Patrick Dangerfield joins elite company after earning All-Australian honours for the eighth time, while Lachie Neale firms as Brownlow Medal favourite by winning two coveted individual awards.
Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield has made a record-equalling eighth appearance in the All-Australian team and been selected as captain for the first time.Patrick Dangerfield is the sixth player to be named in the All-Australian team on eight occasions
In the other awards announced on Thursday night, Fremantle midfielder Caleb Serong won the Rising Star and Geelong's Tom Hawkins collected the Coleman Medal following his 42-goal season. Explosive Demon Petracca is one of 12 debutants in the team, with the entire half-back line all first-timers. If it was not for the 2019 snub, this would have been Martin's fifth-straight selection after being one of the first players picked from 2016 to 2018.Neale, who is the red-hot favourite to take home the Brownlow Medal, was a clear MVP winner with 1,120 votes from his peers."It's an award that I'm super proud to have won, to be voted by those who I play with and against makes it a really special award," Neale said.
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