, Lachlan Whitfield 2
Josh Hunt, Tom Scully, Dylan Shiel 1
HAWTHORN
Jordan Lewis 15
Luke Hodge 12
*Jarryd Roughead 11
Sam Mitchell 8
Liam Shiels 7
Jack Gunston 6
Luke Breust, Brad Sewell 5
Grant Birchall, Isaac Smith 4
Shaun Burgoyne, *Josh Gibson 3
Bradley Hill 2
Will Langford, Cyril Rioli, Jonathan Simpkin, Matt Spangher, Matthew Suckling 1
MELBOURNE
Nathan Jones 13
Dom Tyson 11
Bernie Vince 6
Lynden Dunn, James Frawley 3
*Chris Dawes, Jeremy Howe, Mark Jamar 2
NORTH MELBOURNE
*Brent Harvey 15
Ben Cunnington 13
Andrew Swallow 9
Nick Dal Santo 8
Sam Gibson 6
Scott Thompson 4
Todd Goldstein, Lachlan Hansen, Jack Ziebell 3
Drew Petrie, *Daniel Wells, Sam Wright 2
Ryan Bastinac, Ben Brown, Levi Greenwood, Lindsay Thomas 1
PORT ADELAIDE
Travis Boak 21
Robbie Gray 14
*Hamish Hartlett 10
Brad Ebert 7
Jay Schulz, Chad Wingard 6
*Kane Cornes, Jared Polec, Ollie Wines 5
Matthew Lobbe, Justin Westhoff 3
RICHMOND
Trent Cotchin 18
Dustin Martin 13
*Brett Deledio 12
Brandon Ellis 9
Jack Riewoldt 7
Anthony Miles 4
Alex Rance 3
*Reece Conca 2
*Ty Vickery 1
ST KILDA
Nick Riewoldt 11
Leigh Montagna 7
Lenny Hayes 5
Clinton Jones 3
Luke Dunstan, Rhys Stanley 2
David Armitage, Jack Billings, James Gwilt, Jack Steven 1
SYDNEY
Lance Franklin 22
Josh Kennedy 21
Ben McGlynn, Luke Parker 12
Dan Hannebery 11
Kieren Jack, Jarrad McVeigh 5
Nick Malceski 4
Craig Bird 2
Rhyce Shaw, Kurt Tippett 1
WEST COAST
Matt Priddis 26
*Josh Kennedy 11
*Luke Shuey 9
Andrew Gaff, *Mark LeCras 6
Matt Rosa, Eric Mackenzie, Chris Masten 3
Shannon Hurn 2
Jamie Bennell, Sam Butler, Scott Lycett, *Darren Glass 1
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Jack Macrae 10
Adam Cooney 7
Matthew Boyd, Ryan Griffen, Tom Liberatore 5
Marcus Bontempelli, Stewart Crameri 4
Luke Dahlhaus 3
Shaun Higgins, Nathan Hrovat, *Liam Jones 2
Will Minson 1
PLAYER Votes 3 2 1 TOTAL
Matt Priddis (WC) 4 5 4 26
*Nat Fyfe (Fre) 5 4 2 25
Gary Ablett (GC) 5 3 1 22
Lance Franklin (Syd) 4 4 2 22
Patrick Dangerfield (Adel) 6 1 1 21
Josh Kennedy (Syd) 5 1 4 21
Travis Boak (PA) 4 4 1 21
Joel Selwood (Geel) 2 6 3 21
*Steve Johnson (Geel) 5 2 – 19
Trent Cotchin (Rich) 3 3 3 18
Dayne Beams (Co) 3 3 1 16
Scott Pendlebury (Co) 2 4 2 16
*Brent Harvey (NM) 5 – – 15
Callan Ward (GWS) 4 1 1 15
Jordan Lewis (Haw) 3 2 2 15
*Tom Rockliff (BL) 1 5 2 15
Dyson Heppell (Ess) 3 1 3 14
Scott Thompson (Adel) 2 4 – 14
Robbie Gray (PA) 1 5 1 14
Ben Cunnington (NM) 4 – 1 13
*David Mundy (Fre) 3 2 – 13
Michael Barlow (Fre) 2 3 1 13
Dion Prestia (GC) 2 2 3 13
Nathan Jones (Melb) 1 3 4 13
Dustin Martin (Rich) – 5 3 13
Mitch Duncan (Geel) 3 1 1 12
Luke Parker (Syd) 3 1 1 12
Ben McGlynn (Syd) 2 3 – 12
Luke Hodge (Haw) 2 2 2 12
*Brett Deledio (Rich) 2 2 2 12
Dom Tyson (Melb) 3 – 2 11
Dan Hannebery (Syd) 3 – 2 11
*Josh Kennedy (WC) 3 1 – 11
*Jarryd Roughead (Haw) 2 2 1 11
Nick Riewoldt (StK) 2 2 1 11
Rory Sloane (Adel) 2 1 2 10
Jack Macrae (WB) 2 2 – 10
*Hamish Hartlett (PA) 1 3 1 10