The Brownlow Medal always throws up controversy and the 2023 version was no different. These are the games that have people talking - and the one round that shows just how far the umpires can diverge from the coaches when handing out votes.
at the Gabba, when Brisbane hosted Melbourne and the lights went out. Neale received two votes from the umpires but none from the coaches, while Dayne Zorko, who does occasionally offer advice to the umpires, received the opposite. Neale had eight clearances., the Giants faced the Lions and Callan Ward was suspended for a dangerous tackle on Neale. It was perhaps the most contentious three-vote game of Neale’s year.
Neale, with a second Brownlow in his keeping, said on Tuesday he had been “surprised” to pocket three votes in that round six game. “There were probably games I thought I would poll through the middle part of the season where I didn’t pick up votes or polled one where I thought I might get two or three that game, so I think it comes around, swings and roundabouts,” he said.
“Yeah, I was lucky that game to poll, but maybe unlucky in some others, so I don’t really know, that’s the beauty of the Brownlow, isn’t it? You never know how the umpires are going to vote, and fortunate that it fell my way in the end.”against Essendon, Port’s Butters polled 10 coaches votes but no Brownlow votes. Perhaps he was a yapper on the ground. His teammate Jason Horne-Francis received a vote from the umpires but none from the coaches after a 20-touch game including three free kicks.
against Adelaide. He had 23 disposals as he emerged from a form slump. He didn’t get a vote from the coaches, but got one from the umpires to add to his Brownlow tally., Demons Petracca and Bayley Fritsch got three and two votes from the umpires. It took 42 touches and two goals for Gulden to manage a vote. Both the Demons were excellent, but being on the winning team had to help.
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