On the AFL’s night of nights, Matt Rowell polled a career-high 25 votes, which placed him in equal 8^th position at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count.

Rowell became the fourth player in SUNS history to poll more than 20 votes in a season, with his final tally of 25 votes placing him alongside the likes of Noah Anderson in 2023, Captain Touk Miller in 2022 and 2013 winner Gary Ablett.

The SUNS midfielder had six three-vote games which included three of the final four matches where he had striking performances against West Coast, Essendon and Richmond.

Midfield buddy Noah Anderson polled 14 votes for his performance throughout the season, having three-vote games in Round 5 and Round 7.

SUNS defender-turned-midfielder Sam Flanders followed both Rowell and Anderson by polling strongly in the second half of the season, finishing with 12 votes from six games

Touk Miller (5), Ben King (3), Jack Lukosius (2), Charlie Ballard (1), Jarrod Witts (1) and Alex Davies (1) also received votes throughout the count.