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Daicos Heavy Favourite as Brownlow Count Opens at Crown Melbourne

A predicted record vote total raises the prospect of a rare award presentation to an absent Sydney player with organisers ready to accept and read a speech on their behalf.

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AFL stars and their partners have walked the red carpet ahead of the Brownlow Medal presentation. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Overview

  • The Brownlow Medal count will be broadcast live from Crown Melbourne on Monday night with Channel 7 and 7plus carrying red-carpet coverage before the vote tally begins.
  • Bookmakers and the AFL’s Brownlow Predictor strongly favour Collingwood midfielder Nick Daicos to win and project a vote total that could challenge Patrick Cripps’ 45-vote mark.
  • This season umpires were given access to detailed match statistics when casting 3-2-1 votes, a procedural change the AFL says could affect how players are judged across games.
  • Five Sydney Swans players were suspended by their club and barred from attending but remain eligible to receive Brownlow votes, and the AFL and broadcaster have a contingency for a possible absent winner.
  • The evening will also award Mark of the Year, Goal of the Year and the Jim Stynes Community Award and fans can follow round-by-round votes via live trackers on AFL.com.au and broadcaster platforms.