The Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans are officially into the 2022 AFL Grand Final but before this year’s premier is crowned, the league’s best and fairest must first be announced.
Brisbane’s Lachie Neale is the favourite to take out the Brownlow Medal but faces stiff competition from a host of other big names, including Melbourne’s Clayton Oliver and Christian Petracca.
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*Odds are current as of 18th September 2022, 8:42am AEST
*Odds are current as of 18th September 2022, 8:42am AEST
Carlton’s Patrick Cripps, Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw and Gold Coast’s Touk Miller could also have a say about that.
We have already looked at how those six contenders could fare in the voting but here is the final call from all of our experts on who (and that could be plural) will take out the top gong!
Eddie Betts: Three-way tie between Lachie Neale, Clayton Oliver and Patrick Cripps
Dermott Brereton: Clayton Oliver
Jonathan Brown: Lachie Neale
Nathan Buckley: Lachie Neale
Ben Cotton: Clayton Oliver
Ben Dixon: Lachie Neale
Catherine Healey: Patrick Cripps
Anthony Hudson: Clayton Oliver
Drew Jones: Andrew Brayshaw
David King: Clayton Oliver
Jordan Lewis: Lachie Neale
Kath Loughan: Lachie Neale
Max Laughton: Lachie Neale
Alastair Lynch: Tie between Lachie Neale and Clayton Oliver
Leigh Montagna: Three-way tie between Lachie Neale, Clayton Oliver and Patrick Cripps
Cameron Mooney: Clayton Oliver
Nick Riewoldt: Lachie Neale
Ben Waterworth: Lachie Neale
David Zita: Patrick Cripps
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