Winner of the 2016 Troy Luff Medal - Dan Hannebery

[Danzar]

Finals week three, Preliminary Final, September 23rd 7:50pm, Sydney Swans 15.7 (97) defeat Geelong Cats 8.12 (60) at the MCG

AFL match report: http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2016/26/geel-v-syd
Watch the highlights: Highlights: Geelong v Sydney Swans - AFL.com.au
What you said: Match Day Thread. Prelim Final. Geelong V Swans. MCG 7.50

In brief
Sydney books their third Grand Final place in five years with a 37-point win.
Seven-goal to zip first quarter sets a finals record for the Swans, and an ominous tone for the Cats.
Heeney on fire with 28 disposals, six clearances and a goal. Papley proves himself again with three goals. Kieren Jack ferocious in the contest with 13 tackles.
Gil gets one up on Agassi and gets him to the game: Gillon McLachlan riled Andre Agassi with cutting sledge before Swans vs Geelong
RWO member janem offers the pundits a reminder of just how wrong they were in their season predictions:

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Cats 0.5 2.8 7.10 8.12 (60)
Sydney Swans 7.2 11.3 14.4 15.7 (97)

GOALS
Cats: Taylor 2, Hawkins, Bartel, Selwood, Caddy, Dangerfield, Stanley
Sydney Swans: Papley 3, Parker 2, Tippett 2, Franklin 2, Rohan 2, McGlynn, Heeney, Richards, Naismith

Brownlow: N/A, winner was P.Dangerfield (GEELONG)
Bob Skilton Medal: Rampe 45, Franklin 45, Mitchell 45

Troy Luff Medal votes for Preliminary Final
24 RWO members voted, 14 players polled

Isaac Heeney 5
Lance Franklin 4
Dane Rampe 3
Tom Papley 2
Gary Rohan 1

Leaderboard after Preliminary Final
Lance Franklin moves up into third. Heeney edges closer to a top five finish. Papley polls two games in a row

Dan Hannebery - 61
Josh Kennedy - 49
Lance Franklin - 45
Luke Parker - 44
Dane Rampe - 30

PROVISIONAL: Dan Hannebery now holds enough votes to win the Troy Luff Medal for the 2016 Season.

Then:
Isaac Heeney - 28
Kurt Tippett - 22
Tom Mitchell - 19
Heath Grundy - 16
Kieren Jack - 10
Callum Mills - 9
Gary Rohan - 8
Callum Sinclair - 6
Aliir Aliir - 6
Tom Papley - 6
Ted Richards - 5
Jarrad McVeigh - 5
Jake Lloyd - 3
Dean Towers - 3
Ben McGlynn - 3
Nick Smith - 3
Zak Jones - 1

[Danzar]

Ok folks, the TLM winner, runner ups and Grand Final review will be published on Tuesday night. Some positions could still change and the winner is provisional until scores are re-checked. Until then, please take time to enjoy the review. Any errors, typos etc, please advise.

Update: I've added the Bob Skilton Medal results to each round. Thanks Meg for helping out with this.

[Danzar]

Finals week four, 2016 AFL Grand Final, October 1st 2:30pm, Western Bulldogs 13.11 (89) defeat Sydney Swans 10.7 (67) at the MCG

AFL match report: Sydney Swans Vs Western Bulldogs - Match Centre - AFL.com.au
Watch the highlights: Highlights: 2016 AFL Grand Final - AFL.com.au
What you said: G.F. Day Thread. Sydney V Western Bulldogs. MCG 2.30pm.

In brief
Sydney goes down to the Dogs by 22 points.
62-year Premiership drought broken, first time a team has won from seventh.
Kennedy BoG for the Swans, with 34 disposals and three goals. Rampe and Grundy best in defence.
Swans close to within a point twicve in the final quarter, only to go down from the boot of Liam Picken.
Her Majesty reacts to the 8-20 free kick count against the Swans

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Sydney Swans 1.2 7.3 8.5 10.7 (67)
Bulldogs 2.0 7.1 9.7 13.11 (89)

GOALS
Sydney Swans: Kennedy 3, Mitchell 2, Parker, N. Smith, Rohan, Franklin, Hewett
Cats: T. Boyd 3, Dickson 3, Picken 3, Cordy, McLean, C. Smith, Stringer

Brownlow: N/A, winner was P.Dangerfield (GEELONG)
Bob Skilton Medal: Kennedy 50, Grundy 45, Mitchell 40

Troy Luff Medal votes for Grand Final
21 RWO members voted, 11 players polled

Josh Kennedy 5
Heath Grundy 4
Dane Rampe 3
Tom Mitchell 2
Sam Naismith 1 (polls for the first time)

Final leaderboard
Dan Hannebery is the winner of the 2016 RedandWhiteOnline Troy Luff Medal

Final tally:
Dan Hannebery - 61
Josh Kennedy - 54
Lance Franklin - 45
Luke Parker - 44
Dane Rampe - 33

Then:
Isaac Heeney - 28
Kurt Tippett - 22
Tom Mitchell - 21
Heath Grundy - 20
Kieren Jack - 10
Callum Mills - 9
Gary Rohan - 8
Callum Sinclair - 6
Aliir Aliir - 6
Tom Papley - 6
Ted Richards - 5
Jarrad McVeigh - 5
Jake Lloyd - 3
Dean Towers - 3
Ben McGlynn - 3
Nick Smith - 3
Zak Jones - 1
Sam Naismith - 1

2016 Bob Skilton Medal
Bob Skilton Medallist: Josh Kennedy
Runner Up: Dan Hannebery
Third Placegetter: Heath Grundy


A small moment to share with you from our GF day
In the week ahead of the Grand Final, I decided to make contact with our rivals, the woofers, over at Whitten Oval Online Forum to wish them well. I found them in the midst of a frantic search for tickets. The owner, BT, had rallied the forum to ensure tickets for every member who had missed out, under the banner 'leave no woofer behind'. It was quite an effort - roll calls 2-3 times a day, ticket swaps to get friends/family together. They managed to pull it off by the Wednesday - everyone active of their forum got a ticket. We met before the game to share a few beers. For us, this, and the good spirit the Doggies supporters brought to the finals series, took a bit of the edge of a pretty depressing loss. Put the Hawthorn supporters of 2014 and 2012, and to a lesser extent the Eagles supporters of 2005 and 2006 to shame.

And I guess we waited 72 years, they waited 62 years. Here are the guys from WOOF, me in the middle, BT (who runs woof) to my left.

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[dimelb]

Great work Dan - with the Bullies as well as us. Well done, and long live the spirit of the game.

[liz]

Congratulations to Hanners for his maiden TLM win. He was ever so close to winning last year, but was pipped at the post by the fast-finishing JPK.

I still remember watching schoolboy Dan's first ever game in the NEAFL (or whatever competition the reserves played in back then). After an error-riddled first quarter, where he looked somewhat out of his depth, he came out after the first break and played an almost flawless next three quarters. He was clearly a very fast learner! Those of us watching that game had an inkling that we might have a pretty good player on our hands, but I doubt any of us predicted just how good, or reliable, he would become.

[Meg]

Thanks Danzar, great work. Hanners a well deserving winner. Love your photos (though that bloke who hung his Bulldogs scarf over your shoulder was a bit cheeky). And totally agree with your comments about the Bulldogs fans in 2016 v the Hawks fans in 2014.

[ScottH]

Well done both Dans!!

Keep up the hard work in 2017.