2022 Brownlow Medal

Last updated

2022 Brownlow Medal
Patrick Cripps 2018.3.jpg
2022 Brownlow Medallist, Patrick Cripps
DateSunday, 18 September 2022
Location Crown Palladium
Hosted by Hamish McLachlan and Rebecca Maddern
Winner Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
(29 votes)
Television/radio coverage
Network Seven Network
Telstra
←  2021  · Brownlow Medal ·  2023  →

The 2022 Brownlow Medal was the 95th year the award is presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. It was won by Carlton midfielder Patrick Cripps. [1] The 2022 Brownlow Medal count was originally scheduled for Monday 19 September, its traditional date on the Monday before the grand final. It was rescheduled to Sunday 18 September at a week's notice, to avoid a clash with the funeral of Elizabeth II. The event returned to its conventional format and venue—a gala dinner at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne—after having been held virtually for the previous two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Contents

Cripps' win was not without controversy. Cripps was initially suspended by the Match Review Panel and AFL Tribunal in Round 21, for rough conduct in a front-on contest against Brisbane Lions' Callum Ah Chee, which ruled him ineligible and would have seen him miss the final rounds, in which he polled the winning votes; [3] Carlton had appealed the suspension to the AFL Appeals Board and was successful in overturning it. [4]

West Coast, which finished 17th with a 2–20 record, polled only 15 votes across all of its players combined, the lowest-ever tally for any club under the 3–2–1 voting system in a season of any length. [5]

Leading vote-getters

PlayerVotes
1st Patrick Cripps (Carlton)29
2nd Lachie Neale (Brisbane)28
3rd Touk Miller (Gold Coast)27
=4th Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle)25
Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)
6th Christian Petracca (Melbourne)24
7th  Callum Mills (Sydney)21
=8th Jeremy Cameron (Geelong)19
Dion Prestia (Richmond)
10th Zach Merrett (Essendon) 17

Voting procedure

The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening. [6]

Allegations of illegal betting

Several raids and arrests, including of second-year field umpire Michael Pell, were made in November 2022 after suspicious betting patterns into spot bets on the votes from many games Pell had umpired were investigated by sports corruption police. [7] As of September 2023, investigations were ongoing and no charges have been formally laid, and Pell was no longer employed by the AFL. [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brownlow Medal</span> Award in Australian Football League

The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the four officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFL. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in the sport of Australian rules football.

Gregory Donald Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Geelong, the Sydney Swans and Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. A midfielder, he is a dual Brownlow Medal winner and at his peak was the then-highest-paid player in the history of the sport, including an under-the-table $200,000 bonus payment. He was also linked to further controversy during the 1990s.

The John Nicholls Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s) adjudged best and fairest for the Carlton Football Club for the season. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of four coaches giving each player a ranking from one to four after each match. Players can receive a maximum of 16 votes for a game.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2008 Brownlow Medal was the 81st year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Adam Cooney of the Western Bulldogs won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2008 AFL season. Pre-vote favourite, Gary Ablett and sentimental favourite, Matthew Richardson finished equal third on twenty-two votes. Cooney polled twenty-four votes, one ahead of Brisbane's Simon Black, who won the award in 2002 and was equal second in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2009 Brownlow Medal was the 82nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Gary Ablett Jr of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling 30 votes during the 2009 AFL season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2010 Brownlow Medal was the 83rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Chris Judd of the Carlton Football Club won the medal by polling thirty votes during the 2010 AFL season. It was broadcast on Channel Ten and, for the first time, simultaneously on One live and nationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2011 Brownlow Medal was the 84th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Dane Swan of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-four votes during the 2011 AFL season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick Cripps</span> Australian rules footballer

Patrick Cripps is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cripps won the Leigh Matthews Trophy in 2019, and is a dual Brownlow Medallist, four-time All-Australian and five-time John Nicholls Medallist; he was the second-youngest player to win the latter when he first won the award in 2015 and has won the equal-most at the club, along with Nicholls. Cripps served as Carlton co-captain from 2019 to 2021, and he has served as the sole captain since the 2022 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcus Bontempelli</span> Australian rules footballer

Marcus Bontempelli is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as Western Bulldogs captain since the 2020 season, and was previously the vice-captain from 2018 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2017 Brownlow Medal was the 90th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Dustin Martin of the Richmond Football Club won the medal with a record-breaking 36 votes, which was tied by Ollie Wines in 2021, until it was broken by Patrick Cripps in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 AFL season</span> 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL)

The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

Andrew Brayshaw is a professional Australian rules footballer and the co vice-captain of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFLW. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Walsh (footballer)</span> Australian rules football player

Samuel Peter Walsh is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was awarded the 2019 NAB Rising Star Award. He was drafted by Carlton with their first selection which was also the first overall in the 2018 national draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Brownlow Medal</span> Australian Football League award

The 2020 Brownlow Medal was the 93rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Lachie Neale of the Brisbane Lions was the winner, with 31 votes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2021 Brownlow Medal was the 94th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. For the second year in a row, due to the travel restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the ceremony was not held in Melbourne but instead a mainly made-for-television event, with players attending their nearest function in four different states. With Perth hosting the 2021 AFL Grand Final, the main function was held at Optus Stadium on Sunday, 19 September 2021.

The 2022 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 159th season of competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Daicos</span> Australian rules footballer (born 2003)

Nicholas Daicos is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club. Daicos is the son of Peter Daicos, who played for Collingwood in the VFL/AFL, and the younger brother of Josh Daicos, who also plays for Collingwood.

The 2024 Carlton Football Club season is the Carlton Football Club's 161st season of competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Brownlow Medal</span> Award

The 2024 Brownlow Medal was the 97th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. The count took place on Monday 23 September in Melbourne at the Crown Palladium, five days before the grand final. Patrick Cripps of Carlton won the medal with 45 votes; it was his second medal, having previously won the medal in 2022.

References

  1. ↑ "Blues boilover! Patrick Cripps steals Brownlow from Lachie Neale with FINAL vote in wildest medal count finish in years". Fox Sports. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Danielle Sorati (10 September 2022). "AFL changes date of Brownlow Medal". Zero Hanger. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Worth the legal fees! How Blues' last-ditch appeal won their superstar the Brownlow". Fox Sports. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Worth the legal fees! How Blues' last-ditch appeal won their superstar the Brownlow". Fox Sports. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Valencich, Glenn (19 September 2022). "Club's staggering act as horror season sinks to fresh low with new AFL record". 7news.com.au. Seven West Media. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Brownlow Medal history and winners - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Mark Buttler, Anthony Dowsley, Mark Robinson, Carly Douglas (14 November 2022). "AFL umpire Michael Pell questioned by sports corruption cops over alleged Brownlow vote leak". Herald Sun.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "AFL 2022: League boss confirms umpire at centre of Brownlow scandal dumped". news.com.au. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.