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Showdown Medal

{{Short description|Annual Australian rules football award}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

File:McLeodMarkcrop.jpg and Port Adelaide players in a Showdown match.]]

The Showdown Medal is the medal awarded to the player adjudged best on ground in the Showdown AFL match between Adelaide and Port Adelaide. It is thus similar to the Glendinning–Allan Medal awarded in Western Derby games. However, no medal is awarded if the teams meet in a final, as they did in 2005.

The Showdown Medal was first presented in Showdown VII, Round 7, 2000.Mark Ricciuto and Shane Mensforth, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yle9pDqSaOcC&dq=%22mark+ricciuto%22+%22showdown+medal%22&pg=PA105 Roo] (Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2007), 105. It was formerly known as the "West End Medal", but is currently sponsored by Balfours.[http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/tabid/6038/default.aspx?newsid=57146 It's the Balfours Showdown!]

For Showdown 39 in Round 16, 2015, the Showdown Medal was named the Phillip Walsh Medal, after the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh.{{cite web|first=Harry|last=Thring|website=afl.com.au|date=16 July 2015|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-07-16/showdowns-best-to-be-awarded-phil-walsh-medal|title=Showdown's best to win Phillip Walsh Medal}}

AFL

File:Robbie Gray 2017.jpg holds the record for the most Showdown Medals, with 5.]]

File:Sam Jacobs 24.02.17.jpg is one of two Crows to win the Medal on three occasions.]]

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Round

! Winner

! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}

rowspan="2" | 2000

| 7

| 16x16px {{sortname|Mark|Ricciuto}}

|

22

| 16x16px {{sortname|Nick|Stevens}}

| [http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Trophies-Medals.html Trophies-Medals]

rowspan="2" | 2001

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Josh|Francou}}

| [http://www.afana.com/drupal5/news/2006/08/27/turf_experiments_dome-223 Australian Football League News]

18

| 16x16px {{sortname|Josh|Francou}} (2)

|

rowspan="2" | 2002

| 5

| 16x16px {{sortname|Jarrad|Schofield}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20121002161547/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/2926/default.aspx Round 5, 2002]

20

| 16x16px {{sortname|Josh|Francou}} (3)

|

rowspan="2" | 2003

| 5

| 16x16px {{sortname|Graham|Johncock}}

| [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/28/1051381903434.html Sporting Life]

22

| 16x16px {{sortname|Peter|Burgoyne}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2004

| 7

| 16x16px {{sortname|Mark|Ricciuto}} (2)

| [http://www.afc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4417/newsid/75941/default.aspx Pick your Showdown star of stars]

22

| 16x16px {{sortname|Warren|Tredrea}}

|

rowspan="3" | 2005

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Mark|Ricciuto}} (3)

|

rowspan="2"| 20

| 16x16px {{sortname|Simon|Goodwin}}

| rowspan="2" |

16x16px {{sortname|Shaun|Burgoyne}}
rowspan="2" | 2006

| 6

| 16x16px {{sortname|Tyson|Edwards|dab=footballer}}

| [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/24355/default.aspx Tell us your best Crows]{{dead link|date=September 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

21

| 16x16px {{sortname|Chad|Cornes}}

| [http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6038/Default.aspx?newsId=31309 Round 21, 2006]

rowspan="2" | 2007

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Andrew|McLeod}}

| [http://www.afc.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=4417&newsId=41282 Round 3, 2007]

18

| 16x16px {{sortname|Simon|Goodwin}} (2)

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524215332/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/48604/default.aspx Round 18, 2007]

rowspan="2" | 2008

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Bernie|Vince}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080415053730/http://www.afl.com.au/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=57452 Round 3, 2008]

16

| 16x16px {{sortname|Danyle|Pearce}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20080722110147/http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=63759 Round 16, 2008]

rowspan="2" | 2009

| 6

| 16x16px {{sortname|Dean|Brogan}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503153455/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/76103/default.aspx Round 6, 2009]

17

| 16x16px {{sortname|Nathan|Bock}}

| [http://www.afc.com.au/tabid/4417/default.aspx?newsid=81410 Round 17, 2009]

rowspan="2" | 2010

| 6

| 16x16px {{sortname|Robbie|Gray}}

| [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93405/default.aspx Round 6, 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002064936/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/93405/default.aspx|date=2 October 2012}}

