Matt Rowell wins 2025 Brownlow Medal as voting controversy erupts

Gold Coast Suns star Matt Rowell has won the 2025 Brownlow Medal, but his victory has come under a controversial voting cloud.

Gold Coast Suns star Matt Rowell has shocked the AFL world to win the 2025 Brownlow Medal.

Rowell burst out of the blocks and never looked back as he finished on 39 votes, comfortably clear of Collingwood’s Nick Daicos on 32.

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Rowell also made history by becoming the first player to start a season with four-straight three vote games and he never looked back.

Some controversial votes ensued in the first half of the season for Rowell as he built a big lead over the rest of the pack.

Hot favourite Daicos closed the gap on his rival in the latter stages of the season, but he couldn’t chase him down.

With two rounds remaining the lead was unassailable and that was all she wrote with Rowell winning his first ever Brownlow Medal. He said he was “pretty speechless” after winning the award.

Rowell joins Gary Ablett Jnr as the second Gold Coast Suns player to win the Brownlow.

Originally published as Matt Rowell wins 2025 Brownlow Medal as voting controversy erupts