Showdown Medal

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 Ross Glendinning Medal awarded in Western Derby games. However, no medal is awarded if the teams meet in a final, as they did in 2005.

Adelaide and Port Adelaide players in a Showdown match.

The Showdown Medal was first presented in Showdown VII, Round 7, 2000.[1] It was formerly known as the "West End Medal", but is currently sponsored by Balfours.[2]

For Showdown 39 in Round 16, 2015, the Showdown Medal was named the Phillip Walsh Medal, after the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh.[3]

List of Showdown medalists (Men)
Year Round Winner Club
2000 7 Mark Ricciuto[1] Adelaide
22 Nick Stevens[4] Port Adelaide
2001 3 Josh Francou[5] Port Adelaide
18 Josh Francou (2)[5] Port Adelaide
2002 5 Jarrad Schofield[6] Port Adelaide
20 Josh Francou (3)[5] Port Adelaide
2003 5 Graham Johncock[7] Adelaide
22 Peter Burgoyne[4] Port Adelaide
2004 7 Mark Ricciuto (2)[8] Adelaide
22 Warren Tredrea[4] Port Adelaide
2005 3 Mark Ricciuto (3) Adelaide
20 (shared) Simon Goodwin
Shaun Burgoyne		 Adelaide
Port Adelaide
2006 6 Tyson Edwards[9] Adelaide
21 Chad Cornes[10] Port Adelaide
2007 3 Andrew McLeod[11] Adelaide
18 Simon Goodwin (2)[12] Adelaide
2008 3 Bernie Vince[13] Adelaide
16 Danyle Pearce[14] Port Adelaide
2009 6 Dean Brogan[15] Port Adelaide
17 Nathan Bock[16] Adelaide
2010 6 Robbie Gray[17] Port Adelaide
17 Domenic Cassisi[18] Port Adelaide
2011 4 Justin Westhoff[19] Port Adelaide
19 Nathan van Berlo[20] Adelaide
2012 5 Patrick Dangerfield[21] Adelaide
15 Sam Jacobs[22] Adelaide
2013 3 Travis Boak[23] Port Adelaide
19 Chad Wingard[24] Port Adelaide
2014 2 Hamish Hartlett[25] Port Adelaide
15 Sam Jacobs (2) Adelaide
2015 5 Robbie Gray (2) Port Adelaide
16 Scott Thompson Adelaide
2016 2 Tom Lynch Adelaide
22 Matt Crouch Adelaide
2017 3 Rory Sloane Adelaide
20 Sam Jacobs (3) Adelaide
2018 8 Robbie Gray (3) Port Adelaide
20 Robbie Gray (4) Port Adelaide
2019 8 Alex Keath Adelaide
16 Robbie Gray (5) Port Adelaide
2020 2 Travis Boak (2) Port Adelaide
2021 8 Travis Boak (3) Port Adelaide
21 Aliir Aliir Port Adelaide
2022 3 Jordan Dawson Adelaide
23 Connor Rozee Port Adelaide
2023 3 Jordan Dawson (2) Adelaide
20 Taylor Walker Adelaide

List of Showdown medalists (Women)
Season Round Winner Team
2022 (S7) 6 Chelsea Randall Adelaide
2023 1 Niamh Kelly Adelaide

Retrospective Showdown Medals

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.[26] This potential for retrospective Showdown Medals being awarded was enhanced by the Western Derby allocating retrospective medals in 2018.[27] 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.[28][29]

Michelangelo Rucci's 'Best on Ground' before Showdown Medal[26]
Match Combined Winning club Brownlow Club B&F Merv Agars Medal
1997 1 Darren Mead Port Adelaide 3: Darren Mead
2: Shayne Breuer
1: Brendon Lade		 3: Darren Mead
2: Stephen Paxman
1: Stephen Daniels		 3: Shane Bond
2: Brayden Lyle
1: Darren Mead
2 Brett James Adelaide 3: Gavin Wanganeen
2: Brendon Lade
1: Matthew Connell		 3: Brett James
2: Darren Jarman
1: Kym Koster		 3: Brett James
2: Stephen Daniels
1: Darren Jarman
1998 3 Adam Kingsley Port Adelaide 3: Nathan Bassett
2: Josh Francou
1: Matthew Primus		 3: Adam Kingsley
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis		 3: Adam Kingsley
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis
4 Mark Ricciuto Adelaide 3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Darren Jarman		 3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart		 3: Mark Ricciuto
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart
1999 5 Mark Bickley Adelaide 3: Kane Johnson
2: Mark Bickley
1: David Gallagher		 3: Matthew Robran
2: Mark Bickley
1: Ben Hart		 3: Mark Bickley
2: Matthew Robran
1: Ben Hart
6 Josh Francou Port Adelaide 3: Brendon Lade
2: Josh Francou
1: Gavin Wanganeen		 3: Josh Francou
3: Brendon Lade
3: Gavin Wanganeen		 3: Josh Francou
2: Gavin Wanganeen
1: Brendon Lade
2005 Showdown Final
Match Combined Winning club Brownlow Club B&F Merv Agars Medal
2005 19 Simon Goodwin Adelaide N/A 3: Simon Goodwin
2: Mark Ricciuto
1: Scott Welsh		 N/A

References
  1. Mark Ricciuto and Shane Mensforth, Roo (Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2007), 105.
  2. It's the Balfours Showdown!
  3. Showdown's best to win Phillip Walsh Medal
  4. Trophies-Medals
  5. Australian Football League News
  6. Round 5, 2002
  7. Sporting Life
  8. Pick your Showdown star of stars
  9. Tell us your best Crows
  10. Round 21, 2006
  11. Round 3, 2007
  12. Round 18, 2007
  13. Round 3, 2008
  14. Round 16, 2008
  15. Round 6, 2009
  16. Round 17, 2009
  17. Round 6, 2010 Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  18. Round 17, 2010 Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  19. Round 4, 2011 Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  20. Round 19, 2011 Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  21. Walker fires Crows to Showdown win
  22. Show stopper
  23. Port stuns Crows with Showdown fightback
  24. Monfries miracle hands Port thrilling win in final AAMI Showdown
  25. Port Adelaide claim Showdown triumph with 55-point win over Adelaide Crows at new Adelaide Oval
  26. Rucci, Michelangelo (11 May 2019). "The 6 Missing Medals". The Advertiser.
  27. "The year the goal-kickers had their say on the derby". The West Australian. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  28. "On this day: Crows win Showdown final". afc.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  29. "AFL Tables - Adelaide v Port Adelaide - Sat, 10-Sep-2005 7:00 PM (7:30 PM) - Match Stats". afltables.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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