17

| 16x16px {{sortname|Domenic|Cassisi}}

| [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/98946/default.aspx Round 17, 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728084938/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/98946/default.aspx|date=28 July 2010}}

rowspan="2" | 2011

| 4

| 16x16px {{sortname|Justin|Westhoff}}

| [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/111821/default.aspx Round 4, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008124426/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/111821/default.aspx|date=8 October 2012}}

19

| 16x16px {{sortname|Nathan|van Berlo}}

| [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/119828/default.aspx Round 19, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010121320/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/119828/default.aspx|date=10 October 2012}}

rowspan="2" | 2012

| 5

| 16x16px {{sortname|Patrick|Dangerfield}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-29/walker-fires-crows-to-showdown-win/3979080|title=Walker fires Crows to Showdown win|date=29 April 2012|website=abc.net.au|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

15

| 16x16px {{sortname|Sam|Jacobs|dab=footballer}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140761/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709022228/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/140761/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-09|title=Show stopper|first=Harry|last=Thring|date=7 July 2012}}

rowspan="2" | 2013

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Travis|Boak}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-14/port-adelaide-v-adelaide-match-report|title=Port stuns Crows with Showdown fightback|first=Mark|last=Conway|website=afl.com.au|date=14 April 2013}}

19

| 16x16px {{sortname|Chad|Wingard}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-08-04/powers-showdown-miracle|title=Monfries miracle hands Port thrilling win in final AAMI Showdown|first=Harry|last=Thring|date=4 August 2013}}

rowspan="2" | 2014

| 2

| 16x16px {{sortname|Hamish|Hartlett}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-29/port-dominant-in-showdown-win-over-crows/5354360|date=29 March 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|title=Port Adelaide claim Showdown triumph with 55-point win over Adelaide Crows at new Adelaide Oval}}

15

| 16x16px {{sortname|Sam|Jacobs|dab=footballer}} (2)

|

rowspan="2" | 2015

| 5

| 16x16px {{sortname|Robbie|Gray}} (2)

|

16

| 16x16px {{sortname|Scott|Thompson|dab=footballer, born 1983}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2016

| 2

| 16x16px {{sortname|Tom|Lynch|dab=Australian footballer, born 1990}}

|

22

| 16x16px {{sortname|Matt|Crouch|dab=footballer}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2017

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Rory|Sloane}}

|

20

| 16x16px {{sortname|Sam|Jacobs|dab=footballer}} (3)

|

rowspan="2" | 2018

| 8

| 16x16px {{sortname|Robbie|Gray}} (3)

|

20

| 16x16px {{sortname|Robbie|Gray}} (4)

|

rowspan="2" | 2019

| 8

| 16x16px {{sortname|Alex|Keath}}

|

16

| 16x16px {{sortname|Robbie|Gray}} (5)

|

2020

| 2

| 16x16px {{sortname|Travis|Boak}} (2)

|

rowspan="2" | 2021

| 8

| 16x16px {{sortname|Travis|Boak}} (3)

|

21

| 16x16px {{sortname|Aliir|Aliir}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2022

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Jordan|Dawson}}

|

23

| 16x16px {{sortname|Connor|Rozee}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2023

| 3

| 16x16px {{sortname|Jordan|Dawson}} (2)

| {{cite web|title=Back-to-back Showdown medal for captain Dawson|url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/894838/back-to-back-showdown-medals-for-captain-dawson?videoId=894838&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1680350818001&references=AFL_MATCH:4808&references=AFL_MATCH:4808|work=AFL.com.au|location=Adelaide Oval}}

20

| 16x16px {{sortname|Taylor|Walker|dab=footballer}}

|

rowspan="2" | 2024

| 8

| 16x16px {{sortname|Jake|Soligo}}

|

23

| 16x16px {{sortname|Zak|Butters}}

|

=Retrospective best on ground=

As the Showdown Medal was only introduced in 2000, six Showdowns were played without a medal being awarded. In 2019, Michelangelo Rucci, football writer for The Adelaide Advertiser, advocated for a combination of Brownlow Medal, Club Champion voting, and Media votes to determine the selection for retroactively awarded Showdown Medals.{{Cite news|title=The 6 Missing Medals|last=Rucci|first=Michelangelo|date=11 May 2019|work=The Advertiser}} This potential for retrospective Showdown Medals being awarded was enhanced by the Western Derby allocating retrospective medals in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/retrospective-glendinning-medals-scott-cummings-and-clive-waterhouse-step-up-in-the-most-infamous-derby-season-ng-b88917642z|title=The year the goal-kickers had their say on the derby|date=2018-08-03|website=The West Australian|language=en|access-date=2019-05-12}} Another Showdown where a medal was not awarded to the player adjudged best afield was the 2005 Semi-Final. The official Adelaide website, afc.com.au, lists Simon Goodwin as their best player in the 2005 Showdown Final with 3 goals and 22 disposals at 91% disposal efficiency to his name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-09-10/on-this-day-crows-win-ultimate-showdown|title=On this day: Crows win Showdown final|website=afc.com.au|date=9 September 2016 |access-date=2019-05-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2005/011320050910.html|title=AFL Tables - Adelaide v Port Adelaide - Sat, 10-Sep-2005 7:00 PM (7:30 PM) - Match Stats|website=afltables.com|access-date=2019-05-12}}

