The West Australian Football Commission has revealed the Glendinning-Allan Medal legal guidelines have been modified in 2018 and that was why Luke Jackson and Lachie Schultz weren’t declared joint winners on Saturday night time.
Schultz was declared the winner on countback after each males polled seven votes. The small ahead was voted as greatest on floor by two of the three judges after he kicked 4.3 and had 24 possessions. Jackson was additionally very good with 19 disposals, six clearances, one aim and 26 hit outs however didn’t obtain a medal.
That was regardless of Shannon Hurn and Lachie Neale being declared joint medallists after they tied on six votes in 2018. Hurn acquired two greatest on grounds from the three judges in that recreation. David Mundy and Michael Barlow additionally tied in 2013.
The WAFC informed The West Australian the voting guidelines modified following the 2018 tie.
The derby was performed simply at some point after Ashley Sampi acquired his retrospective medal from 2003 because the joint winner with Michael Gardiner. That case was totally different given judges voted for Sampi because the outright winner on the day.
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir mentioned each males performed properly and he would settle for no matter ruling was in place.
“I didn’t even know that. I’ll back the process in,” Longmuir mentioned.
The Dockers thrashed West Coast by 101 factors and kicked 17 unanswered objectives through the night time. The 20.14 (134) to 4.9 (33) victory was Fremantle’s largest ever derby victory and the third greatest profitable margin within the membership’s historical past.
Longmuir mentioned the victory one of the best his workforce had performed all season and a first-rate instance of how he desires the workforce to carry out.
“When we play our best footy, we get our contest right, we get our stoppage work right, we get the ball in and we defend really well behind it. We haven’t been consistent enough with that by any stretch this year but that’s the brand we want to play,” he mentioned.
“It was the way we were doing it. We went into the game wanting to really test them out by defending our front half really well. I think we ended up with 36 forward half turnovers.
“Even in the third quarter, you go into half-time with a decent lead and a young team can sometimes start valuing the wrong thing. But I thought our contest work and our front half defence and how we set up in that third quarter allowed us to own territory. That showed a fair bit of maturity. I’m obviously very pleased with how we played.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
