2017 AFLTM Awards

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I'm a bit behind my usual schedule, but just like last year, there are three end of season awards up for grabs for AFLTM players. The three awards are:

AFLTM Rising Star
AFLTM All Australian Team
AFLTM League Best and Fairest

The rising star award will be a single post, listing all players nominated for the season before counting down the top 5 in the award. The All Australian team will be released line by line, starting with the full backline. The coach of the year will also be announced as part of this. Likely to take less than an hour. The League Best and Fairest will be released with round by round voting and a final tally.

Good luck to all coaches, I hope one of your players can win an award!

 

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2017 AFL TM Rising Star Award
This award is given to the player who is deemed to be one of the best up and coming stars in the competition. To be eligible for this award the player must be 21 years or younger as of the start of the year and had played 10 or fewer AFL games at the beginning of the season.

Each week of the AFLTM home and away season, the player who fits the above criteria and has scored the most points for the week is nominated for the Rising Star award if they have not been nominated for the award previously in the season. In the event of a tie, both players are nominated. The Rising Star is awarded to the player who has been nominated for the award during the season and has the most total points for the full AFL year. In the event of two players having the same total points, the higher position will be awarded to the player who has the highest average. If players are still tied then the player who belongs to the team who finished higher on the ladder will be awarded the higher position. Further tie breakers are decided on total goals, disposals, hitouts, marks and then tackles in that order.

2017 AFLTM Rising Star Nominations
Round 1: Andrew McGrath (NR) - 96 points
Round 2: Ryan Burton (NR) - 112 points
Round 3: Tom Phillips (Port) - 103 points
Round 4: Brayden Fiorini (Gip) - 109 points
Round 5: Charlie Curnow (Melb) - 92 points
Round 6: Harley Balic (NR) - 91 points
Round 7: Sam Petrevski-Seton (DI) - 93 points
Round 8: Caleb Marchbank (Bal) - 82 points
Round 10: David Cuningham (Adel) - 94 points
Round 12: Ben Crocker (Lau) - 82 points
Round 14: Sam Powell-Pepper (WV) - 92 points
Round 15: Sean Darcy (Har) - 114 points
Round 16: Matthew Kennedy (WV) - 97 points
Round 17: Daniel Butler (Melb) - 98 points
Round 18: Alex Witherden (Adel) - 97 points

5th Place: Charlie Curnow (Melb) – 1496 points in 21 games (Avg 71.24)

4th Place: Tom Phillips (Port) – 1500 points in 18 games (Avg 83.33)

3rd Place: Andrew McGrath (NR) – 1502 points in 21 games (Avg 71.52)

2nd Place: Sam Powell-Pepper (WV) – 1566 points in 22 games (Avg 71.18)

1st Place: Ryan Burton (NR) – 1688 points in 20 games (Avg 84.40)

 

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2017 AFL TM All Australian Team
All Australian selection is awarded to players who are deemed to be the best in their position for the season. The team consists of 6 defenders, 6 midfielders, 1 ruck and 6 forwards, with 2 key forwards and 2 key defenders to be selected as part of this starting team. One additional player each from the backline, midfield, ruck and forward line will also be selected on the interchange, meaning a total of 22 players will be selected in the All Australian team.

Selection in this team is based on the number of times a player has been named in the AFLTM Team of the Week in position (ie. Back, Midfield, Ruck, Forward). Players are only eligible to be selected in positions on the field (ie Back, Midfield, Ruck, Forward) that they are able to be selected in the AFL Fantasy competition (once positional changes have been finalised).

In the case of a tie in the number of nominations between players in the same position, and only one position being available, selection will be awarded to the player/s who have averaged the most points over the course of the AFL home and away season. If players are still tied then the position will be awarded to the player who has played the more games in the AFL home and away season. After this, ties will be broken by the player who belongs to the higher placed AFLTM team, then the player with the most goals, then disposal, hitouts, marks and then tackles in that order.

A captain and vice-captain will also be selected, with the titles to be awarded to the players who were deemed to be the most consistent high scorers across the season (i.e. combination of high average, games played and number of selections in team of the week).

Finally, the coach of the team will be awarded to the coach with the most Team of the Week selections. If this is tied, then the selection will be awarded to the coach whose team is higher on the AFLTM Ladder.

 

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Full Backline

Back Pocket: Taylor Adams (Lau) – 5 TOTW Selections, 2523 points in 22 games (Avg 114.7)

Full Back: Michael Hurley (GC) 5 TOTW Selections, 1883 points in 20 games (Avg 94.2)

Back Pocket: Dylan Roberton (NR) – 4 TOTW Selections, 1986 points in 22 games (Avg 90.3)

 

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Half Backline

Half Back Flank: Sam Docherty (Bal) – 9 TOTW Selections, 2570 points in 22 games (Avg 116.8)

Centre Half Back: Jeremy Howe (GC) – 5 TOTW Selections, 1889 points in 21 games (Avg 90.0)

Half Back Flank: Rory Laird (Geel) – 7 TOTW Selections, 2209 points in 22 games (Avg 100.4)

 

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Centreline

Wing: Rory Sloane (Gip) – 6 TOTW Selections, 2354 points in 22 games (Avg 107.0)

Centre: Dustin Martin (Port) – 6 TOTW Selections, 2500 points in 22 games (Avg 113.6)

