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Club Champions

The Merrett-Murray Medal, the annual award for the Club Champion, was jointly named in honour of Roger Merrett and Kevin Murray. They were 'favourite sons' respectively of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, merger partners in the birth of the Brisbane Lions.

2009 Awards

Merrett-Murray Medallist Jonathan Brown
Nigel Lappin Trophy (Runner-Up) Simon Black
Alastair Lynch Trophy (Third Place) Mitch Clark
Best Finals Player Luke Power
Rookie of the Year Daniel Rich
Marcus Ashcroft Most Professional Player Jonathan Brown
Players' Player of the Year Simon Black
Shaun Hart Most Courageous Player Mitch Clark
Members Player of the Year Jonathan Brown
The Courier Mail Player of the Year Simon Black

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Placing Player Votes
1 Jonathan Brown 57.5
2       Simon Black 56.5
3 Mitch Clark 54.0
4 Luke Power 51.5
5 Justin Sherman 45.0
6 Daniel Rich 41.5
7 Ashley McGrath 41.0
8 Joel Patfull 35.0
9 Jared Brennan 31.0
10 Josh Drummond 30.0
11 Jed Adcock 29.0
11 Michael Rischitelli 29.0
13 Joel Macdonald 27.0
14 Daniel Bradshaw 26.0
15 Daniel Merrett 22.5
16 James Polkinghorne 21.0
17 Cheynee Stiller 20.5
18 Travis Johnstone 18.0
19 Sam Sheldon 13.5
20 Scott Harding 11.0
21 Jack Redden 10.5
21 Troy Selwood 10.5
23 Tim Notting 7.5
24 Lachlan Henderson 6.5
25 Bradd Dalziell 6.0
25 James Hawksley 6.0
25 Rhan Hooper 6.0
25 Albert Proud 6.0
29 Jason Roe 5.0
30 Matthew Leuenberger 3.5
31 Matt Austin 3.0
32 Tom Collier 2.0

 

2008 Awards

Merrett-Murray Medallist Jonathan Brown
Best Midfielder Simon Black
Best Defender Joel Patfull
Best Forward Jonathan Brown
Rookie of the Year Bradd Dalziell
Most Professional Player Daniel Bradshaw
Most Improved Player Joel Patfull
Most Courageous Player Michael Rischitelli
Most Effective Tackler Michael Rischitelli
Members Player of the Year Luke Power
The Courier Mail Player of the Year Simon Black

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Placing Player Votes
1 Jonathan Brown 53.5
2       Simon Black 51.0
3 Luke Power 46.5
4 Daniel Bradshaw 43.5
5 Jared Brennan 42.0
6 Michael Rischitelli 41.0
7 Joel Patfull 39.5
8 Joel Macdonald 38.5
9 Travis Johnstone 31.5
10 Jed Adcock 29.0
11 Tim Notting 28.5
12 Daniel Merrett 27.0
13 Anthony Corrie 26.5
14 Justin Sherman 25.0
15 Josh Drummond 22.0
15 Rhan Hooper 22.0
17 Jamie Charman 20.5
18 Ashley McGrath 18.5
19 Mitch Clark 13.0
19 Troy Selwood 13.0
21 Robert Copeland 12.5
21 Bradd Dalziell 12.5
23 Jason Roe 9.0
23 Cheynee Stiller 9.0
25 Colm Begley 8.5
26 Nigel Lappin 7.0
27 Matthew Leuenberger 6.5
27 Scott Harding 6.5
29 Tom Collier 3.5
29 James Hawksley 3.5
29 Lachlan Henderson 3.5
32 Albert Proud 3.0
33 Matthew Moody 1.5
34 Scott Clouston 1.0
34 Wayde Mills 1.0
34 James Polkinghorne 1.0

2007 Awards

Merrett-Murray Medallist Jonathan Brown
Best Midfielder Simon Black
Best Defender Daniel Merrett
Best Forward Jonathan Brown
Rookie of the Year Colm Begley
Most Professional Player Robert Copeland
Most Improved Player Daniel Merrett
Most Courageous Player Jonathan Brown
Most Effective Tackler Jed Adcock
Members Player of the Year Simon Black
The Courier Mail Player of the Year Jonathan Brown

