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The AFL Players’ Association MVP Award nominees for 2018 have been revealed, ahead of the awards on Thursday, August 30.

The nomination for the MVP Award is a two-stage process. The first involves players nominating three teammates for the award, before three nominees from every club are presented to the wider playing group for a vote to decide the winner. Players cannot vote for their own teammates in stage two of the process.

VOTE FOR YOUR 22UNDER22 TEAM

Alongside the Most Courageous, Best Captain and Best First Year award nominees, the league’s players have nominated the three players they believe are their most valuable.

ADELAIDE

MVP: Rory Laird, Tom Doedee, Matt Crouch

Most Courageous: Tom Doedee

Best First Year: Lachlan Murphy

Captain: Taylor Walker

BRISBANE

MVP: Harris Andrews, Dayne Beams, Dayne Zorko

Most Courageous: Darcy Gardiner

Best First Year: Cam Rayner

Captain: Dayne Beams/Dayne Zorko

CARLTON

MVP: Patrick Cripps, Charlie Curnow, Kade Simpson

Most Courageous: Kade Simpson

Best First Year: Paddy Dow

Captain: Marc Murphy

COLLINGWOOD

MVP: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom

Most Courageous: Taylor Adams

Best First Year: Jaidyn Stephenson

Captain: Scott Pendlebury

ESSENDON

MVP: Tom Bellchambers, Dyson Heppell, Devon Smith

Most Courageous: Matt Dea

Best First Year: Matt Guelfi

Captain: Dyson Heppell

FREMANTLE

MVP: Ed Langdon, David Mundy, Lachie Neale

Most Courageous: Ed Langdon

Best First Year: Adam Cerra

Captain: Nathan Fyfe

GEELONG

MVP: Mark Blicavs, Tom Hawkins, Tom Stewart

Most Courageous: Joel Selwood

Best First Year: Tim Kelly

Captain: Joel Selwood

GOLD COAST

MVP: Jarrod Harbrow, David Swallow, Jarrod Witts

Most Courageous: David Swallow

Best First Year: Charlie Ballard

Captain: Tom Lynch, Steven May

GWS

MVP: Stephen Coniglio, Callan Ward, Lachie Whitfield

Most Courageous: Callan Ward

Best First Year: Sam Taylor

Captain: Callan Ward, Phil Davis

HAWTHORN

MVP: Luke Breust, Tom Mitchell, Ben Stratton

Most Courageous: Ben Stratton

Best First Year: James Worpel

Captain: Jarryd Roughead

MELBOURNE

MVP: Max Gawn, Tom McDonald, Clayton Oliver

Most Courageous: Neville Jetta

Best First Year: Bayley Fritsch

Captain: Nathan Jones, Jack Viney

NORTH MELBOURNE

MVP: Ben Brown, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Higgins

Most Courageous: Jed Anderson

Best First Year: Luke Davies-Uniacke

Captain: Jack Ziebell

PORT ADELAIDE

MVP: Robbie Gray, Tom Jonas, Justin Westhoff

Most Courageous: Tom Jonas

Best First Year: Kane Farrell

Captain: Travis Boak

RICHMOND

MVP: Shane Edwards, Kane Lambert, Dustin Martin

Most Courageous: Dylan Grimes

Best First Year: Jack Higgins

Captain: Trent Cotchin

ST KILDA

MVP: Jake Carlisle, Sebastian Ross, Jimmy Webster

Most Courageous: Jimmy Webster

Best First Year: Hunter Clark

Captain: Jarryn Geary

SYDNEY

MVP: Lance Franklin, Isaac Heeney, Josh Kennedy

Most Courageous: Isaac Heeney

Best First Year: Tom McCartin

Captain: Josh Kennedy

WEST COAST

MVP: Jack Darling (June’s MVP of the Month), Andrew Gaff, Shannon Hurn, Elliot Yeo

Most Courageous: Brad Sheppard

Best First Year: Liam Ryan

Captain: Shannon Hurn

WESTERN BULLDOGS

MVP: Marcus Bontempelli, Lachie Hunter, Jackson Macrae

Most Courageous: Dale Morris

Best First Year: Ed Richards

Captain: Easton Wood