Showdown Medal

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Adelaide and Port Adelaide players in a Showdown match. McLeodMarkcrop.jpg
Adelaide and Port Adelaide players in a Showdown match.

The Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. It is thus similar to the Ross Glendinning Medal awarded in Western Derby games. However, no medal is awarded if the teams meet in a final, as they did in 2005.

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The Showdown Medal was first presented in Showdown VII, Round 7, 2000. [1] It was formerly known as the "West End Medal", but is currently sponsored by Balfours. [2]

For Showdown 39 in Round 16, 2015, the Showdown Medal was named the Phillip Walsh Medal, after the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh. [3]

AFL

Robbie Gray holds the record for the most Showdown Medals, with 5. Robbie Gray 2017.jpg
Robbie Gray holds the record for the most Showdown Medals, with 5.
Sam Jacobs is one of two Crows to win the Medal on three occasions. Sam Jacobs 24.02.17.jpg
Sam Jacobs is one of two Crows to win the Medal on three occasions.
YearRoundWinnerRef
20007 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Mark Ricciuto [1]
22 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Nick Stevens [4]
20013 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Josh Francou [5]
18 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Josh Francou (2) [5]
20025 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Jarrad Schofield [6]
20 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Josh Francou (3) [5]
20035 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Graham Johncock [7]
22 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Peter Burgoyne [4]
20047 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Mark Ricciuto (2) [8]
22 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Warren Tredrea [4]
20053 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Mark Ricciuto (3)
20 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Simon Goodwin
AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Shaun Burgoyne
20066 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Tyson Edwards [9]
21 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Chad Cornes [10]
20073 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Andrew McLeod [11]
18 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Simon Goodwin (2) [12]
20083 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Bernie Vince [13]
16 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Danyle Pearce [14]
20096 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Dean Brogan [15]
17 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Nathan Bock [16]
20106 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Robbie Gray [17]
17 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Domenic Cassisi [18]
20114 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Justin Westhoff [19]
19 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Nathan van Berlo [20]
20125 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Patrick Dangerfield [21]
15 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Sam Jacobs [22]
20133 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Travis Boak [23]
19 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Chad Wingard [24]
20142 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Hamish Hartlett [25]
15 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Sam Jacobs (2)
20155 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Robbie Gray (2)
16 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Scott Thompson
20162 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Tom Lynch
22 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Matt Crouch
20173 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Rory Sloane
20 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Sam Jacobs (3)
20188 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Robbie Gray (3)
20 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Robbie Gray (4)
20198 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Alex Keath
16 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Robbie Gray (5)
20202 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Travis Boak (2)
20218 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Travis Boak (3)
21 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Aliir Aliir
20223 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Jordan Dawson
23 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Connor Rozee
20233 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Jordan Dawson (2) [26]
20 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Taylor Walker
20248 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Jake Soligo
23 AFL Port Adelaide Icon.jpg Zak Butters

Retrospective best on ground

As the Showdown Medal was only introduced in 2000, six Showdowns were played without a medal being awarded. In 2019, Michelangelo Rucci, football writer for The Adelaide Advertiser, advocated for a combination of Brownlow Medal, Club Champion voting, and Media votes to determine the selection for retroactively awarded Showdown Medals. [27] This potential for retrospective Showdown Medals being awarded was enhanced by the Western Derby allocating retrospective medals in 2018. [28] Another Showdown where a medal was not awarded to the player adjudged best afield was the 2005 Semi-Final. The official Adelaide website, afc.com.au, lists Simon Goodwin as their best player in the 2005 Showdown Final with 3 goals and 22 disposals at 91% disposal efficiency to his name. [29] [30]

Michelangelo Rucci's 'Best on Ground' before Showdown Medal [27]
MatchCombinedWinning clubBrownlowClub B&F Merv Agars Medal
19971 Darren Mead Port Adelaide 3: Darren Mead
2: Shayne Breuer
1: Brendon Lade 		3: Darren Mead
2: Stephen Paxman
1: Stephen Daniels 		3: Shane Bond
2: Brayden Lyle
1: Darren Mead
2 Brett James Adelaide 3: Gavin Wanganeen
2: Brendon Lade
1: Matthew Connell 		3: Brett James
2: Darren Jarman
1: Kym Koster 		3: Brett James
2: Stephen Daniels
1: Darren Jarman
19983 Adam Kingsley Port Adelaide 3: Nathan Bassett
2: Josh Francou
1: Matthew Primus 		3: Adam Kingsley
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis 		3: Adam Kingsley
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis
4 Mark Ricciuto Adelaide 3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Darren Jarman 		3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart 		3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart
19995 Mark Bickley Adelaide 3: Kane Johnson
2: Mark Bickley
1: David Gallagher 		3: Matthew Robran
2: Mark Bickley
1: Ben Hart 		3: Mark Bickley
2: Matthew Robran
1: Ben Hart
6 Josh Francou Port Adelaide 3: Brendon Lade
2: Josh Francou
1: Gavin Wanganeen 		3: Josh Francou
3: Brendon Lade
3: Gavin Wanganeen 		3: Josh Francou
2: Gavin Wanganeen
1: Brendon Lade
2005 Showdown Final
MatchCombinedWinning clubBrownlowClub B&FMerv Agars Medal
200519 Simon Goodwin Adelaide N/A3: Simon Goodwin
2: Mark Ricciuto
1: Scott Welsh 		N/A

AFL Women's

SeasonRoundWinnerRef
2022 (S7)6 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Chelsea Randall
20231 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Niamh Kelly
20241 Adelaide Club symbol.svg Ebony Marinoff [31]

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  2. ↑ It's the Balfours Showdown!
  3. ↑ Thring, Harry (16 July 2015). "Showdown's best to win Phillip Walsh Medal". afl.com.au.
  4. 1 2 3 Trophies-Medals
  5. 1 2 3 Australian Football League News
  6. ↑ Round 5, 2002
  7. ↑ Sporting Life
  8. ↑ Pick your Showdown star of stars
  9. ↑ Tell us your best Crows [ dead link ]
  10. ↑ Round 21, 2006
  11. ↑ Round 3, 2007
  12. ↑ Round 18, 2007
  13. ↑ Round 3, 2008
  14. ↑ Round 16, 2008
  15. ↑ Round 6, 2009
  16. ↑ Round 17, 2009
  17. ↑ Round 6, 2010 Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ Round 17, 2010 Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ Round 4, 2011 Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ Round 19, 2011 Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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