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Placing Player Votes
1 Jonathan Brown 68.0
2       Jed Adcock 62.5
3 Tim Notting 52.5
4 Luke Power 51.0
5 Simon Black 48.5
5 Nigel Lappin 48.5
7 Cheynee Stiller 45.5
8 Daniel Merrett 44.0
9 Robert Copeland 43.0
10 Joel Patfull 42.0
11 Jared Brennan 38.0
12 Michael Rischitelli 36.0
13 Jamie Charman 34.0
14 Jason Roe 29.0
15 Colm Begley 28.0
16 Troy Selwood 26.0
17 Josh Drummond 25.0
18 Ashley McGrath 24.5
19 Rhan Hooper 23.5
20 Joel MacDonald 22.0
21 Richard Hadley 18.5
22 Wayde Mills 17.0
23 Chris Johnson 16.5
24 Justin Sherman 15.5
25 Scott Harding 15.0
26 Ben Fixter 13.0
27 Matthew Leuenberger 11.0
28 Beau McDonald 7.0
29 Matthew Moody 6.0
30 Mitch Clark 4.5
30 Cameron Wood 4.5
32 Marcus Allan 3.5
33 Will Hamill 3.0
34 Anthony Corrie 2.5
35 Albert Proud 1.0
35 Chris Scott 1.0

2006 Awards

Merrett-Murray Medalist Simon Black
Best Midfeilder Simon Black
Best Defender Mal Michael
Best Forward Daniel Bradshaw
Rookie of the Year Justin Sherman
Most Professional Player Michael Voss
Most Improved Player Michael Rischitelli
Leading Goalkicker Daniel Bradshaw
Most Courageous Player Michael Voss
Most Effective Player Ben Fixter
Members Player of the Year Simon Black

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Simon Black 53.5
2 Justin Sherman 48.5
3 Luke Power 47.5
4 Mal Michael 42.0
5 Daniel Bradshaw 39.5
6 Jamie Charman 38.0
7 Michael Voss 37.5
8 Michael Rischitelli  31.5
8 Tim Notting 31.5
10 Troy Selwood 30.5
11 Jonathan Brown 29.5
12 Jason Roe 27.0
12 Cheynee Stiller 27.0
14 Robert Copeland 25.0
15 Matt Moody 24.5
16 Jared Brennan 21.0
17 Brad Scott 20.5
18 Joel Patfull 20.0
19 Jason Akermanis 19.5
20 Ben Fixter 17.0
21 Jed Adcock 15.5
22 Scott Harding 14.0
23 Ashley McGrath 13.0
24 Josh Drummond 11.0
25 Rhan Hooper 10.0
26 Daniel Merrett 9.0
27 Beau McDonald 8.0
28 Chris Johnson 6.0
29 Marty Pask 4.0
30 Clark Keating 3.5
30 Justin Leppitsch 3.5
32 Wayde Mills 3.0
32 Cameron Wood 3.0
34 Jayden Attard 2.5
35 Mitchell Clark 2.0
35 Joel MacDonald 2.0

 

2005 Awards

Merrett-Murray Medalist Jason Akermanis

Best Tackler

 Jason Akermanis
Most Imporoved Player Jed Adcock
Most Professional Player Jonathan Brown
Rookie of the Year Jed Adcock
Leading Goalkicker Daniel Bradshaw
Best Clubman Jonathan Brown/ Dylan McLaren

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Jason Akermanis 52.0.
2 Chris Johnson 47.0
3 Jed Adcock 45.5
4 Michael Voss 44.0
5 Luke Power 43.5
6 Jonathan Brown 41.5
7 Mal Michael 38.0
8 Daniel Bradshaw 37.5
9 Tim Notting 35.5
10 Nigel Lappin 34.0
11 Simon Black 32.5
11 Ashley McGrath 32.5
13 Justin Sherman 31.5
14 Anthony Corrie 30.5
15 Justin Leppitsch 29.5
16 Josh Drummond 26.5
16 Dylan McLaren 26.5
18 Joel MacDonald 26.0
19 Troy Selwood 24.0
20 Clark Keating 23.0
21 Brad Scott 20.0
22 Chris Scott 18.0
23 Robert Copeland 16.0
24 Daniel Merrett 13.5
25 Jamie Charman 10.5
26 Martin Pike 9.0
27 Darryl White 8.5
28 Jared Brennan 5.0
29 Matthew Moody 4.0
30 Travis Baird 1.0
30 Michael Rischitelli 1.0
30 Ton Logan 1.0
30 Leigh Ryswyk 1.0

