Adelaide captain Taylor Walker has been nominated for Goal of the Year.
The key forward booted the final goal of the game from outside 50 as the siren sounded during the Crows’ 14-point loss to GWS Giants at UNSW Canberra Oval on Saturday night.
In the dying seconds, Tom Lynch handballed out of traffic on the
Walker has been nominated alongside two midfielders, Western Bulldogs star Marcus Bontempelli and Fremantle’s Lachie Neale.
Fans can now view and vote for their
Voting opens 12noon AEST each round the day after the last game and will close the night before
All members of the public that vote and pick a weekly winner in the 2018 Coates Hire Goal of the Year will go into the draw to win $10,000.
At the end of each 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season Round, the AFL Media editorial team will nominate three goals for public voting for the weekly Coates Hire Goal of the Year.
In a change that came into effect for the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, footy fans will become the eleventh member of the AFL All Australian selection panel who will determine the overall winner for the Coates Hire Goal of the Year Award. Fans will be able to vote for their
At the conclusion of the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, the AFL All Australian selection panel will select the best three goals from a selection of 28 (the 23 weekly winners as voted by the footy fans, along with five other contenders). These goals will be selected based on a 5/4/3/2/1 vote given by each member of the selection committee.
The best three goals will then go to another vote to decide the winner of the 2018 Coates Hire Goal of the Year with the fans pick considered as a single vote in addition to the ten-person AFL All Australian selection panel voting.
The 2018 Coates Hire Goal of the Year award winner will be announced at the 2018 Brownlow Medal Count. The player that wins the 2018 Coates Hire Goal of the Year will receive $10,000.
