Dalby Swans star Riley Easton has been awarded the 2014 Under 16 Jack Barry Medal, after a fantastic McDonald's Cup season.
Swans midfielder Easton was declared the winner, but only just with Roos classy forward James Sprason falling just 1 vote shy of claiming the JB Medal as well. It was a tight vote count all night, with players from 7 different clubs represented in the final top 10.
It was Easton's night, as he also collected the Under 16 Representative Player of the Year, after a fantastic State Championships for Brisbane South back in June.
Easton has played 106 career games, which includes 10 games in the Darling Downs Crows program and 96 with his beloved Dalby Swans. He has also kicked 61 career goals since 2010, with the half-back flanker come midfielder, rarely sighted inside forward 50.
Riley didn't look a chance after the first half of the season, with limited matches Easton only collect 6 votes in the first 9 rounds of the season.
Leaderboard after 9 Rounds
Sean Melbin (Dalby) 11
Jacob Schroen (Lockyer Valley) 10
James Sprason (Coolaroo) 9
Simeon Burrill (Warwick) 9
Josh Adams (Highfields) 7
Ryan Neumann (South Toowoomba) 7
Glen Roulston (Warwick) 7
Cormack Ebbage (Dalby) 7
Jacob Sheath (Highfields) 7
Riley Easton (Dalby) 6
Ben Southey (Coolaroo) 6
Kahilam Brookes (South Toowoomba) 6
However, Easton stormed home in the second half of the season collecting an amazing 14 votes, to clinch the Jack Barry Medal on 20 votes.
Riley Easton Votes by Round
Round 2 - 3 votes, Round 3 - 3 votes, Round 11 - 3 votes, Round 12 - 3 votes, Round 14 - 3 votes, Round 15 - 2 votes, Round 17 - 3 votes = 20 votes
Final Top 5 Leaderboard
Riley Easton (Dalby) 20 votes
James Sprason (Coolaroo) 19 votes
Sean Melbin (Dalby) 18 votes
Josh Adams (Highfields) 17 votes
Jacob Schroen (Lockyer Valley) 17 votes
Highfields Lions forward Thomas Clark was awarded the Leading Goal-Kicker trophy for the Under 16 McDonald's Cup after kicking 72 goals for the season. At an impressive average of 6.5 goals per game, Clark was the number one goal kicker across all competitions and bagged impressive individual hauls of 12 and 13 goals during the season.
Clarks current season tally is at 77 and with the Grand-Final on Saturday he could be adding to that already impressive statistic. Clark has now kicked 155 career goals from 114 career games.
Your Clubs Top 3 Vote Getters
Dalby Swans
Riley Easton (Winner) 20 votes
Sean Melbin (3rd) 18 votes
Cormack Ebbage (=15th) 9 votes
Coolaroo
James Sprason (Runner Up) 19 votes
Kale Ross (=11th) 11 votes
Ben Southey (=17th) 8 votes
Highfields Lions
Josh Adams (=4th) 17 votes
William Grundon (=11th) 11 votes
Thomas Clark (=13th) 10 votes
Lockyer Valley Demons
Jacob Schroen (=4th) 17 votes
Aidan Cohen-Campbell (=9th) 12 votes
Jordan Lyne (=19th) 7 votes
Toowoomba Tigers
Brock Turner (6th) 16 votes
Jack Wilson (=22nd) 4 votes
Timothy Hall (=30th) 2 votes
South Toowoomba Bombers
Ryan Neumann (7th) 15 votes
Kahilam Brookes (=19th) 7 votes
Callum Walters (=24th) 3 votes
Warwick Redback's
Jack Fletcher (8th) 14 votes
Shane Iles (=9th) 12 votes
Glen Roulston (=13th) 10 votes
University Cougars
Agok Deng (=22nd) 4 votes
Andrew Bani-Freeman & Connor Banim (=30th) 2 votes
Deng Arok, Emmanual Fallah, Abdullah Haddad & Mach Mach (=43rd) 1 vote
Last Modified on 26/09/2014 09:03
