The Gary Ayres medal will honour the best player across the finals series. Competing coaches will vote in the same 5-4-3-2-1 format as the home and away season to determine the winner, which will be announced on the Monday following the Grand Final.
Does that mean a player in a team that finishes the home & away season 5-8 or a team that finishes 1-4 but loses in the first week of the finals but goes on to play in the grand final, is more likely to win the Ayres medal? As they will play more finals games and therefore have better opportunities to poll votes?
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