Wing: Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) (vc) – 5 TOTW Selections, 2531 points in 21 games (Avg 120.5)

 

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Half Forwardline

Half Forward Flank: Bradley Hill (WC) – 5 TOTW Selections, 2061 points in 22 games (Avg 93.7)

Centre Half Forward: Jack Gunston (Har) - 4 TOTW Selections, 1869 points in 22 games (Avg 85.0)

Half Forward Flank: Elliot Yeo (GC) – 5 TOTW Selections, 2065 points in 21 games (Avg 98.3)

 

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Full Forwardline

Forward Pocket: Jackson Macrae (Bal) – 4 TOTW Selections, 2287 points in 22 games (Avg 104.0)

Full Forward: Jeremy Cameron (Bal) – 4 TOTW Selections, 1588 points in 18 games (Avg 88.2)

Forward Pocket: Chad Wingard (Bal) – 4 TOTW Selections, 1660 points in 18 games (Avg 92.2)

 

[Danoz]

Crikey (bal) needs a good poaching.

 

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Rucks

Ruck: Matthew Kreuzer (Port) – 6 TOTW Selections, 2206 points in 21 games (Avg 105.0)

Ruck Rover: Tom Mitchell (Bal) (c) – 7 TOTW Selections, 2798 points in 22 games (Avg 127.2)

Rover: Zachary Merrett (Melb) – 7 TOTW Selections, 2459 points in 21 games (Avg 117.1)

 

[Danoz]

Hmm. Can’t remember if Rocky made the team 4 times.

 

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Interchange

Backline Interchange: Jake Lloyd (Melb) – 4 TOTW Selections, 1936 points in 21 games (Avg 92.2)

Midfield Interchange: Dayne Zorko (GC) – 4 TOTW Selections, 2400 points in 21 games (Avg 114.3)

Forwardline Interchange: Isaac Heeney (Har) – 4 TOTW Selections, 1659 points in 18 games (Avg 92.2)

Ruck Interchange: Brodie Grundy (Geel) – 5 TOTW Selections, 2124 points in 20 games (Avg 106.2)

Coach: GeeCat (Geel) – 13 Wins, 1 Loss during H&A season, 7 TOTW Selections

 

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Crikey (bal) needs a good poaching.

I disagree with this sentiment.

Hmm. Can’t remember if Rocky made the team 4 times.

Just the two selections for Rocky this year!

 

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2017 AFLTM All Australian Team
B: Taylor Adams (Lau) - Michael Hurley (GC) - Dylan Roberton (NR)
HB: Sam Docherty (Bal) - Jeremy Howe (GC) - Rory Laird (Geel)
C: Rory Sloane (Gip) - Dustin Martin (Port) - Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) (vc)
HF: Bradley Hill (WC) - Jack Gunston (Har) - Elliot Yeo (GC)
F: Jackson Macrae (Bal) - Jeremy Cameron (Bal) - Chad Wingard (Bal)
R: Matthew Kreuzer (Port) - Tom Mitchell (Bal) (c) - Zachary Merrett (Melb)
INT: Jake Lloyd (Melb) - Dayne Zorko (GC) - Isaac Heeney (Har) - Brodie Grundy (Geel)
Coach: GeeCat

 

[Danoz]

Pfft. Weak team.

Not jelly at all.

 

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Happy to get 4 players in the team of the year. Especially Zorko as I don't usually get players pushing for midfield selection

 

[GeeCat]

Thanks for the hard work as always, fightingfury_88 !

 

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Thanks for the hard work as always, fightingfury_88 !

Yep. Agree 100%.

Well done as usual fightingfury_88

 

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2017 League Best & Fairest

Welcome all to the 2017 AFL TM League Best & Fairest count. The AFL TM League Best and Fairest award is given to the player who is deemed the best player in the league. For each game played this season 3 votes is given to the player who scored the most points in the game, 2 votes is awarded to the player with the second most points in the game and 1 vote is awarded to the player with the third highest points in the game.

In the event of two or more players having the same score in a match, the tie will be broken by awarding the higher votes to the player from the winning team. If this still doesn't split the players then the tie will be broken by awarding the higher votes to the player with more goals in the match. If players are still tied then the higher votes will be awarded to the player with the most disposals, hitouts, marks and then tackles in that order.

Voting is only conducted for the AFLTM Premiership season Home and Away Rounds which means finals and pre-season games do not count.

After the voting has been completed for all rounds, the player who has accumulated the highest amount of votes for the season will be crowned as the AFL TM League Best and Fairest. If two or more players are leading on the same amount of votes then the award will be shared amongst all leading vote-getters.

Past Winners
2016 - Zach Merrett (Melb)
2015 - Daniel Hannebery (Stk), Dane Swan (Wag)
2014 - Gary Ablett (Lau)
2013 - Gary Ablett (Lau)
2004 - Nigel Lappin (Haw)

 

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Round 4 Leaderboard
Zach Merrett (Melb) - 9
Adam Treloar (Adel) - 8
Rory Sloane (Gip) - 8
Tom Mitchell (Bal) - 7
Tom Rockliff (DI) - 7
Steele Sidebottom (Bris) - 6
Dustin Martin (Port) - 6
Stefan Martin (NR) - 6
Gary Ablett (Lau) - 6
Clayton Oliver (Adel) - 5
Taylor Adams (Lau) - 5
Dom Tyson (Stk) - 5

 

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