2004 Awards

Merret-Murray Medalist Nigel Lappin
Most Tackles Nigel Lappin
Most effective Tackles Nigel Lappin
Most Difficult Tackles Robert Copeland
Most Improved Player Robert Copeland
Most Professional Player Michael Voss
Rookie of the Year Richard Hadley
Leading Goalkicker Jason Akermanis
Best Finals Player Mal Michael

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Nigel Lappin 78.0
2 Luke Power 68.0
3 Simon Black 66.0
4 Jason Akermanis 63.0
4 Michael Voss 63.0
6 Mal Michael 58.0
7 Robert Copeland 56.0
8 Chris Johnson 53.0
9 Justin Leppitsch 52.5
10 Jonathan Borown 50.0
11 Tim Notting 44.0
11 Martin Pike 44.0
13 Richard Hadley 40.5
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Daniel Bradshaw

39.5
15 Shaun Hart 38.5
16 Jmaie Charman 35.5
17 Brad Scott 32.5
18 Craig McRae 31.0
19 Blake Caracella 28.5
19 Ashley McGrath 28.5
21 Dylan McLaren 28.0
22 Alastair Lynch 27.5
23 Chris Scott 25.0
24 Darryl White 23.0
25 Clark Keating 18.0
26 Joel MacDonald 14.0
27 Anthony Corrie 13.0
28 Aaron Shattock 9.0
29 Jared Brennan 6.5
30 Daniel Pratt 3.0
31 Michael Rischitelli 2.0
32 Jed Adcock 1.5

 
2003 Awards

Club Champion Michael Voss
Runner-Up Simon Black and Luke Power
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Most Tackles Simon Black
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Most Effective Tackles Luke Power
Most Improved Player Daniel Bradshaw
Best Finals Player Luke Power
Rookie of the Year Ashley McGrath
Leading Goalkicker Alastair Lynch
Don Smith Most Professional Player Michael Voss

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Michael Voss 71.0
2 Simon Black 70.0
2 Luke Power 70.0
4 Nigel Lappin 64.0
5 Shaun Hart 60.5
6 Jason Akermanis 59.5
7 Justin Leppitsch 54.0
8 Alastair Lynch 52.5
8 Martin Pike 52.5
10 Jamie Charman 52.0
10 Mal Michael 52.0
12 Jonathan Brown 49.5
13 Brad Scott 49.0
14 Chris Jonhson 47.5
15 Daniel Bradshaw 44.0
16 Marcus Ashcroft 43.5
17 Ashley McGrath 40.5
18 Robert Copeland 38.5
19 Craig McRae 37.0
20 Darryl White 34.0
21 Blake Caracella 31.5
22 Chris Scott 28.5
23 Aaron Shattock 26.0
24 Clark Keating 23.5
25 Tim Notting 16.5
26 Beau McDonald 14.5
27 Richard Hadley 5.5
28 Luke Weller 4.0
28 Dylan McLaren 4.0
30 Jason Gram 1.5
31 Shane Morrison 1.0

 
2002 Awards

Merret - Murray Medalist Simon Black
Runner - Up Michael Voss
Third Place Marcus Ashcroft and Brad Scott
Best Finals Player Michael voss
Most Professional Player  Craig McRae
Attitude Barometer Award (Most Tackles) Simon Black
Attitude Barometer Award (Most Effective Tackles) Craig McRae
Most Improved Player Des Headland
Rookie of the Year Jamie Charman
Leading Goalkicker Alastair Lynch

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Simon Black 66.0
2 Mihael Voss 63.0
3 Marcus Ashcroft 59.0
3 Brad Scott 59.0
5 Mal Michael 58.0
6 Chris Scott 57.0
7 Nigel Lappin 54.0
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Justin Leppitsch

 54.0
7 Martin Pike 54.0
10 Des Headland 52.0
11 Jason Akermanis 50.0
12 Chris Johnson 49.0
13 Craig McRae 47.0
14 Luke Power 46.0
15 Alyastair Lynch  44.0
16 Shaun Hart 41.0
17 Darryl White  34.0
18 Jonanthan Brown 29.0
19 Jamie Charman 28.0
20 Tim Notting 26.0
21 Beau McDonald 23.0
22 Daniel Bradshaw 21.0
23 Robert Copeland 18.0
23 Aaron Shattock 18.0
25 Clark Keating 14.0
26 Ashley Clark 9.0
27 Craig Bolton 6.0
28 Shane Morrison 2.0
29 Dylan McLaren 1.0

2001 Awards

Club Champion (Merrett - Murray Medalist) Simon Black & Michael Voss
Third Place Club Champion Nigel Lappin
Don Smith Most Professional Player Jason Akermanis
Best Finals Player Nigel Lappin
Most Improved Player Jonathan Brown
Brian Powell Memorial Rookie of the Year Robert Copeland
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Attitude Barometer Award( Most Effective Tackles) Jason Akermanis
Bill Cavanagh Memorial attitude Barometer Award (Most Attempted Tackles) Simon Black
Leading Goalkicker Alastair Lynch
Life Membership Micael Voss, Darryl White and Leo Coyne

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Simon Black 65.0
1 Michael Voss 65.0
3 Nigel Lappin 61.0
4 Jason Akermanis 57.0
5 Marcus Ashcroft 55.0
6 Jonathan Brown 49.0
7 Tim Notting 44.0
8 Mal Michael 42.0
8 Darryl White 42.0
10 Chris Johnson 41.0
11 Alastair Lynch 39.0
12 Chris Scott 38.0
13 Shaun Hart 37.0
13 Brad Scott 37.0
15 Daniel Bradshaw 33.0
16 Beau McDonald 32.0
17 Clark Keating 29.0
18 Martin Pike 28.0
18 Craig McRae 28.0
20 Justin Leppitsch 21.0
21 Luke Power 19.0
22 Robert Copeland 18.0
22 Des Headland 18.0
24 Ben Robbins 12.0
25 Craig Bolton 9.0
26 Marcus Piein 6.0
27 Damian Cupido 5.0
27 Matthew Kennedy 5.0
29 Aaron Shattock 3.0
30 Trent Knobel 2.0
30 Dylan McLaren 2.0
32 Jamie Charman 1.0

 
2000 Awards

Club Champion (Merrett - Murray Medalist) Michael Voss
Runner - Up Club Champion Nigel Lappin
Third Place Club Champion Justin Leppitsch
Don Smith Most Professional Player Michael Voss
Best Finals Player Justin Leppitsch
Most Improved Player Luke Power
Brian Powell Memorial Rookie of the Year Beau McDonald
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Attitude Barometer Award (Full Ground) Darryl White
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Attitude Barometer Award (Inside Forward 50m) Luke Power
Leading Goalkicker Alastair Lynch

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Michael Voss 53.0
2 Nigel Lappin 48.0
3 Justin Leppitsch 43.0
4 Darryl White 41.0
5 Shaun Hart 40.0
6 Luke Power 39.0
7 Jason Akermanis 37.0
7 Simon Black 37.0
9 Alastair Lynch 36.0
10 Chris Johnson 33.0
10 Chris Scott 33.0
12 Beau McDonald 29.0
13 Steven Lawrence 28.0
14 Marcus Ashcroft 27.0
14 Jarrod Molloy 27.0
16 Daniel Bradshaw 24.0
17 Adam Heuskes 16.0
18 Craig McRae 14.0
19 Mick Martin 11.0
20 Jonathan Brown 10.0
20 Craig Lambert 10.0
22 Craig Bolton 9.0
23 Brett Voss 9.0
24 Matthew Kennedy 7.0
24 Tim Notting 7.0
24 Aaron Shattock 7.0
27 Ben Robbins 6.0
28 Trent Knobel 5.0
29 Richard Champion 4.0
39 Des Headland 4.0
31 Damian Cupido 3.0
31 Martin McKinnon 3.0
31 Marcus Piken 3.0
34 Nathan Clarke 2.0
35 Shannon Rusca 1.0

 
1999 Awards

Club Champion (Merret - Murray Medalist) Jason Akermanis & Justin Leppitsch
Third Place Club Champion Marcus Ashcroft
Don Smith Most Professional Player Chris Scott
Best Finals Player Jason Akermanis
Most Improved Player Steven Lawrence
Brian Powell Rookie of the Year Simon Black

Bill Cavanagh Memorial Atttiude Barometer Award (Full Ground)

 Simon Black
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Attitude Barometer Award ( Inside Forward 50m) Jarrod Molloy
Leading Goalkicker Jarrod Molloy

