The nominees for the AFLPA MVP Awards have been announced and there are a few surprise exclusions.
The awards are a two stage process with players nominating their teammates in stage one before players voting on competition-wide candidates in stage two.
As well as the AFLPA MVP, players also vote for Most Courageous, Best First Year Player and Best Captain.
With the nominees from each club now revealed, there have been a few surprise omissions.
In a sign of how strong the Demons have performed this year, skipper Max Gawn was not one of Melbourne's nominees for the main award.
Although destined to be the All-Australian ruckman for a fifth year, Gawn missed out as Steven May, Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca took out the most votes.
Jake Stringer also missed out on nomination from Essendon despite his electric run of form., which saw him land in the All-Australian squad of 40. Zach Merrett, Darcy Parish andย most surprisingly Jayden Laverde were all favoured in the MVP voting ahead of the 27-year-old.
Travis Boak was snubbed for the second time in a week after missing on the All-Australian squad earlier this week. Aliir Aliir, Karl Amon and Ollie Wines were all voted ahead of the Port veteran.
Players will now vote from the nominees in the second stage but cannot vote for their teammates. The winners to be announced next Thursday night.
The full list of AFLPA MVP Awards nominees:
ADELAIDE
MVP:ย Ben Keays, Rory Laird, Paul Seedsman
Most Courageous:ย Tom Doedee
Best First Year:ย Riley Thilthorpe
Captain:ย Rory Sloane
BRISBANE
MVP:ย Jarryd Lyons, Hugh McCluggage, Dayne Zorko
Most Courageous:ย Marcus Adams
Best First Year:ย Harry Sharp
Captain:ย Dayne Zorko
CARLTON
MVP:ย Harry McKay, Sam Walsh, Jacob Weitering
Most Courageous:ย Liam Jones
Best First Year:ย Luke Parks
Captain:ย Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty
COLLINGWOOD
MVP:ย Jack Crisp, Jordan De Goey, Brayden Maynard
Most Courageous:ย Nathan Murphy
Best First Year:ย Beau McCreery
Captain:ย Scott Pendlebury
ESSENDON
MVP:ย Jayden Laverde, Zach Merrett, Darcy Parish
Most Courageous:ย Jayden Laverde
Best First Year:ย Nikolas Cox
Captain:ย Dyson Heppell
FREMANTLE
MVP:ย Andrew Brayshaw, Sean Darcy, David Mundy
Most Courageous:ย Lachlan Schultz
Best First Year:ย Joshua Treacy
Captain:ย Nathan Fyfe
GEELONG
MVP:ย Cameron Guthrie, Tom Hawkins, Tom Stewart
Most Courageous:ย Jack Henry
Best First Year:ย Max Holmes
Captain:ย Joel Selwood
GOLD COAST
MVP:ย Charlie Ballard, Touk Miller, Wil Powell
Most Courageous:ย Wil Powell
Best First Year:ย Joel Jeffrey
Captain:ย David Swallow, Jarrod Witts
GWS GIANTS
MVP:ย Toby Greene, Jacob Hopper, Sam Taylor
Most Courageous:ย Harry Perryman
Best First Year:ย Tanner Bruhn
Captain:ย Stephen Coniglio
HAWTHORNย
MVP:ย Blake Hardwick, Tom Mitchell, Jaeger OโMeara
Most Courageous:ย Blake Hardwick
Best First Year:ย Lachlan Bramble
Captain:ย Ben McEvoy
MELBOURNE
MVP:ย Steven May, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
Most Courageous:ย Angus Brayshaw
Best First Year:ย Jake Bowey
Captain:ย Max Gawn
NORTH MELBOURNE
MVP:ย Ben Cunnington, Aaron Hall, Jy Simpkin
Most Courageous:ย Kayne Turner
Best First Year:ย Tom Powell
Captain:ย Jack Ziebell
PORT ADELAIDE
MVP:ย Aliir Aliir, Karl Amon, Ollie Wines
Most Courageous:ย Tom Jonas
Best First Year:ย Lachlan Jones
Captain:ย Tom Jonas
RICHMOND
MVP:ย Liam Baker, Dylan Grimes, Toby Nankervis
Most Courageous:ย Liam Baker
Best First Year:ย Rhyan Mansell
Captain:ย Trent Cotchin
ST. KILDA
MVP:ย Tim Membrey, Jack Sinclair, Jack Steele
Most Courageous:ย Jack Steele
Best First Year:ย Tom Highmore
Captain:ย Jarryn Geary, Jack Steele
SYDNEY
MVP:ย Tom Hickey, Callum Mills, Luke Parker
Most Courageous:ย Tom McCartin
Best First Year:ย Errol Gulden
Captain:ย Dane Rampe, Luke Parker, Joshua Kennedy
WEST COAST
MVP:ย Tom Barrass, Shannon Hurn, Nic Naitanui
Most Courageous:ย Tom Barrass
Best First Year:ย Connor West
Captain:ย Luke Shuey
WESTERN BULLDOGS
MVP:ย Marcus Bontempelli, Tom Liberatore, Jack Macrae
Most Courageous:ย Taylor Duryea
Best First Year:ย Anthony Scott
Captain:ย Marcus Bontempelli
