Showdown Medal
The Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. It is thus similar to the Ross Glendinning Medal awarded in Western Derby games. However, no medal is awarded if the teams meet in a final, as they did in 2005.
The Showdown Medal was first presented in Showdown VII, Round 7, 2000.[1] It was formerly known as the "West End Medal", but is currently sponsored by Balfours.[2]
For Showdown 39 in Round 16, 2015, the Showdown Medal was named the Phillip Walsh Medal, after the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh.[3]
AFL
Retrospective best on ground
As the Showdown Medal was only introduced in 2000, six Showdowns were played without a medal being awarded. In 2019, Michelangelo Rucci, football writer for The Adelaide Advertiser, advocated for a combination of Brownlow Medal, Club Champion voting, and Media votes to determine the selection for retroactively awarded Showdown Medals.[27] This potential for retrospective Showdown Medals being awarded was enhanced by the Western Derby allocating retrospective medals in 2018.[28] Another Showdown where a medal was not awarded to the player adjudged best afield was the 2005 Semi-Final. The official Adelaide website, afc.com.au, lists Simon Goodwin as their best player in the 2005 Showdown Final with 3 goals and 22 disposals at 91% disposal efficiency to his name.[29][30]
AFL Women's
| Season | Round | Winner | Ref |
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| 2022 (S7) | 6 |  Chelsea Randall
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| 2023 | 1 | Niamh Kelly
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| 2024 | 1 | Ebony Marinoff
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References
- ^ a b Mark Ricciuto and Shane Mensforth, Roo (Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2007), 105.
- ^ It's the Balfours Showdown!
- ^ Thring, Harry (16 July 2015). "Showdown's best to win Phillip Walsh Medal". afl.com.au.
- ^ a b c Trophies-Medals
- ^ a b c Australian Football League News
- ^ Round 5, 2002
- ^ Sporting Life
- ^ Pick your Showdown star of stars
- ^ Tell us your best Crows[dead link]
- ^ Round 21, 2006
- ^ Round 3, 2007
- ^ Round 18, 2007
- ^ Round 3, 2008
- ^ Round 16, 2008
- ^ Round 6, 2009
- ^ Round 17, 2009
- ^ Round 6, 2010 Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Round 17, 2010 Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Round 4, 2011 Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Round 19, 2011 Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Walker fires Crows to Showdown win". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 April 2012.
- ^ Thring, Harry (7 July 2012). "Show stopper".
- ^ Conway, Mark (14 April 2013). "Port stuns Crows with Showdown fightback". afl.com.au.
- ^ Thring, Harry (4 August 2013). "Monfries miracle hands Port thrilling win in final AAMI Showdown".
- ^ "Port Adelaide claim Showdown triumph with 55-point win over Adelaide Crows at new Adelaide Oval". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Back-to-back Showdown medal for captain Dawson". AFL.com.au. Adelaide Oval.
- ^ a b Rucci, Michelangelo (11 May 2019). "The 6 Missing Medals". The Advertiser.
- ^ "The year the goal-kickers had their say on the derby". The West Australian. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "On this day: Crows win Showdown final". afc.com.au. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "AFL Tables - Adelaide v Port Adelaide - Sat, 10-Sep-2005 7:00 PM (7:30 PM) - Match Stats". afltables.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ Oates, Tayla (31 August 2024). "Crows survive scare from gritty Power to clinch Showdown". afl.com.au. Alberton Oval.