Carlton superstar Patrick Cripps has won his second Brownlow Medal, storming home in stunning fashion at Monday night’s count.
Carlton superstar Patrick Cripps has won his second Brownlow Medal, storming home in dominant fashion at Monday night’s count.
Cripps, who previously claimed the AFL’s highest individual award in 2022, polled maximum votes in 12 matches to finish on 45 votes, seven ahead of runner-up Nick Daicos of Collingwood.Cripps’ total was the biggest haul under the current 3-2-1 voting system, surpassing Richmond’s Dustin Martin and Port Adelaide’s Ollie Wines who both received 36 votes in their respective years.
The AFL was spared blushes after Sydney gun Isaac Heeney, an early season favourite who was deemed ineligible for the award in July after copping a one-match ban for striking, faded in the second half of the season. Heeney would have had broadcasters nervous as the outright leader until he was overtaken by Cripps in round 12.
Heeney, who will play in Saturday’s grand final against the Brisbane Lions, finished on 28 votes, with an asterisk.Daicos started slow – he had only four votes after round seven – before racking up 13 votes in five games to charge up the leaderboard. However, he never looked a serious threat of reeling in the runaway Cripps.
In other awards, West Coast’s first-year sensation Harley Reid won goal of the year, while Collingwood’s Bobby Hill claimed mark of the year.Zak Butters 29 votes
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