Matthew Rowell is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. Rowell was recruited by Gold Coast with the first selection in the 2019
Rowell playing for Gold Coast in 2021
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cas
Matt Rowell
…commenters deeming him among the greatest first-year players. Rowell was considered by Gavin Wanganeen at the time to be a potential contender for the Brownlow Medal. Rowell returned from injury in round 1 of the 2021 AFL season, playing against the West Coast Eagles at Perth Stadium, on Sunday 21 March 2021. Early…
The first Brownlow Medal, awarded to Edward Greeves Jr. in 1924
Brownlow Medal votes are allocated by the game-controlling field umpires (pictured in yellow attire).
Jobe Watson was originally declared the winner of the 2012 Brownlow Medal by polling four more votes than runners up Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell; however, in November 2016, he was retrospectively deemed ineligible for the award due to his part in the Essendon Football Club supplements saga, and the title was given to Cotchin and Mitchell.
Crown Resorts, current home of the Brownlow Medal ceremony