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Jason Akermanis 60.0
1 Justin Leppitsch 60.0
3 Marcus Ashcroft 57.0
4 Chris Scott 52.0
5 Adam Hueskes 50.0
5 Darryl White 50.0
7 Nigel Lappin 46.0
7 Michael Voss 46.0
9 Craig McRae 45.0
10 Simon Black 44.0
11 Shaun Hart 42.0
12 Steve Lawrence 41.0
13 Matthew Kennedy 39.0
13 Jarrod Molloy 39.0
15 Chris Johnson 29.0
15 Clark Keating 29.0
17 Luke Power 27.0
18 Craig Lambert 26.0
19 Richard Champion 24.0
20 Matthew Clark 22.0
21 Alastair Lynch 19.0
22 Brad Boyd 14.0
22 Shane O'Bree 14.0
24 Tim Notting 12.0
25 Brad Scott 9.0
26 Brett Voss 9.0
27 David Colthrope 5.0
27 Ben Robbins 5.0
29 Des Headland 3.0
30 Marcus Picken 2.0
31 Trent Bartlett 1.0
31 Dion Scott 1.0

1998 Awards

Club Champion (Merret - Murray Medalist) Chris Scott
Runner- Up Club Champion Marcus Ashcroft
Third Place Club Champion Matthew Kennedy
Don Smith Most Professional Player Matthew Kennedy
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Player of the Year Steven Lawrence
Brian Powell Memorial Best First Year Player Simon Black
Leading Goalkicker Justin Leppitsch
Clubman of the Year Matthew Clarke
Lions Club Player of the Year Derek Writh
Support Staff Award Dean Davis

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Chris Scott 114.0
2 Marcus Ashcroft 65.0
3 Matthew Kennedy 62.0
4 Shaun Hart 60.0
5 Alastair Lynch 58.0
6 Steven Lawrence 56.0
7 Michael Voss 46.0
8 Danny Dickfos 34.0
8 Darryl White 34.0
8 Brad Scott 34.0
11 Jason Akermanis 29.0
12 Nigel Lappin 24.0
13 Brad Boyd 23.0
14 Matthew Clarke 18.0
15 Justin Leppitsch 17.0
16 Chris Johnson 15.0
16 Dion Scott 15.0
18 Simon Black 12.0
19 Scott Bamford 10.0
19 Jarrod Molloy 10.0
19 Ben Robbins 10.0
22 Daniel Bradshaw 7.0
22 Tristan Lynch 7.0
24 Trent Bartlett 6.0
24 Luke Power 6.0
26 Craig McRae 5.0
27 Richard Champion 4.0
28 Shane O'Bree 2.0
29 Clark Keating 1.0
29 Craig Lmabert 1.0
29 Tim Notting 1.0
29 Marcus Picken 1.0

1997 Awards

Club Champion (Merrett-Murray Medalist) Matthew Clarke
Runner - Up Club Champion Nigel Lappin
Third Place Club Champion Marcus Ashcroft
Don Smith Most Professional Player Marcus Ashcroft
Bill Cavanagh Memorial Player of the Year Danny Dickfos
Best First Year Player Daniel Bradshaw
Leading Goalkicker Justin Leppitsch
Clubman of the Year Jarrod Molloy
Support Staff Award Kevin Walter
Appreciation Awards Dean Davis, Phil Jauncey, Ron Lockens

Merrett-Murray Medal Voting

Position Player Votes
1 Matthew Clarke 90.0
2 Nigel Lappin 80.0
3 Marcus Ashcroft 79.0
4 Justin Leppitsch 74.0
5 Danny Dickfos 71.0
6 Criag Lambert 70.0
7 Darryl White 69.0
8 Shaun Hart 48.0
9 Tristan Lynch 41.0
10 Alastair Lynch 38.0
11 Clark Keating 35.0
12 Michael Voss 34.0
13 Daniel Bradshaw 33.0
14 Jarrod Molloy 32.0
14 Ben Robbins 32.0
16 Craig McRae 29.0
17 Adrian Fletcher 26.0
17 Chris Johnson 26.0
19 Jason Akermanis 22.0
20 Richard Champion 21.0
21 Scott Bamford 13.0
21 Andrew Bews 13.0
23 Andrew Gowers 10.0
23 Steven Lawrence 10.0
25 Nathan Chapman 4.0
26 John Barker 3.0
27 Chris Scott 2.0
28 Scott McIvor 1.0

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