AFL 2019 Round 6: Who was best on ground in all nine matches?
Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury was a deserved winner of the Anzac Medal but was Lachie Neale unlucky not to win the QClash medal? Pick your best on ground players in all nine games.
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Forget the boos, Scott Pendlebury was a deserved winner of the Anzac Medal after Collingwood’s narrow win over Essendon.
But was Brisbane midfielder Lachie Neale unlucky to be denied the Marcus Ashcroft Medal by teammate Mitch Robinson in Brisbane’s QClash victory against Gold Coast?
Courier Mail reporter Andrew Hamilton awarded Neale the three votes for his 28-disposal performance which netted 142 SuperCoaches.
But Robinson also had an impact with 24 disposals and three goals.
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Similarly, The Daily Telegraph’s Ben Horne elected Stephen Coniglio best on ground (24 disposals and four goals), but he was beaten to the Brett Kirk Medal by Tim Taranto (30 disposals, 17 contested).
Do you agree?
Our experts have had their say and now it’s time for you to have yours.
This season the Herald Sun is giving supporters the chance to cast your vote after every AFL match.
Vote for who you thought was best afield in all nine matches in Round 6.
MELBOURNE V RICHMOND
Sam Landsberger’s best: 3 Nick Vlastuin (Richmond), 2 Bachar Houli (Richmond), 1 Kane Lambert (Richmond)
ESSENDON V COLLINGWOOD
Glenn McFarlane’s votes: 3 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), 2 Joe Daniher (Essendon), 1 Brodie Grundy (Collingwood)
PORT ADELAIDE V NORTH MELBOURNE
Reece Homfray’s votes: 3 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), 2 Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne), 1 Dougal Howard (Port Adelaide)
GOLD COAST V BRISBANE
Andrew Hamilton’s votes: 3 Lachie Neale (Brisbane), 2 Mitch Robinson (Brisbane), 1 Charlie Cameron (Brisbane)
ST KILDA V ADELAIDE
Sam Edmund’s votes: 3 Taylor Walker (Adelaide), 2 Matt Crouch (Adelaide) 1 Alex Keath (Adelaide)
SYDNEY V GWS
Ben Horne’s votes: 3 Stephen Coniglio (GWS), 2 Tim Taranto (GWS), 1 Toby Greene (GWS)
FREMANTLE V WESTERN BULLDOGS
Braden Quartermaine’s votes: 3 David Mundy (Fremantle), 2 Lachie Hunter (Western Bulldogs), 1 Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
HAWTHORN V CARLTON
James Bresnehan’s votes: 3 Jaeger O’Meara (Hawthorn), 2 Liam Shiels (Hawthorn), 1 Dale Thomas (Carlton)
GEELONG V WEST COAST
Scott Gullan’s votes: 3 Gary Ablett (Geelong), 2 Tom Hawkins (Geelong) 1 Mark O’Connor (Geelong)
Originally published as AFL 2019 Round 6: Who was best on ground in all nine matches?
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