Series
AFL Brownlow Medal: Footy’s night of nights
Full coverage of the count for the AFL’s most prestigious individual award - the Brownlow Medal.
- Opinion
- Opinion
The AFL has a credibility problem. The Brownlow Medal is a laughingstock
The umpires are doing the AFL more harm than good by voting on the Brownlow.
- Michael Gleeson
- Analysis
- AFL 2025
Daicos, Smith, Dawson or a roughie? Your Brownlow mega-guide – and who the experts think will take home Charlie
We go round-by-round to examine the seasons of the top prospects and check in with our experts for their predictions.
- The Age footy team
- Opinion
The footy world is in uproar, but Nasiah’s Brownlow snub isn’t as bad as you think
The snubbing of St Kilda’s Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera for one of the individual games of the season will be seen as evidence of a broken Brownlow. It shouldn’t be.
- Andrew Wu
Four men charged after Brownlow Medal betting probe
The charges relate to betting on the 2021 and 2022 Brownlow count and have been laid on the eve of the league’s finals series.
- Jon Pierik
The Brownlow’s top two went to Carey. This is the key to the school’s footy success
Matt Rowell was a quiet leader who always had a football under his arm, according to past coaches and teachers, who spoke after Rowell’s Brownlow Medal win on Monday night.
- Hannah Kennelly
‘No ego about him’: The seaside kid and Brownlow fancy who led the Crows back to the top
Jordan Dawson wasn’t sure he was the right man to lead the Crows. Now he’s taken them to the top of the ladder.
- Daniel Brettig
Broken toilets and power tables: The juiciest moments from last year’s Brownlow
Too much Brownlow is barely enough. As 1100 players, politicians, sponsors and Melbourne fashion elite crammed into Crown’s Palladium, CBD was in the thick of it.
- Stephen Brook
- Analysis
Demons counting the cost of Brayshaw’s forced retirement
Not until they saw his name on the Brownlow Medal running sheet did the AFL hierarchy realise Angus Brayshaw would be breaking his self-imposed public silence.
- Caroline Wilson
‘They inspired me to chase my dream’: The players Cripps looked up to growing up
Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has won his second AFL Brownlow Medal, polling a record 45 votes to claim the honour convincingly. The 29-year-old is the first player to win two Brownlows playing for Carlton.
- Jon Pierik, Melissa Singer, Roy Ward and Scott Spits
- Analysis
Cripps dominates, but was his 2024 year the greatest season ever played?
From Patrick Cripps’ record vote haul, to the stars who missed out, to the umpires and even whether the count itself dragged on for too long, we take a look at the key issues from the AFL’s night of nights.
- Jon Pierik
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