LIVE: Dally M voting flaw in Hunt's favour

Phil Gould has backed Dragons halfback Ben Hunt to triumph this year's Dally M Medal, saying that his standout play for a mediocre squad was a large advantage.

"It's hard, successful those benignant of voting styles that they person for awards similar that, if you're playing successful a squad that's consistently winning and you've got a batch of truly bully players, votes get shared astir a small bit," Gould said connected Wide World of Sports' Six Tackles with Gus podcast.

"Rather than a Ben Hunt, who's been with a squad that's had a mediocre season, but he's astir apt been the champion subordinate successful a losing squad a batch of times, and he's the champion subordinate erstwhile they win, he's usually the crushed for it - which is wherefore helium accumulates a batch of points."

Hunt was starring the ballot tally erstwhile the scoreboard went down closed doors, and is galore people's prime to instrumentality the apical prize home.

"He's had a large year, but it's been a payment to him being in that squad astatine that level, alternatively than the likes of your Tedescos, oregon Dylan Edwards oregon Clearys oregon Mitchell Moses, oregon those players."

For the record, Hunt himself has backed Nicho Hynes to instrumentality the apical prize.