Tiger ... Daniel Jackson wins his first Jack Dyer Medal. Source: Wayne Ludbey / News Limited
DANIEL Jackson's remarkable career turnaround was capped off last night when he won Richmond's prestigious Jack Dyer Medal.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
The much-maligned tagger, who was fighting for his career less than two years ago, claimed the Tigers best and fairest by nine votes from young gun Dustin Martin.
Class ... Daniel Jackson with his partner, Chrissy Kingma. Source: News Limited
Former Port Adelaide defender Troy Chaplin finished third in his first season at Punt Rd while two-time winner Brett Deledio finished fourth.
Captain Trent Cotchin, who polled 19 votes in last week's Brownlow Medal, was another vote away in fifth.
Jackson received a rousing reception at last night's function at Crown Casino with the 27-year-old the oldest first-time winner of the Jack Dyer Medal since Matthew Richardson in 2007.
His 10th season has easily been his best with the 146-game veteran finishing near the top in all the important statistical measures including equal first for inside 50s, first for tackles and second for contested possessions.
He polled consistently through the early rounds and at the half-way mark was in equal second place.
Jackson's best game for the season came in Round 16 against the Gold Coast Suns when he took on Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett and beat him soundly to set up the Tigers victory.
He received a season-high 19 votes for that game in last night's count which was the catalyst for his victory.
Jackson's previous best performance in the best and fairest was second behind Deledio in 2009 but last year he finished outside the top ten.
Martin's second placing came just hours after he ended his contract stand-off with the Tigers, committing for another two years.
The 22-year-old, who finished third in 2011, averaged 24 disposals per game and ranked No.1 at the Tigers for uncontested possessions and No.2 for total disposals.
Chaplin led an impressive defensive unit which were rewarded in the count with Alex Rance finishing sixth and Steven Morris and Bachar Houli also making the top ten.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Dan the man for Tigers
Dengan url
http://sportlivestyle.blogspot.com/2013/09/dan-man-for-tigers.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Dan the man for Tigers
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar