Carlton captain Patrick Cripps bullocked his way to a second Brownlow Medal with a record-smashing tally of votes from umpires as the best and fairest player in the AFL this season.
The big-bodied midfielder outscored Collingwood wunderkind Nick Daicos, 21, who also blew past the record for the number of votes tallied in just his third season.
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clarification —
An earlier version of the story did not count Fitzroy’s Brownlow Medals in Brisbane’s total tally. The article has been updated to reflect this.
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