2015 Best and Fairest Winners

EVERY club best and fairest winner from the 2015 Northern Football League season.

Lucas Hobbs rounded out his sensational debut season at Macleod by claiming the Tom Melican Medal.

The explosive midfielder added the Roos’ best and fairest to his long list of 2015 honours, a season in which he won a premiership medal, was selected in the NFL Division 1 Team of the Year and represented Vic Metro.

Hobbs claimed the Roos’ best and fairest from emerging teenager Laurence Schubert and fellow NFL Team of the Year representative Justin White.

Greensborough midfielder Tristan Stead won his first best and fairest award after a stellar season in the Boro’s runner-up campaign.

Stead – who was one of six Boro players to earn selection in the Division 1 Team of the Year – claimed the best and fairest from captain Lachlan McQuilken, while Ricky Mullins finished third.

Bradyn Taglieri took out Eltham’s best and fairest in his first season back at Panther Place after two years with the Northern Blues.

It was Taglieri’s first club champion award after finishing runner-up to Gavan Connelly in 2011.

The Panthers co-captain amassed 139 votes to edge out 2014 winner Billy Glasgow by just three votes. Anton Woods polled 81 votes to finish third in the count.

Runner-up in the competition best and fairest, Wayne Schultz went one better in Northcote Park’s count to claim the Molloy Medal.

Schultz polled 131 votes to beat Luke Svarc by just two votes in an exceptionally close count. Cougars captain Bronik Davies stormed home to finish third on 91 votes.

Dual Frank Rosbrook medallist Matthew Vasilevski claimed Lower Plenty’s best and fairest, winning the award from midfielder Heath Ayres and ruckman Patrick Flynn.

It was Vasilevski’s second club best and fairest with the Bears, after tying for the award with Darcy Barden in 2013. Vasilevski was runner-up in the club count last year, despite sharing the competition best and fairest with Bronik Davies.

Brendan Carlyon was rewarded for his consistent season by taking out his first Eric Marshall Medal as Bundoora’s best and fairest player.

Despite teammates Matthew Dennis and Ned McKeown both finishing in the top five of the league best and fairest count, Carlyon was able to improve upon his third place finish last year to win this year’s award.

Dennis finished in second place, while Andrew Carmusciano and McKeown tied for third.

Ruckman Joel McLellan finished ahead of Team of the Year representatives Jesse Donaldson and Patrick Fitzgerald to win Montmorency’s club champion award.

It was just reward for McLellan who enjoyed an improved season after assuming the role of No.1 ruckman following Ryan Willits’ departure from the Magpies.

Donaldson finished second in the best and fairest voting for the second successive year, while Fitzgerald was third after topping the club’s goal kicking for the third year in a row.

Luke Lirosi and Shaun Gannon again finished in the top two of West Preston-Lakeside’s best and fairest, however this year it was Lirosi who topped the voting.

After finishing runner-up to his captain in 2014, Lirosi went one better in 2015 to claim the Roosters’ best and fairest in his second year at the club. The midfielder edged out his skipper for the award, with Adam Valeri rounding out the top three.

Shane Harvey won his fifth North Heidelberg best and fairest after enjoying another dominant season, despite his side finishing at the bottom of the Division 1 ladder. Harvey booted 55 goals and was selected in the forward pocket of the Team of the Year.

Michael Florance proved to be a revelation in his first year with the Bulldogs and finished second behind Harvey, while Jarrod Spurrell finished third.

In Division 2, Shane Jacobs completed a treble by winning Lalor’s best and fairest in his first season with the Bloods.

The powerful midfielder also claimed the competition best and fairest and the Division 2 Coaches Player of the Year in 2015. He only just missed out on a premiership medal after his side fell three points short of Whittlesea in a thrilling grand final.

Jarrod King achieved a second successive top three finish when named runner-up to Jacobs, while Ben Curtiss finished third.

