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Showdown Medal

Annual Australian rules football award

Showdown Medal
Summary

Annual Australian rules football award

[[Abbey Dowrick]] wearing her Showdown Medal in 2025

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, although in 2025 retrospective Showdown Medals were awarded by the clubs to players adjudged best on ground in the six Showdowns before the first medal was awarded. It also was formerly known as the "West End Medal", but is currently sponsored by Balfours.

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

AFL

[[Robbie Gray]] holds the record for the most Showdown Medals, with five.
Sam Jacobs]] is one of two Crows to win the Medal on three occasions.
YearRoundWinnerRef
19974[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] Darren Meaddate=2025-05-08title=Showdown Medal history completeurl=https://www.afc.com.au/news/1775870/showdown-medal-history-completeaccess-date=2025-05-09website=afc.com.aulanguage=en}}
19[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] Brett James
19984[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] Adam Kingsley
19[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
19996[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] Mark Bickley
21[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20007[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (2)
22[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20013[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (2)
18[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (3)
20025[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (4)
20035[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] **
22[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20047[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (3)
22[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20053[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (4)
20[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] **
20066[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
21[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20073[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
18[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (2)
20083[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
16[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20096[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
17[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20106[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
17[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20114[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
19[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20125[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
15[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20133[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
19[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20142[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
15[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (2)
20155[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (2)
16[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20162[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
22[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20173[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (3)
20188[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (3)
20[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] ** (4)
20198[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
16[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (5)
20202[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (2)
20218[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] (3)
21[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20223[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
23[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20233[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] (2)
20[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20248[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
23[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]
20259[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]] ** (2)
20[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]

Italics denotes winner was on the losing team.

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. This potential for retrospective Showdown Medals being awarded was enhanced by the Western Derby allocating retrospective medals in 2018. 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.

MatchYearCombinedWinning clubBrownlowClub B&FMerv Agars Medal123456
1997[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]Port Adelaide
2: Shayne Breuer
1: Brendon Lade
2: Stephen Paxman
1: Stephen Daniels3: Shane Bond
2: Brayden Lyle
[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]Adelaide3: Gavin Wanganeen
2: Brendon Lade
1: Matthew Connell
2: Darren Jarman
1: Kym Koster
2: Stephen Daniels
1: Darren Jarman
1998[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]Port Adelaide3: Nathan Bassett
2: Josh Francou
1: Matthew Primus
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis
2: Matthew Primus
1: Fabian Francis
[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]Adelaide
2: Peter Vardy
1: Darren Jarman
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart
2: Peter Vardy
1: Ben Hart
1999[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]Adelaide3: Kane Johnson
1: David Gallagher3: Matthew Robran
1: Ben Hart
2: Matthew Robran
1: Ben Hart
[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]Port Adelaide3: Brendon Lade
1: Gavin Wanganeen
3: Brendon Lade
3: Gavin Wanganeen
2: Gavin Wanganeen
1: Brendon Lade
MatchCombinedWinning clubBrownlowClub B&FMerv Agars Medal19N/AN/A
2005[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]] Simon GoodwinAdelaide
2: Mark Ricciuto
1: Scott Welsh

AFL Women's

SeasonRoundWinnerRef
2022 (S7)6[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20231[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
20241[[File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg16x16px]]
202511[[File:AFL_Port_Adelaide_Icon.jpg16x16px]]

References

References

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