Rounds 1 to 8 Votes Scored
Brendon Goddard 19
Zac Merrett 18
Orazio Fantasia 15
Michael Hurley 14
Joe Daniher 13
Dyson Heppell 8
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 7
Andrew McGrath 7
Travis Colyer 5
Patrick Ambrose 4
Jobe Watson 3
James Kelly 3
Shaun McKernan 2
Darcy Parish 2
David Zaharakis did not poll a single vote in the first games. Despite this he still managed to finish 3rd in the final count with 30 votes. Other strong performers who didn’t score in the first 8 rounds were Martin Gleeson (18 votes) and Cale Hooker (13).
Three players in McKernan (Round 1), Ambrose (Round 3) and Colyer (Round 4) scored their only votes for the season in the first 8 rounds.
Rounds 9 to 16 Votes Scored
Michael Hurley 25
David Zaharakis 16
Zac Merrett 12
Martin Gleeson 8
Brendon Goddard 6
Mark Baguley 6
Cale Hooker 5
Orazio Fantasia 4
Dyson Heppell 4
Tom Bellchambers 4
Conor Mckenna 4
Joe Daniher 3
Andrew McGrath 3
Jobe Watson 2
James Kelly 2
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 1
It was during these rounds that Hurley set up a massive lead over Zac Merrett by outscoring him 25 votes to 12. Also making his move towards his podium finish was David Zaharakis who scored 16 votes. Goddard scored 19 of his 27 votes in the first 8 weeks.
During these 7 games Darcy Parish failed to pick up a vote, despite getting 13 votes for the year. Joe Daniher also struggled to pick up votes during this time, only managing to collect 3 of the 27 votes he socred.
Round 17 Onwards Votes Scored
David Zaharakis 14
Zac Merrett 12
Joe Daniher 11
Darcy Parish 11
Martin Gleeson 10
Dyson Heppell 10
Cale Hooker 8
Tom Bellchambers 8
Andrew McGrath 6
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 6
Michael Hurley 5
James Stewart 5
James Kelly 4
Conor Mckenna 3
Mark Baguley 2
Jobe Watson 2
Brendon Goddard 2
Orazio Fantasia 1
David Zakarakis continued his late season surge by leading the way over the last 8 matches for the year. As a team there was a far greater spread of voters with 18 individuals scoring a vote, compared to 16 in the middle 7 games and only 14 over the first 8 rounds.
James Stewart scored all 5 of his votes over the final 7 matches of the season, while Darcy Parish scored 85% of his votes (11 out of 13).