Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
Team C+
5 Smith
4 Cripps
3 Walsh
1 Hewett
1 Hayward
1 Byrne
Team = B
3 Byrne
3 Smith
3 Cripps
3 Walsh
2 Hewett
1 Wilson
Team: B
3: Byrne
3: Cripps
2: Smith
2: Walsh
1: Cowan
1: Haynes
1: Hayward
1: Hewett
1: Wilson
HM: Ainsworth, Evans & Young.
Team: C
4: Hewitt
4: Byrne
3: Cripps
2: Smith
1: Cowan
1: Derk
Team B
5 Smith
4 Cripps
3 Walsh
2 Hewett
1 Byrne
Jagga's best game by some margin, not just possessions but decisions and use, and great to finally see Byrne getting some reward for effort.
Team: B
3 Cripps
2 Smith
2 Walsh
1 Cowan
1 Haynes
1 Hayward
1 Hewett
1 Wilson
1 Byrne
1 Dean
1 Young
Team C+
Smith 4
Walsh 3
Haynes 3
Byrne 2
Cripps 2
Cowan 1
Team: B+
5 - Cripps
4 - Byrne
3 - Smith
2 - Hewett
1 - Walsh
Haynes and Cowan stiff to miss out on votes.
Team A
4: Byrne
3: Hewett
3: Cripps
2: Evans
2: Haywood
1: Smith
HM’s Haynes, Walsh, Cowan. Everyone contributed…..
Team B
2. Cripps
2. Byrne
2. Smith
2. Hewett
1.5 Hayward
1.5 Evans
1. Ainsworth
1. Walsh
1. Cowan
1. Haynes
AFL Rd 20 2026 Carlton vs Gold Coast
Team: B+
Coming back after 2 demoralizing losses against a team with a lot more raw talent than we have, I was pleased that we prevailed after being headed each quarter.
Votes:
[2] Patrick Cripps
[2] Talor Byrne
[2] Jagga Smith
[2] Sam Walsh
[1.5] George Hewett
[1] Ollie Florent
[1] Nick Haynes
[1] Billy Wilson
[0.5] Cooper Lord
[0.5] Ben Ainsworth
[0.5] Will Hayward
[0.5] Lachie Cowan
[0.5] Frankie Evans
Explanations:
[2] Patrick Cripps: 30 possessions, 15 clearances, 5 tackles and a goal, Crippa managed an inspirational game.
[2] Talor Byrne: For a young kid to have 3 goals, 4 tackles and 12+ score involvements says everything.
[2] Jagga Smith: Another great game from Jagga: 31 possessions, 6 clearances and 5 tackles.
[2] Sam Walsh: Another great game from Walsh with 31 possessions.
[1.5] George Hewett: George got 25 possessions and totally blanketed the GC Captain after half time.
[1] Ollie Florent: A great rebounding game with 25 possessions.
[1] Nick Haynes: Like a fine wine, Nick is flying at the moment. He was huge in defence. 13 marks!
[1] Billy Wilson: Another excellent game from Billy, keeping his opponent down while getting 10 marks a load of ball.
[0.5] Cooper Lord: A very solid game from Lord.
[0.5] Ben Ainsworth: Ainsworth was another superb contributor.
[0.5] Will Hayward: 3 goals, clutch marks, another strong game from Hayward.
[0.5] Lachie Cowan: Impassable in the air. Really powerful in defence.
[0.5] Frankie Evans: Frankie got some reward this time, which hasn’t always happened this year.
Honourable Mentions:
Wade Derksen: Only misses votes because of his turnovers. His marking was excellent.
Lewis Young: A strong game from Young, showing confidence we rarely see.
Adam Cerra: A strong game from Cerra, with 20+ possessions. Would get votes any other week.
Blake Acres: Another who really deserved a mention. Strong on his wing and not many turnovers.
Matthew Cottrell: Cottrell also deserves votes for keeping Rioli totally out of the game while getting the ball himself.
I really needed 30 votes this week. Such is life, but I do feel I'm not rewarding players enough.