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|+ Michelangelo Rucci's 'Best on Ground' before Showdown Medal

! Match

! Year

! Combined

! Winning club

! class="unsortable"| Brownlow

! class="unsortable"| Club B&F

! class="unsortable"| Merv Agars Medal

1

| rowspan="2" | 1997

| 16x16px {{sortname|Darren|Mead}}

| Port Adelaide

| {{highlight | 3: Darren Mead | Yellow }}
2: Shayne Breuer
1: Brendon Lade

| {{highlight | 3: Darren Mead | Yellow }}
2: Stephen Paxman
1: Stephen Daniels

| 3: Shane Bond
2: Brayden Lyle
{{highlight | 1: Darren Mead | Yellow }}

2

| 16x16px {{sortname|Brett|James|dab=footballer}}

| Adelaide

| 3: Gavin Wanganeen
2: Brendon Lade
1: Matthew Connell

| {{highlight | 3: Brett James | Yellow }}
2: Darren Jarman
1: Kym Koster

| {{highlight | 3: Brett James | Yellow }}
2: Stephen Daniels
1: Darren Jarman

3

| rowspan="2" | 1998

| 16x16px {{sortname|Adam|Kingsley}}

| Port Adelaide

| 3: Nathan Bassett
2: Josh Francou
1: Matthew Primus

| {{highlight | 3: Adam Kingsley | Yellow }}
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis

| {{highlight | 3: Adam Kingsley | Yellow }}
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis

4

| 16x16px {{sortname|Mark|Ricciuto}}

| Adelaide

| {{highlight | 3: Mark Ricciuto | Yellow }}
2: Peter Vardy
1: Darren Jarman

| {{highlight | 3: Mark Ricciuto | Yellow }}
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart

| {{highlight | 3: Mark Ricciuto | Yellow }}
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart

5

| rowspan="2" | 1999

| 16x16px {{sortname|Mark|Bickley}}

| Adelaide

| 3: Kane Johnson
{{highlight | 2: Mark Bickley | Yellow }}
1: David Gallagher

| 3: Matthew Robran
{{highlight | 2: Mark Bickley | Yellow }}
1: Ben Hart

| {{highlight | 3: Mark Bickley | Yellow }}
2: Matthew Robran
1: Ben Hart

6

| 16x16px {{sortname|Josh|Francou}}

| Port Adelaide

| 3: Brendon Lade
{{highlight | 2: Josh Francou | Yellow }}
1: Gavin Wanganeen

| {{highlight | 3: Josh Francou | Yellow }}
3: Brendon Lade
3: Gavin Wanganeen

| {{highlight | 3: Josh Francou | Yellow }}
2: Gavin Wanganeen
1: Brendon Lade

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|+ 2005 Showdown Final

! colspan="2" |Match

! Combined

! Winning club

! Brownlow

! Club B&F

! Merv Agars Medal

2005

! 19

| 16x16px Simon Goodwin

| Adelaide

! N/A

| {{highlight | 3: Simon Goodwin| Yellow }}
2: Mark Ricciuto
1: Scott Welsh

! N/A

AFL Women's

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|+

! Season

! Round

! Winner

! class="unsortable| {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

2022 (S7)

| 6

| 16x16px {{sortname|Chelsea|Randall}}

|

2023

| 1

| 16x16px {{sortname|Niamh|Kelly}}

|

2024

| 1

| 16x16px {{sortname|Ebony|Marinoff}}

| {{cite web|title=Crows survive scare from gritty Power to clinch Showdown|first=Tayla|last=Oates|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1208284/adelaide-crows-survive-scare-from-gritty-port-adelaide-power-to-clinch-showdown|date=31 August 2024|website=afl.com.au|location=Alberton Oval}}

References

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