Footballers in spotlight

Two Wimmera footballers have shone at the highest levels of the game, capturing prestigious awards in the past week.

Horsham’s Seb Ross was the recipient of the Trevor Barker Award as AFL club St Kilda’s best and fairest, adding the medal to his previous win in 2017.

On Monday night, former Murtoa man Lachlan Delahunty was the toast of the West Australian Football League when he won the Sandover Medal by a vote from Subiaco team-mate Kyal Horsley.

It has been a big year for Delahunty, who played his 100th WAFL game last month.

On Saturday he will line up for the Lions in a grand final against South Fremantle.

Delahunty has been a key player in a run of six straight grand final appearances for Subiaco, including premierships in 2014, 2015 and 2018.

He said he was shocked to win the Sandover Medal and felt guilty about pipping Horsley.

“It would have been a pleasure to have drawn it with him, but I’m stoked and thrilled to have won it,” he said.

“I’m pinching myself to be honest. I really didn’t give myself a chance. I had a good year, but there are a lot of good players in the WAFL.”

Ross continued his emergence as one of the AFL’S top midfielders this season with his second St Kilda best and fairest.

Ross had an excellent season, averaging 26 disposals, four tackles and more than four clearances a game.

He polled 170 votes to edge Rowan Marshall, 152, and Jack Steele, 151, at the top of the leaderboard.

In his acceptance speech Ross paid tribute to former St Kilda captain Danny Frawley, who died in a car crash on Monday last week.

“Tonight’s not about me; I think the night, and rightly so, has to be about Danny and what he brought to the footy club and the whole footy fraternity,” he said.