The fairest & the best

THE votes have been counted, the speeches have been made, the record books are being updated. And here they are the top five in the fairest & best (best & fairest if you're reading this in Victoria) awards for the 2003 AFL season.

Adelaide

1. Mark Ricciuto; 2. Tyson Edwards; 3. Andrew McLeod; 4. Mark Bickley; 5. Grahan Johncock.

Brisbane

Merrett/Murray Medal: 1. Michael Voss; 2. Simon Black & Luke Power; 4. Nigel Lappin; 5. Shaun Hart.

Carlton

Robert Reynolds Trophy: 1. Andrew McKay; 2. Anthony Koutoufides; 3. Brendan Fevola; 4. Matthew Lappin; 5. Darren Hulme.

Collingwood

Copeland trophy: 1. Nathan Buckley; 2. Chris Tarrant; 3. Scott Burns; 4. Paul Licuria; 5. Josh Fraser.

Essendon

Crichton Medal: 1. James Hird & Scott Lucas: 3 Jason Johnson; 4. Matthew Lloyd: 5. Mark Johnson.

Footscray

1. Scott West; 2. Brad Johnson; 3. Rohan Smith; 4. Robert Murphy; 5. Luke Darcy.

Fremantle

Doig Medal: 1. Peter Bell; 2. Matthew Pavlich; 3. Paul Hasleby; 4. Robert Haddrill; 5. Shaun McManus.

Geelong

Carji Greeves Medal: 1. Matthew Scarlett; 2. Cameron Ling; 3. Brenton Sanderson.

Hawthorn

Peter Crimmins trophy: 1. Shane Crawford; 2. Angelo Lekkas; 3. Jade Rawlings; 4. Joel Smith; 5. Peter Everitt.

Melbourne

Keith "Bluey" Truscott memorial trophy: 1. Russell Robertson; 2. James McDonald; 3. David Neitz; 4. Clint Bizzell; 5. Simon Godfrey.

North Melbourne

Syd Barker Medal: 1. Brent Harvey; 2. Shannon Grant; 3. Adam Simpson; 4. Anthony Stevens; 5. Brady Rawlings.

Port Adelaide

John Cahill Medal: 1. Gavin Wanganeen; 2. Warren Tredrea; 3. Peter Burgoyne; 4. Nick Stevens; 5. Josh Carr.

Richmond

Jack Dyer Medal: 1. Mark Coughlan; 2. Kane Johnson; 3. Greg Tivendale; 4. Mark Chaffey; 5. Andrew Kellaway.

St Kilda

Trevor Barker Award: 1. Lenny Hayes; 2. Robert Harvey; 3. Stephen Powell; 4. Nick Riewoldt; 5. Austinn Jones.

Sydney

Bob Skilton Medal: 1. Adam Goodes; 2. Brett Kirk; 3. Jude Bolton; 4. Barry Hall; 5. Leo Barry.

West Coast

1. Ben Cousins; 2. Chris Judd; 3. Chad Fletcher; 4. Daniel Kerr; 5. Andrew Embley.

Richmond's best Mark Coughlan. Photo by Les Everett

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