The AFL Players’ Association MVP Award nominees for 2018 have been revealed, ahead of the awards on Thursday, August 30.
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.
Alongside the Most Courageous, Best Captain and Best First Year award nominees, the league’s players have nominated the three players they believe are their most valuable.
ADELAIDE
MVP: Rory Laird, Tom Doedee, Matt Crouch
Most Courageous: Tom Doedee
Best First Year: Lachlan Murphy
Captain: Taylor Walker
BRISBANE
MVP: Harris Andrews, Dayne Beams, Dayne Zorko
Most Courageous: Darcy Gardiner
Best First Year: Cam Rayner
Captain: Dayne Beams/Dayne Zorko
CARLTON
MVP: Patrick Cripps, Charlie Curnow, Kade Simpson
Most Courageous: Kade Simpson
Best First Year: Paddy Dow
Captain: Marc Murphy
COLLINGWOOD
MVP: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom
Most Courageous: Taylor Adams
Best First Year: Jaidyn Stephenson
Captain: Scott Pendlebury
ESSENDON
MVP: Tom Bellchambers, Dyson Heppell, Devon Smith
Most Courageous: Matt Dea
Best First Year: Matt Guelfi
Captain: Dyson Heppell
FREMANTLE
MVP: Ed Langdon, David Mundy, Lachie Neale
Most Courageous: Ed Langdon
Best First Year: Adam Cerra
Captain: Nathan Fyfe
GEELONG
MVP: Mark Blicavs, Tom Hawkins, Tom Stewart
Most Courageous: Joel Selwood
Best First Year: Tim Kelly
Captain: Joel Selwood
GOLD COAST
MVP: Jarrod Harbrow, David Swallow, Jarrod Witts
Most Courageous: David Swallow
Best First Year: Charlie Ballard
Captain: Tom Lynch, Steven May
GWS
MVP: Stephen Coniglio, Callan Ward, Lachie Whitfield
Most Courageous: Callan Ward
Best First Year: Sam Taylor
Captain: Callan Ward, Phil Davis
HAWTHORN
MVP: Luke Breust, Tom Mitchell, Ben Stratton
Most Courageous: Ben Stratton
Best First Year: James Worpel
Captain: Jarryd Roughead
MELBOURNE
MVP: Max Gawn, Tom McDonald, Clayton Oliver
Most Courageous: Neville Jetta
Best First Year: Bayley Fritsch
Captain: Nathan Jones, Jack Viney
NORTH MELBOURNE
MVP: Ben Brown, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Higgins
Most Courageous: Jed Anderson
Best First Year: Luke Davies-Uniacke
Captain: Jack Ziebell
PORT ADELAIDE
MVP: Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas, Justin Westhoff
Most Courageous: Tom Jonas
Best First Year: Kane Farrell
Captain: Travis Boak
RICHMOND
MVP: Shane Edwards, Kane Lambert, Dustin Martin
Most Courageous: Dylan Grimes
Best First Year: Jack Higgins
Captain: Trent Cotchin
ST KILDA
MVP: Jake Carlisle, Sebastian Ross, Jimmy Webster
Most Courageous: Jimmy Webster
Best First Year: Hunter Clark
Captain: Jarryn Geary
SYDNEY
MVP: Lance Franklin, Isaac Heeney, Josh Kennedy
Most Courageous: Isaac Heeney
Best First Year: Tom McCartin
Captain: Josh Kennedy
WEST COAST
MVP: Jack Darling (June’s MVP of the Month), Andrew Gaff, Shannon Hurn, Elliot Yeo
Most Courageous: Brad Sheppard
Best First Year: Liam Ryan
Captain: Shannon Hurn
WESTERN BULLDOGS
MVP: Marcus Bontempelli, Lachie Hunter, Jackson Macrae
Most Courageous: Dale Morris
Best First Year: Ed Richards
Captain: Easton Wood
