The streak that could give Cripps Brownlow glory

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It is that clip of the twelvemonth erstwhile again, with the Brownlow Medal ceremonial acceptable to footwear disconnected a week of festivities that ends successful the AFL Grand Final.

This year's ceremonial brings with it a lawsuit of backmost to the aboriginal arsenic we instrumentality to Melbourne's Crown Palladium for the number for the archetypal clip since 2019.

The ceremonial has besides been moved from its accepted Monday nighttime slot owed to the caller decease of Queen Elizabeth II.

Last year's number saw Port Adelaide prima Ollie Wines instrumentality retired the medal with an equal-Brownlow grounds 36 votes up of Western Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli.

The antheral who finished 3rd successful past year's count, Melbourne's Clayton Oliver, is 1 of the raging favourites aft putting unneurotic different spectacular season.

Ahead of the AFL's nighttime of nights, present is everything you request to cognize successful Wide World of Sports' Brownlow Medal eventual guide:

What is the Brownlow Medal?

Awarded each play since 1924, the Brownlow Medal is fixed to the champion and fairest subordinate during the AFL's location and distant season.

Where volition the Brownlow ceremonial beryllium held?

This year's Brownlow Medal ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine Melbourne's Crown Palladium.

When is the Brownlow Medal ceremony?

The 2022 Brownlow Medal Count volition beryllium held connected Sunday September 18, with the lawsuit broadcasted nationally connected the Seven Network commencing astatine 7pm AEST.

The evening volition commencement with the Virgin Australia Runway astatine the Charles Brownlow Medal, wherever the game's champion players, AFL officials, and manufacture members volition get from 6pm AEST.

How is the Brownlow Medal decided?

Umpires ballot connected a 3-2-1 ground aft each lucifer and the subordinate with the astir votes astatine the extremity of the regular play is crowned the winner.

Players who are suspended during the play are ineligible for the award, and players who decorativeness connected the aforesaid fig of votes are declared associated winners.

Who are the favourites for this year's Brownlow Medal?

Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions) - $3.00 likelihood via SportsBet
Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) - $3.75
Patrick Cripps (Carlton) - $5.00
Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle) - $8.00
Touk Miller (Gold Coast Suns) - $9.00

Where volition this year's Brownlow apt beryllium won?

Every twelvemonth we spot the Brownlow Medal victor person a agelong of games that puts immoderate abstraction betwixt them and the remainder of the pack. For the apical 3 favourites, here's wherever we deliberation they could involvement their respective claims.

Lachie Neale (Rounds 1-9) - 32.1 disposals per game, squad had 8-1 grounds successful that period

If determination was immoderate uncertainty implicit Lachie Neale's committedness to Brisbane aft helium concisely flirted with a instrumentality to Fremantle implicit the summer, the 2020 Brownlow victor enactment that to furniture close from the outset.

Neale was astatine the centre of Brisbane's scintillating commencement to the season, amassing 32.1 disposals per crippled arsenic the Lions raced retired to an awesome 8-1 commencement aft 9 rounds.

He enjoyed a fig of signature games passim this stretch, but a 41-disposal, two-goal, 12-clearance outing against Essendon successful circular 2 takes the cake.

Neale volition diagnostic close astatine the apical of the leaderboard from the opening stages of the count.

Clayton Oliver (Rounds 6-16) - 36.5 disposals per game, squad had 7-3 grounds successful that period

Melbourne's Clayton Oliver has shown himself to beryllium a prolific ball-winner since the infinitesimal helium entered the league, and helium recovered the footy astatine volition each twelvemonth long, averaging a career-high 32.7 touches per game.

However, it was during a 10-game agelong successful the mediate of the play wherever the 25-year-old truly enactment the squad connected his back, averaging a stupendous 36.5 touches per crippled successful that period.

Oliver eclipsed the 40-disposal people 4 times this year, with 2 of the performances coming wrong this stretch, highlighted by a 45-disposal, 13-clearance masterpiece against the Kangaroos successful circular 13.

What could besides beryllium important is Oliver's quality to canvass successful matches Melbourne lost, with the Demons prima turning successful immoderate monster games successful losing efforts.

Patrick Cripps (Rounds 1-3 & 6-8) - 33 disposals per game, squad had 5-1 grounds crossed those periods

The Carlton skipper shrugged disconnected concerns that helium might've been past his champion shot with a stunning commencement to the season.

Cripps tallied implicit 30 disposals successful six of his archetypal 7 matches, with the lone outlier successful circular 4 erstwhile helium was subbed retired astatine quarter-time against the Suns.

Like Neale, Cripps is apt to beryllium close up adjacent the apical of the leaderboard done the archetypal fractional of the season, earlier sliding retired of contention owed to a unsmooth spot successful the mediate of the year.

While Carlton's finals hopes floundered successful the last month, Cripps came location with a bedewed sail and could beryllium a accelerated finisher if he's capable to enactment successful interaction with the leaders.

Recent Brownlow Medal winners

2021 - Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide)
2020 - Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions)
2019 - Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
2018 - Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
2017 - Dustin Martin (Richmond)
2016 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
2015 - Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Who has won the astir Brownlow Medals?

Four players are tied having won 3 Brownlow Medals:

Haydn Bunton Sr (Fitzroy) - 1931, 1932, 1935
Dick Reynolds (Essendon) - 1934, 1937, 1938
Bob Skilton (South Melbourne) - 1959, 1963, 1968
Ian Stewart (St Kilda/Richmond) - 1965, 1966, 1971

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