It’s Nick Daicos who’ll be crowned Monday night’s Brownlow medallist, according to Fox Footy pundits.
The second-year Magpies superstar is the slight favourite to win the AFL’s top individual honour on Monday night, followed closely by Western Bulldogs’ Marcus Bontempelli, with Port Adelaide’s Zak Butters and Melbourne’s Christian Petracca not far behind.
It’d make Daicos the first player to win the award in their second season since Essendon’s Dick Reynolds in 1934.
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Foxfooty.com.au has broken down the state of play on the key contenders and when they’re expected to make their runs.
Eleven of the 20 Fox Footy pundits have backed in Daicos, 20, to win — including six outright — with another eight picking Bontempelli — including four outright.
Three others have predicted Butters to win and another two have picked Petracca — one outright.
Sydney’s Errol Gulden, who polled only three votes last year, is the most popular tip as a smokey to finish in the top five, with seven pundits backing it.
Check out the predictions in full below.
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DERMOTT BRERETON
Winner: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Top-five smokey: Tom Green (GWS Giants)
JASON DUNSTALL
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
NICK DAL SANTO
Winner: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Top-five smokey: Jack Sinclair (St Kilda)
BEN DIXON
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Toby Greene (GWS Giants)
CATH DURKIN
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Tim Taranto (Richmond)
CATHERINE HEALEY
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Tim Taranto (Richmond)
ANTHONY HUDSON
Winner: Christian Petracca (Melbourne)
Top-five smokey: Jack Sinclair (St Kilda)
BRAD JOHNSON
Winner: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
DREW JONES
Winner: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Top-five smokey: Caleb Serong (Fremantle)
MAX LAUGHTON
Winner: Christian Petracca (Melbourne) and Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) in a tie
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
JORDAN LEWIS
Winner: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
LEIGH MONTAGNA
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood) and Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) in a tie
Top-five smokey: Jack Sinclair (St Kilda)
CAMERON MOONEY
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
JON RALPH
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood) and Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) in a tie
Top-five smokey: Tim Taranto (Richmond)
DWAYNE RUSSELL
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood) and Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) in a tie
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
BEN WATERWORTH
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide Crows)
RUBY SCHLEICHER
Winner: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Top-five smokey: Caleb Serong (Fremantle)
DAVID ZITA
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Tim Taranto (Richmond)
BEN COTTON
Winner: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney)
KATH LOUGHNAN
Winner: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
Top-five smokey: Errol Gulden (Sydney Swans)
