The AFL Players’ Association MVP Award nominees for 2020 have been revealed. Three awards – Most Courageous, Best Captain and Best First Year – will be announced in line with #22Under22 on September 22, while the MVP Award, presented by Torrens University, will be announced on September 24.
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, presented by Our Watch, Best Captain, presented by The Diamond Guys, and Best First Year, presented by MSC Signs, award nominees, the league’s players have nominated the three players they believe are their most valuable.
Adelaide
MVP: Rory Laird, Reilly O’Brien, Brodie Smith
Most Courageous: Kyle Hartigan
Best First Year: Harry Schoenberg
Captain: Rory Sloane
BRISBANE
MVP: Harris Andrews, Jarryd Lyons, Lachie Neale
Most Courageous: Oscar McInerney
Best First Year: Keidean Coleman
Captain: Dayne Zorko
Carlton
MVP: Jack Martin, Sam Walsh, Jacob Weitering
Most Courageous: Liam Jones
Best First Year: Sam Philp
Captain: Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty
Collingwood
MVP: Taylor Adams, Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore
Most Courageous: Taylor Adams
Best First Year: Trey Ruscoe
Captain: Scott Pendlebury
Essendon
MVP: Andrew McGrath, Zac Merrett, Jordan Ridley
Most Courageous: Jordan Ridley
Best First Year: Ned Cahill
Captain: Dyson Heppell
Fremantle
MVP: Nathan Fyfe, Luke Ryan, Matthew Taberner
Most Courageous: Ethan Hughes
Best First Year: Caleb Serong
Captain: Nathan Fyfe
Geelong
MVP: Cameron Guthrie, Tom Hawkins, Sam Menegola
Most Courageous: Jack Henry
Best First Year: Brad Close
Captain: Joel Selwood
Gold coast suns
MVP: Samuel Collins, Touk Miller, Jarrod Witts
Most Courageous: Samuel Collins
Best First Year: Noah Anderson
Captain: David Swallow, Jarrod Witts
gws giants
MVP: Nick Haynes, Harry Perryman, Lachie Whitfield
Most Courageous: Harry Perryman
Best First Year: Lachlan Ash
Captain: Stephen Coniglio
