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The 2016 MVP Nominees

Each of the league’s 18 AFL clubs have announced their three nominees in the lead up to the AFL Players’ Association MVP awards on Tuesday, September 13.

The nomination for the MVP Award is a two-stage process. The first involves players nominating three teammates for the award, before three nominees from every club are presented to the wider playing group for a vote to decide the winner. Players cannot vote for their own teammates in stage two of the process.

All captains are automatically selected for the Best Captain presented by L’Oreal Men Expert.

See the complete list of nominees for the Leigh Matthews Trophy, Best First Year Player presented by Tissot and Most Courageous presented Ladder below:

Sydney

MVP NOMINEES: Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker, Dane Rampe

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Callum Mills

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Luke Parker

Geelong

MVP NOMINEES: Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood, Corey Enright

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Tom Ruggles

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Joel Selwood

HAWTHORN

MVP NOMINEES: Sam Mitchell, Shaun Burgoyne, Cyril Rioli

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Kade Stewart

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Ben Stratton

GWS GIANTS

MVP NOMINEES: Stephen Coniglio, Heath Shaw, Toby Greene

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jacob Hopper

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Callan Ward

ADELAIDE

MVP NOMINEES: Rory Sloane, Eddie Betts, Daniel Talia

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Wayne Milera

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Rory Laird

WEST COAST EAGLES

MVP NOMINEES: Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy, Luke Shuey

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Tom Cole

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Matt Priddis

WESTERN BULLDOGS

MVP NOMINEES: Marcus Bontempelli, Dale Morris, Lachie Hunter

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Marcus Adams

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Dale Morris

NORTH MELBOURNE

MVP NOMINEES: Robbie Tarrant, Jack Ziebell, Daniel Wells

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Ryan Clarke

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Jack Ziebell

ST KILDA

MVP NOMINEES: Jack Steven, Nick Riewoldt, Sebastian Ross

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jade Gresham

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Sean Dempster

PORT ADELAIDE

MVP NOMINEES: Robbie Gray, Jasper Pittard, Jackson Trengove

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Riley Bonner

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Brad Ebert

MELBOURNE

MVP NOMINEES: Jack Viney, Max Gawn, Nathan Jones

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Wagner

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Jack Viney

COLLINGWOOD

MVP NOMINEES: Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom, Adam Treloar

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Smith

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Ben Sinclair

RICHMOND

MVP NOMINEES: Alex Rance, Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Daniel Rioli

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Alex Rance

CARLTON

MVP NOMINEES: Sam Docherty, Bryce Gibbs, Kade Simpson

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Jacob Weitering

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Kade Simpson

GOLD COAST

MVP NOMINEES: Tom Lynch, Steven May, Jarrod Harbrow

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Callum Ah Chee

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Steven May

FREMANTLE

MVP NOMINEES: Lachie Neale, Michael Walters, Stephen Hill

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Sam Collins

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Aaron Sandilands

BRISBANE

MVP NOMINEES: Dayne Zorko, Tom Rockliff, Mitch Robinson

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Josh Schache

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Mitch Robinson

ESSENDON

MVP NOMINEES: Zach Merrett, Brendon Goddard, James Kelly

BEST FIRST YEAR NOMINEE: Darcy Parish

MOST COURAGEOUS NOMINEE: Patrick Ambrose