And the winner of the 2020 Gavin Brown Medal is...

[David]

Round 10 vs Sydney

5. Josh Daicos
4. Brayden Maynard
3. Taylor Adams
2. Brodie Grundy
1. John Noble / Adam Treloar (another tie!)

Leaderboard

Brodie Grundy 18
Scott Pendlebury 18
Taylor Adams 16
Brayden Maynard 16
Jeremy Howe 14
Darcy Moore 13
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Isaac Quaynor 7
Adam Treloar 7
John Noble 6
Jack Crisp 5
Jordan De Goey 5
Brody Mihocek 4
Chris Mayne 1
Rupert Wills 1

[David]

[David]

Round 11 vs Adelaide

5. Taylor Adams
4. Jack Crisp
3. Brayden Maynard
2. Darcy Cameron / John Noble (not again!!!!)

Leaderboard

Taylor Adams 21
Brayden Maynard 19
Brodie Grundy 18
Scott Pendlebury 18
Jeremy Howe 14
Darcy Moore 13
Josh Daicos 10
Steele Sidebottom 10
Jack Crisp 9
John Noble 8
Isaac Quaynor 7
Adam Treloar 7
Jordan De Goey 5
Brody Mihocek 4
Darcy Cameron 2
Chris Mayne 1
Rupert Wills 1

We have a new leader in Adams, with Maynard not far behind, and Grundy and Pendlebury still well and truly in it (though the captain hasn’t polled in a while). A decent gap has opened up between those four and the next few contenders, with Howe still remarkably sitting in fifth despite having only played the first four matches.

[David]

Round 12 vs Melbourne

5. Taylor Adams
4. Steele Sidebottom
3. Scott Pendlebury
2. Brodie Grundy
1. Tom Phillips

Leaderboard

Taylor Adams 26
Scott Pendlebury 21
Brodie Grundy 20
Brayden Maynard 19
Jeremy Howe 14
Steele Sidebottom 14
Darcy Moore 13
Josh Daicos 10
Jack Crisp 9
John Noble 8
Isaac Quaynor 7
Adam Treloar 7
Jordan De Goey 5
Brody Mihocek 4
Darcy Cameron 2
Chris Mayne 1
Tom Phillips 1
Rupert Wills 1

[Pies4shaw]

^ The Captain hasn't polled in a while because he didn't play between round 7 (when he did poll) and round 12.

And, right on cue, there's the Captain with votes in his first game back!

[David]

Ok, I think we’d better pick this up tomorrow night, lol – obviously everyone’s off to bed, and I should be too! But looks like a fascinating count. Adams is in the box seat, but it’s far from over (I have a feeling Maynard might make a late move).

[David]

[eddiesmith]

Did some people just give Grundy 5 votes every time he stepped onto the field?

[PyreneesPie]

Thanks for doing this David. Much appreciated.

Wasn't Jeremy Howe flying at the start of the season!! That PCL really was a disaster for him , the team and the supporters.

Interstingly, not one Brownlow vote for him across those 4 games. It sure is a mid-fielders medal!!

[Pies4shaw]

The difference is that the Brownlow votes only go the best 3 players on the ground. Looking at the coaches’ votes, he wasn’t clearly top 3 in any of the first 4 games (though he was in the votes in 3 of those games). The game where he was arguably unlucky not to get a vote, the umpires gave 2 to Mihocek (the coaches gave Howe and Mihocek each 5).

[David]

[K]

[David]

[K]

Gr8.

[David]

And here I was thinking John Noble's current vote count – the result of no fewer than three ties – would be the most controversial '8' in this thread.