Zorko is a champion yet again
BRISBANE Lions captain Dayne Zorko has emulated the feat of former skipper Michael Voss by becoming a five-time club champion.
Zorko polled 340 votes in winning the Merrett-murray Medal by four votes from Hugh Mccluggage.
In one of the closest counts in club history, there were only eight votes between the top three, with Jarryd Lyons finishing third on 332.
The captain – whose season included career-high numbers for kicks per game and top five AFL rankings for inside fifties, goal assists, score involvements and pressure acts – received his latest Merrett- Murray Medal from Brisbane Bears legend Roger Merrett, Lions chairman Andrew Wellington and coach Chris Fagan at the club’s awards ceremony on Sunday might at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Fagan and his five assistant senior coaches allocated votes based on the player’s overall performance, deliverance on all team criteria and execution of the team trademark.
There was no restriction on the number of players who could receive votes, with each coach having graded and allocated a maximum of four votes to a player.
The maximum votes a player could receive in each match was 24.