Matthew Dornauf was a runaway winner of Whittlesea’s best and fairest in its premiership season.

Dornauf polled 144 votes to finish 58 votes clear of skipper Andrew Fairchild. Midfielder Riley Dyson was third on 60 votes.

Scott McAuliffe was voted best finals player following the Eagles’ three finals wins over the Fitzroy Stars, Hurstbridge and Lalor.

Jarrod Tilley was crowned Hurstbridge club champion in his debut season at Ben Frilay Oval. It was Tilley’s second successive best and fairest, after winning the award at Kilmore in 2014.

Fellow recruit Tyron Loader came in second, while Brayden Shaw and Tom Simpson shared third place.

After finishing runner-up to Shane Jacobs in both the competition best and fairest and Coaches Player of the Year, Peter Hood was a deserving winner of the Fitzroy Stars’ club champion award.

The prolific on-baller finished ahead of ruckman Clinton Edwards and utility Daniel Francis.

Lukas Fellows’ superb season in Thomastown’s defence was capped off with a muvch deserved win in the Bears’ best and fairest.

The 20-year-old, who last year was a member of Thomastown’s premiership side in his first season of senior football, was named in the Bears’ best in 11 of 18 matches this year.

Elsewhere, Tyler Scarce and Les Adams each claimed back-to-back best and fairest awards at Panton Hill and Mernda respectively, while Diamond Creek’s Chris Moloney improved on his third place finish in 2014 to win the John Elliott Medal.

In Division 3, Judd Darby capped off a memorable first season at Reservoir – winning the Mustangs’ best and fairest in the club’s first premiership year since 1984.

Darby also won the best on ground medallion in his side’s grand final win over Epping and was named in the Division 3 Team of the Year.

The midfielder won the Mustangs’ best and fairest from Jason Dal Santo and Danny O’Sullivan.

Despite winning the competition best and fairest, Daniel Moore’s six-year reign as Epping club champion was brought to an end – beaten for this year’s award by Josh Stavely.

Stavely was instrumental in guiding the Blues to this year’s premiership decider and finished ahead of Leigh Judd and Moore in this year’s voting.

Luke Shelton won South Morang’s best and fairest in his first year at the club after crossing from Mernda. Shelton finished ahead of 18-year-old Aaron D’Angelo and veteran forward Paul Harrison.

Jarryd Allan was adjudged Watsonia’s best player throughout 2015, a season after finishing second behind Hayden Mitchell. Allan won this year’s club champion award from Jordan Brown and Andrew Kidd.

In other results, Ash Brown claimed Banyule’s best and fairest in its inaugural season in the NFL, Lee Minuz triumphed for the second successive year at St Mary’s, as did Brad Moore at Heidelberg West.

Continue below for all of this year’s best and fairest results.

DIVISION 1

BUNDOORA
1st – Brendan Carlyon
2nd – Matthew Dennis
3rd – Andrew Carmusciano and Ned McKeown

ELTHAM
1st – Bradyn Taglieri
2nd – Billy Glasgow
3rd – Anton Woods

GREENSBOROUGH
1st – Tristan Stead
2nd – Lachlan McQuilken
3rd – Ricky Mullins

HEIDELBERG
To be held on Friday, November 13.

LOWER PLENTY
1st – Matthew Vasilevski
2nd – Heath Ayres
3rd – Patrick Flynn

MACLEOD
1st – Lucas Hobbs
2nd – Laurence Schubert
3rd – Justin White

MONTMORENCY
1st – Joel McLellan
2nd – Jesse Donaldson
3rd – Patrick Fitzgerald

NORTH HEIDELBERG
1st – Shane Harvey
2nd – Michael Florance
3rd – Jarrod Spurrell

NORTHCOTE PARK
1st – Wayne Schultz
2nd – Luke Svarc
3rd – Bronik Davies

WEST PRESTON-LAKESIDE
1st – Luke Lirosi
2nd – Shaun Gannon
3rd – Adam Valeri