The AFL Players’ Association MVP Award nominees for 2019 have been revealed, ahead of the awards on Thursday, August 29.
See the nominees for the Suns, Demons, Blues, Swans, Saints and Dockers
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.
NORTH MELBOURNE
MVP: Ben Cunnington, Robbie Tarrant, Shaun Higgins
Most Courageous: Jed Anderson
Best First Year: Tarryn Thomas
Captain: Jack Ziebell
ADELAIDE
MVP: Brad Crouch, Rory Sloane, Alex Keath
Most Courageous: Alex Keath
Best First Year: Chayce Jones
Captain: Rory Sloane, Taylor Walker
PORT ADELAIDE
MVP: Travis Boak, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Tom Clurey
Most Courageous: Darcy Byrne-Jones
Best First Year: Connor Rozee
Captain: Tom Jonas, Ollie Wines
HAWTHORN
MVP: Ricky Henderson, Jaeger O’Meara, Ben McEvoy
Most Courageous: Blake Hardwick
Best First Year: Mathew Walker
Captain: Ben Stratton
ESSENDON
MVP: Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel, Jake Stringer
Most Courageous: Patrick Ambrose
Best First Year: Brayden Ham
Captain: Dyson Heppell
WESTERN BULLDOGS
MVP: Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Dunkley, Jackson Macrae
Most Courageous: Hayden Crozier
Best First Year: Bailey Smith
Captain: Easton Wood