The Cats have lost four preliminary finals since their 2011 premiership. Treloar won the Anzac Medal in 2018 and the Neale Daniher Trophy in 2019. The biggest upset in recent Brownlow was when $41 long shot Matt Priddis won five years ago.
Season Highlights 34 disps (18 kicks 16 hballs) and 6 tackles in Rd 7 22-pt win over Geelong at Optus Stadium (16 Jul 2020): 35 disps (16 kicks 19 hballs) in Rd 6 32-pt win over Hawthorn at GIANTS Stadium (10 Jul 2020): 30 disps (19 kicks 11 hballs) and 5 tackles in Rd 5 … Richmond star Dustin Martin won the year before and will poll again on Monday night, but he is ineligible because of suspension.For all his many honours, Dangerfield is yet to play in an AFL grand final.
Given the number of contenders, there is more chance of a Brownlow tie this year. Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes and Mark Ricciuto had a three-way tie in 2003. Our roving reporter Will is getting up and personal with the AFL's best of 2017 including Adam Treloar, Dyson Heppell, Josh Kennedy, Scott … All the glitz and glamour from the best players and their partners at Brownlow Medal night, hosted by North Melbourne star Ben Brown and AFLW marquee Darcy … “It’s tough because there is no tomorrow, that’s the season finished, that’s the bitterly disappointing part, that’s the overriding emotion,” Dangerfield said after Friday night’s loss.Dangerfield won the Brownlow in 2016, his first year at Geelong, and Fremantle’s Fyfe took it out the year before.Patrick Dangerfield and Nat Fyfe have strong claims on a second AFL Brownlow Medal when the count is held on Monday night in Melbourne.Adam Treloar (Collingwood) A solid season and if Grundy isn’t the Collingwood frontrunner, then it will be him.The main problem for Fyfe and Cripps is their teams did not make the top eight, meaning less chances for three-vote games.Jon Anderson and Jon Ralph take a look at the contenders for this year's Brownlow medalTrent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell were joint winners in 2012 after Jobe Watson was stripped of the award.Nathan Buckley, Adam Goodes and Mark Ricciuto had a three-way tie in 2003. He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants between 2012 and 2015. Adam Treloar rounded out the votes from that match. He's back! A case in point, Elliott gets the clearance handballs to Treloar on the outside, Treloar handballs it back to Elliott who 1. wasn’t expecting it and 2 was then blocked by Treloar in doing anything with it, tackled, dispossessed. This is who is leading my Brownlow count after last weekend’s action.
He received a nomination for the 2012 AFL Rising Star award in round 18 of … Max Gawn nine 3. … I think the stats aren’t giving the full story. Grundy earned all three votes to take his total to 15 for the season, good enough for outright third on the leaderboard, two back from Kelly.The Pies big man's dominance relegated Jack Macrae to two votes despite 42 disposals and 12 tackles.The other big beneficiaries in round 14 were Elliot Yeo (two votes versus Essendon) and Luke Parker (three votes versus Hawthorn) who took their totals to 13 and 12 respectively.Adam Treloar rounded out the votes from that match.It was a round for the big men, with a total of three ruckmen polling maximum votes.Max Gawn made the most of a tiring Sean Darcy in Melbourne's win over Freo, finishing with 46 hitouts and eight marks, while Tom McDonald polled his first votes of the season in the same match.Star veterans Robbie Gray and Travis Boak rounded out the votes in that game, with Kelly being limited to just 17 touches.That left Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy to take advantage with a virtuoso performance in the win over the Bulldogs.Leader Tim Kelly had a quiet day in the loss the Port Adelaide, while Carlton had the bye meaning second-placed Patrick Cripps couldn't close any ground at the top of the Sporting News' Brownlow leaderboard.Power big man Scott Lycett took on the bulk of the ruck duties with Paddy Ryder dropped and he handled it with aplomb as Port got over the ladder-leading Cats. The biggest upset in recent Brownlow was when $41 long shot Matt Priddis won five years ago.The other big Brownlow contenders are Western Bulldogs onballer Marcus Bontempelli, Brisbane midfielder Lachie Neale and Carlton co-captain Patrick Cripps.Patrick Dangerfield will have to overcome the teammate curse and a star-studded leaderboard to make history at the Brownlow Medal tonight.Dangerfield is the clear favourite, but it is considered an open field this year and Fyfe is also rated a big chance.Gary Ablett, then at Gold Coast and now back at Geelong, was the latest player to win multiple Brownlows when he took out his second medal in 2013.He was shattered on Friday night when Geelong lost their preliminary final to Richmond.Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy has enjoyed a stellar season and deserves to poll well, but the Brownlow is now known as the midfielder’s medal.