Much was made astir Port Adelaide prima Ollie Wines' Brownlow Medal triumph, but arguably arsenic unthinkable was Sam Walsh's polling of 30 votes.
Heading into past night's count, not lone Wines, but the likes of Marcus Bontempelli, Clayton Oliver, Jack Steele, Christian Petracca and Touk Miller were the individuals backed successful by the bookies to marque the astir sound successful the conflict for the Brownlow.
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In what was the astonishment of the night, 21-year-old Walsh cracked 30 votes to decorativeness fourth-best connected the tally.
Season 2021 was conscionable Walsh's 3rd twelvemonth of elder football.
The Carlton young weapon was a portion of past night's historical tally, which for the archetypal clip successful past saw astatine slightest 4 players canvass 30 oregon much votes.
Wines finished with 36 votes, Bontempelli was second-best with 33, portion Oliver earned 31.
"I wasn't expecting a full lot," Walsh said.
"It's 1 of those awards... it's bully amusive and bully to beryllium with my teammates."
Much of the night's attraction was enactment connected Walsh, who aboriginal successful the number recovered himself up of the pack.
The midfielder's precocious polling sent the AFL satellite into meltdown arsenic erstwhile players and pundits flocked to societal media to laud his achievement.
FINAL LEADERBOARD:
1st - Ollie Wines - 36 votes
2nd - Marcus Bontempelli - 33 votes
3rd - Clayton Oliver - 31 votes
4th - Sam Walsh - 30 votes
5th - Darcy Parish 26 votes
5th - Jack Steele 26 votes
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