| Round
|
Report
|
Nominees
|
Team
|
% of Votes
|
Match
|
Note
|
| 1
|
Nominations
|
Domenic Cassisi
|
Port Adelaide
|
10%
|
Fremantle vs Port Adelaide
|
Smother to save the game
|
| Nathan Bassett
|
Adelaide
|
21%
|
Adelaide vs Essendon
|
Tackle and smother
|
| Daniel Kerr
|
West Coast
|
69%
|
Sydney Swans vs West Coast Eagles
|
Tackle on Jarrad McVeigh in last minute as he was about to kick for goal with the Eagles 1 point up.
|
| 2
|
Nominations
|
Brett Kirk
|
Sydney
|
43%
|
Richmond vs Sydney
|
Desperate attack on the ball to win a free kick.
|
| Michael Firrito
|
Port Adelaide
|
28%
|
Port Adelaide vs Kangaroos
|
3rd quarter goal saving tackle.
|
| Jed Adcock
|
Brisbane
|
29%
|
Brisbane vs St. Kilda
|
Good defensive spoil.
|
| 3
|
Nominations
Winner
|
Chad Cornes
|
Port Adelaide
|
21%
|
Port Adelaide vs Adelaide
|
Handballing off a ball he won in a smother.
|
| Brendan Fevola
|
Carlton
|
45%
|
Carlton vs Essendon
|
Chase by the full-forward to spoil the disposal of Andrew Lovett.
|
| David Rodan
|
Port Adelaide
|
34%
|
Port Adelaide vs Adelaide
|
Last quarter diving smother.
|
| 4
|
Nominations
|
Lindsay Gilbee
|
Western Bulldogs
|
12%
|
Ruchmond vs Western Bulldogs
|
2nd Quarter Diving Smother
|
| Chad Cornes
|
Port Adelaide
|
40%
|
Collingwood vs Port Adelaide
|
Last quarter lunging tackle.
|
| Alwyn Davey
|
Essendon
|
48%
|
St. Kilda vs Essendon
|
Chase and tackle by the speedster resulting in a Matthew Lloyd goal.
|
| 5
|
Nominations
Winner
|
Richard Tambling
|
Richmond
|
28%
|
Richmond vs West Coast
|
Diving smother in his defensive 50.
|
| Jordan Lewis
|
Hawthorn
|
32%
|
Hawthorn vs Western Bulldogs
|
1st Quarter diving spoil & 2nd effort
|
| Robert Shirley
|
Adelaide
|
40%
|
Fremantle vs Adelaide
|
Spoil of ball deep in defence late in an extremely close game.
|
| 6
|
Nominations Winner
|
Shane Crawford
|
Hawthorn
|
18%
|
Essendon vs Hawthorn
|
Chase and tacle on Brent Stanton.
|
| Glenn Archer
|
Kangaroos
|
16%
|
Kangaroos vs Sydney Swans
|
3rd Quarter diving spoil.
|
| Alwyn Davey
|
Essendon
|
66%
|
Essendon vs Hawthorn
|
Diving smother followed by 2 other efforts.
|
| 7
|
Nominations
|
Chad Cornes
|
Port Adelaide
|
37%
|
Port Adelaide vs Richmond
|
Defensive desperation preventing Matthew Richardson scoring a goal for Richmond.
|
| Joel Bowden
|
Richmond
|
35%
|
Port Adelaide vs Richmond
|
Spoil whilst moving backward with the flight of the ball.
|
| Chris Tarrant
|
Fremantle
|
28%
|
Fremantle vs Hawthorn
|
Good chase & tackle by the Fremantle forward.
|
| 8
|
Nominations
Winner
|
Alwyn Davey
|
Essendon
|
58%
|
Essendon vs Brisbane
|
Brilliant chase & tackle on Cheynee Stiller.
|
| Daniel Pratt
|
Kangaroos
|
27%
|
Kangaroos vs Carlton
|
Gutsy attempt to spoil & recovery of the ball to dispose of it to a teammate.
|
| Brian Harris
|
Western Bulldogs
|
15%
|
Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood
|
Great run, spoil and handball.
|
| 9
|
Winner
|
Chance Bateman
|
Hawthorn
|
20%
|
Hawthorn vs West Coast Eagles
|
Good smother.
|
| James Hird
|
Essendon
|
55%
|
Richmond vs Essendon
|
Tackle on the 2nd effort produced a goal from point blank range in an extremely close finish.
|
| Josh Gibson
|
Kangaroos
|
25%
|
Melbourne vs Kangaroos
|
Goal saving tackle near the end of a game that resulted in a 1 point win.
|
| 10
|
Nominations
|
Daniel Chick
|
West Coast Eagles
|
57%
|
West Coast Eagles vc Kangaroos
|
Two of 4 last quarter strong tackles.
|
| Jed Adcock
|
Brisbane Lions
|
23%
|
Richmond vs Brisbane Lions
|
Gutsy defensive spoil on Matthew Richardson in a drawn game.
|
| Rhan Hooper
|
Brisbane Lions
|
20%
|
Richmond vs Brisbane Lions
|
Chased down and tackled Matthew White in a drawn game.
|
| 11
|
Nominations
|
Danny Stanley
|
Collingwood
|
47%
|
Melbourne vs Collingwood
|
Rushing a behind in difficult situation in a tight game.
|
| Dustin Fletcher
|
Essendon
|
36%
|
Essendon vs West Coast Eagles
|
Spoil of ball over boundary in last 10 seconds of game deep in defence whilst leading by 1 point.[1] Archived 6 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
|
| James Gwilt
|
St Kilda
|
17%
|
St Kilda vs Kangaroos
|
Goal saving tackle.
|
| 12
|
Nominations
|
Steven Dodd
|
Fremantle
|
44%
|
Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle
|
Chased down Brad Johnson over a long distance. Unfortunately for him Johnson got a handball away and then Dodd accidentally kicked the ball out of bounds on the full.
|
| Travis Cloke
|
Collingwood
|
25%
|
Sydney Swans vs Collingwood
|
Spoilt a kick in and then followed up with a good tackle.
|
| Alan Didak
|
Collingwood
|
31%
|
Sydney Swans vs Collingwood
|
Two desperate tackles by Didak on Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe.
|
| 13
|
Nominations
|
|
Essendon
|
|
Melbourne vs Essendon
|
Chase and tackle as part of a second effort.
|
| Glenn Archer
|
Kangaroos
|
44%
|
Kangaroos vs Western Bulldogs
|
Made a contest in a tough situation and made a 2nd effort in his 300th game.
|
| Paul Medhurst
|
Collingwood
|
|
Collingwood vs Hawthorn
|
Diving tackle after long chase.
|
| 14*
|
Nominations
|
Matthew Egan
|
Geelong
|
44%
|
Essendon vs Geelong
|
Goal-saving diving smother against Essendon
|
| Steven Baker
|
St Kilda
|
22%
|
Collingwood vs St Kilda
|
Great smother and second effort
|
| Nick Maxwell
|
Collingwood
|
34%
|
Collingwood vs St Kilda
|
Gutsy spoil moving back with the flight of the ball
|
