Who was your Norm Smith medallist?

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Grandaddy J

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Rance. When the game was on the line for Richmond in the 1st and early on in the 2nd he was the guy killing the contest or marking on the last line of defence.

Houli would've had it for mine if not for a few too many fumbles.
 

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Roobs321

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No one stiff, might as well be Dusty. A forgettable Norm Smith, but he looked a cut above, sent Matera shivers down the opposition's spine whenever he went near it. The Norm Smith will be forgotten quickly, but the Brownlow-Norm Smith double is worth it.
 

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No one stiff, might as well be Dusty. A forgettable Norm Smith, but he looked a cut above, sent Matera shivers down the opposition's spine whenever he went near it. The Norm Smith will be forgotten quickly, but the Brownlow-Norm Smith double is worth it.
Honestly I think that's why he won it, Houli was more influential when the game was to be won, but he's a defender without the Hodge or Lake reputation (which IMO is why people are saying Rance was great early on, he did but Vlastuin did a lot of unheralded work too), the trifecta makes a great story. But very few Norm Smiths are forgotten quickly. In the end he's not undeserving.
 

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Thought it was Houli not easy but ahead of the rest comfortably. Martin got more votes because it was a good story. Rance was helped out by the Crows woeful delivery inside 50.
 

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Honestly I think that's why he won it, Houli was more influential when the game was to be won, but he's a defender without the Hodge or Lake reputation (which IMO is why people are saying Rance was great early on, he did but Vlastuin did a lot of unheralded work too), the trifecta makes a great story. But very few Norm Smiths are forgotten quickly. In the end he's not undeserving.
Houli was good, but I think there were several good players worthy of best afield as you indicate. Agreed, worthy of the Norm Smith on the day, but in the realm of Norm Smiths of years past, it's already one of the most rapidly forgotten for mine. Certainly a champion team performance. Even Nic Fosdike or LRT in 2005 would have taken this in a canter.
 
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