Brownlow Medal round 23 predictor: Carlton star tipped to win, while Melbourne gun hot on his tail
Round 23 was the final round of the season, with the Western Bulldogs, Carlton and St Kilda battling for the last place in the eight.
Melbourne secured a place in the top two with a win over Brisbane at Friday night’s Gabba and struck fear into the rest of the competition.
Fremantle did what they had to do to keep their top 4 chances alive and defeated GWS at the Manuka Oval.
Geelong extended their winning streak to 13 by beating West Coast in front of their home crowd.
With all three Sunday games impacting opposing sides, it meant any result in those games would prove costly.
Western Bulldogs survived a scare from Hawthorn in Tasmania but edged the eventual winners by 23 points.
Carlton faced Collingwood at the MCG and has looked set to return to the finals since 2013, leading by four goals in the last substitution.
In typical Elster fashion, however, Craig McRae’s man ripped out the hearts of Blues fans with five goals in the last quarter as they agonizingly fell a single point.
The Dogs claimed last place in the finals.
The game between St Kilda and Sydney was essentially a contentious one, but the Swans were yet to win to finish in the top four.
John Longmire’s side persevered to face Melbourne in the qualifying final.
sports news AFL pundits teamed up to create a Brownlow predictor to figure out who could get away with Charlie at the end of the season.
| game/votes | game/votes | game/votes |
| Brisbane v Melbourne | GWS v Fremantle | North Melbourne v gold coast |
| 3. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) | 3. Kaleb Serong (Fremantle) | 3. Alex Sexton (Gold Coast) |
| 2. Angus Brayshaw (Melbourne) | 2. Will Brodie (Fremantle) | 2. Noah Anderson (Gold Coast) |
| 1. Kysaiah Pickett (Melbourne) | 1. Sam Taylor (GWS) | 1. David Swallow (Gold Coast) |
| geelong v west coast | Essendon v Richmond | Port Adelaide v Adelaide |
| 3. Joel Selwood (Geelong) | 3. Dion Prestia (Richmond) | 3. Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide) |
| 2. Tom Hawkins (Geelong) | 2. Tom Lynch (Richmond) | 2. Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) |
| 1.Jonathan Ceglar (Geelong) | 1.Zach Merrett (Essendon) | 1. Zak Butters (Port Adelaide) |
| hawthorn v Western bulldogs | carlton v Collingwood | St Kilda of Sydney |
| 3. James Sicily (Hawthorn) | 3.Patrick Cripps (Carlton) | 3. Jack Steele (St Kilda) |
| 2. Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs) | 2. Adam Cerra (Carlton) | 2nd Dan Hannebery (St Kilda) |
| 1. Lachie Hunter (Western Bulldogs) | 1. Josh Daicos (Collingwood) | 1. Ben Long (St Kilda) |
AFL Brownlow 2022 Prediction Leaderboard
| Surname | team | Voices |
| Patrick Cripp | carlton | 29 |
| Clayton Oliver | Melbourne | 28 |
| Rory Laird | Adelaide | 27 |
| Andrew Brayshaw | Fremantle | 25 |
| Lachi Neale | Brisbane | 25 |
| Christian Petracca | Melbourne | 21 |
| Touk Miller | gold coast | 21 |
| JeremyCameron | geelong | 20 |
| Connor Rozee | Port Adelaide | 20 |
| Zach Merrett | Essendon | 20 |
| Jack Steele | St Kilda | 19 |
| Callum Mills | Sydney | 18 |
| Dio Prestia | Richmond | 18 |
| Josh Darkley | Western bulldogs | 16 |
| Luke Parker | Sydney | fifteen |
| Max Gawn | Melbourne | fifteen |
| Charlie Curnow | carlton | 14 |
| Brad Crouch | St Kilda | 14 |
| Sam Walsh | carlton | 14 |
| Jack Sinclair | St Kilda | 13 |
| Ollie wines | Port Adelaide | 13 |
| Markus Bontempelli | Western bulldogs | 12 |
| Tom Liberator | Western bulldogs | 12 |
Click here to view last week’s votes and rankings.
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