FOTHERGILL-ROUND MEDAL

Submitted by grub on
Who do you think will be the Fothergill-Round medallist this year ? My tips are in order: 1-Brett Robinson (Tasmania) 2-Byron Murphy (Frankston) 3-Luke Jarrad (Williamstown)
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NorthPort Tue, 17 Aug 2004 - 14:13
Darren Wyman from the Roosters? Will he figure in it... Does it go by a a points system?
Shamus Tue, 17 Aug 2004 - 15:21
grub wrote:Who do you think will be the Fothergill-Round medallist this year ? My tips are in order: 1-Brett Robinson (Tasmania) 2-Byron Murphy (Frankston) 3-Luke Jarrad (Williamstown)
I would not consider any player from Frankston on their individual performances this season, for the Fothergill-Round medal.
grub Topic starter Tue, 17 Aug 2004 - 17:54
I'm not sure whether Whyman would be eligible as he played a number of games with Box Hill when he was a rookie at Hawthorn and a few with Coburg last year.
footyman Sun, 22 Aug 2004 - 19:36
Will be interesting to see who picks up the award. I think it's for a young player who shows attributes to take their footy to the next level (AFL). I was driving at the time but they mentioned a few names on the SER Footy Show yesterday, I'm not sure if they were reading a list of formal nominations - some of the names were: Luke Jarrad (Williamstown) Djaren Whyman (Nth Ballarat) Brett Robinson (Tasmania) Eric Kuret (Coburg) Michael Hooper (Northern Bullants) Kristan Height (Box Hill) Adam Fisher? (Sandringham) I'd guess from the others I can't remember for sure but Matt Egan (Geelong) Byron Murphy (Frankston) I think it is announced next week.
zebraman Wed, 25 Aug 2004 - 21:26
Adam Fisher of Sandy has won the Fothergill-Round Medal.. He's on the rookie list at Melbourne Hope this is a good omen for the finals GO ZEBS
footyman Wed, 25 Aug 2004 - 22:53
Good on him. He's certainly a very good VFL senior player, and on form this year deserves it. Without wanting to take too much away from his win, I wonder: Should it be awarded to a player who isn't already in the AFL system? Fisher is already a part of an AFL environment, training with Melbourne and probably earning better dollars out of football than a lot of senior VFL listed players because he'd be a more 'full time footballer' than most. Maybe it should be awarded to VFL listed players only - it's probably an argument worth having on here one day.
mattyc Thu, 26 Aug 2004 - 21:09
footyman wrote:Without wanting to take too much away from his win, I wonder: Should it be awarded to a player who isn't already in the AFL system? Fisher is already a part of an AFL environment, training with Melbourne and probably earning better dollars out of football than a lot of senior VFL listed players because he'd be a more 'full time footballer' than most. Maybe it should be awarded to VFL listed players only - it's probably an argument worth having on here one day.
Agree with the points made. He's already in the system and thus doesn't need as much publicity or 'encouragement' as someone fighing to make the grade to the AFL. Should certainly be only awarded to VFL players IMO.