Adelaide ruckman Reilly O’Brien has won the Phil Walsh Best Team Man Award.
Named after the late Crows coach, the Award has been presented every year since the Club’s inaugural season.
It was renamed in 2015 in honour of the late Crows coach and recognises the Club’s most selfless player who lives and breathes ‘team-first’ - a staple mantra of Walsh.
O’Brien played 20 games in 2022 and averaged 13 disposals, a career-best 37 hitouts and 2.7 marks per game.
The 27-year-old’s commitment to his teammates and the Club was unparalleled this year and ensured he was a frontrunner for the Best Team Man Award.
He follows in the footsteps of Tom Lynch, who won the Award in his final season last year, and ruck mentor Sam Jacobs (2012).
Phil Walsh Best Team Man Award winners:
1991 – Rodney Maynard
1992 – Mark Bickley
1993 – Mark Bickley
1994 – Mark Ricciuto
1995 – Rodney Jameson
1996 – Matthew Robran
1997 – Kym Koster
1998 – Peter Caven
1999 – Mark Stevens
2000 – Mark Bickley
2001 – Tyson Stenglein
2002 – Mark Stevens
2003 – Mark Ricciuto
2004 – Matthew Clarke
2005 – Nathan Bassett
2006 – Simon Goodwin
2007 – Scott Stevens
2008 – Michael Doughty
2009 – Brad Symes
2010 – Scott Stevens
2011 – Michael Doughty
2012 – Sam Jacobs
2013 – Richard Douglas
2014 – Taylor Walker
2015 – James Podsiadly
2016 – Eddie Betts
2017 – Richard Douglas
2018 – Richard Douglas
2019 - Kyle Hartigan
2020 - Tom Lynch
2021 - Tom Lynch
2022 - Reilly O’Brien
