Brisbane 星／主役にする Lachie Neale 勝利，勝つs 2023 Brownlow メダル
Brisbane ball magnet Lachie Neale will 長，率いる into the AFL grand final as a two-time Brownlow メダル 勝利者 after （人命などを）奪う，主張するing the league's greatest individual honour for a second time.
The 30-year-old, who won the 2020 award and was 走者-up last year, 投票d 31 投票（する）s to 勝利，勝つ from Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli (29) and Collingwood's Nick Daicos (28), 嵐／襲撃するing home with three-投票（する） games in the final two 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs.
Neale is the first two-time 勝利者 since former Fremantle チーム仲間 Nat Fyfe in 2015 and 2019, and just the 16th player to 勝利，勝つ 多重の Brownlow メダルs.
He is also the first player to 勝利，勝つ the 最高の，を越す award without 存在 指名するd in the All-Australian team since former West Coast midfielder Matt Priddis in 2014.
The superstar Lion, who will play a 重要な 役割 against Collingwood in Saturday's decider, 普通の／平均（する）d 27.4 処分s, 8.1 通関手続き／一掃s and 13.9 contested 所有／入手s across the 正規の／正選手 season.
Neale was not at the Brownlow 儀式 in Melbourne's 栄冠を与える Palladium and was instead at a 機能（する）／行事 in Brisbane with his Lions チーム仲間s as he 準備するs for the grand final.
"Yeah it doesn't sit very 井戸／弁護士席 at the moment," a shocked Neale said after coach Chris Fagan 現在のd him with the メダル.
"I'm sure it will 沈む in at a later date. I'm pretty 動揺させるd to be honest. So 陳謝s if this (interview) doesn't go too 井戸／弁護士席.
"I did not 推定する／予想する this, and to be amongst some of those 指名するs that have won two is unbelievable.
"To be in Brisbane, 準備するing for a grand final, is amazing.
"I 港／避難所't been 伴う／関わるd in this week for a １０年間, so I'm excited."
Sydney's Errol Gulden and P ort Adelaide 星／主役にする Zak Butters 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd out the 最高の，を越す five with 27 投票（する）s apiece.
The final 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs were extraordinarily 劇の.
Dashing 20-year-old Daicos, son of Collingwood 広大な／多数の／重要な Peter Daicos, was a red-hot favourite for most of the season but 行方不明になるd the final three 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs after 苦しむing a hairline fracture in his 膝 during 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 21.
Remarkably, the young gun led on 28 投票（する）s after 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 18 and held that lead until 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 23, にもかかわらず not 投票ing in that time.
Neale drew level with Daicos in 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 23, with Bontempelli, Errol Gulden and Christian Petracca locked on 26 長，率いるing into the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.
Bontempelli, who was also 走者-up to Ollie ワインs in 2021, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd three 投票（する）s in his final game, but was leapfrogged by Neale's best-on-ground 業績／成果 against St Kilda.
Gulden 投票d one 投票（する）, against Petracca's Melbourne, while the 星／主役にする Demon failed to 投票 and finished sixth.
負傷させるd Brisbane young gun Will Ashcroft won goal of the year while GWS defender Harry Himmelberg （人命などを）奪う，主張するd 示す of the year.
Carlton defender Sam Docherty was awarded the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award.
The evening also 含むd a stirring and poignant 尊敬の印 to AFL legend Ron Barassi, who died earlier this month, from fellow 広大な／多数の／重要な Leigh Matthews.
BROWNLOW MEDAL TOP PLACEGETTERS
1. Lachie Neale (Brisbane) - 31
2. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) - 29
3. Nick Daicos (Collingwood) - 28
=4. Errol Gulden (Sydney) - 27
=4. Zak Butters (Port Adelaide) - 27
