How to watch the Brownlow Medal 2023: TV channel, live stream, broadcast details

Kieran Francis

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The AFL Brownlow Medal 2023 presentation will be held on the Monday night before the Grand Final.

Collingwood prodigy Nick Daicos and Western Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli are favourites to win the prestigious main medal.

The Sporting News explains how you watch the Brownlow Medal on television and live stream.

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How to watch Brownlow Medal 2023 on TV and live stream

Television

The Seven Network will exclusively broadcast the Brownlow Medal ceremony on television from 7.30pm (AEST).

It will be shown in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart and Darwin on Channel Seven and Channel Seven HD.

However in Sydney and Brisbane it will be telecast on 7mate.

Live stream

For the first time, Channel Seven will broadcast the Brownlow Medal ceremony via their free streaming service 7plus.

7plus can be watched via any device that can access the 7plus app or website via a web browser.

It can also be cast to a device such as a television with a Chromecast or Firestick-type device.

When is the 2023 Brownlow Medal?

The Brownlow Medal will return to the traditional slot of the Monday before the Grand Final, after moving in 2022 due to the Queen’s funeral.

It will be held on Monday, September 25.

Broadcasting will begin at 7:30pm (AEST), with proceedings to start at 8:00pm. 

Where is the Brownlow Medal ceremony?

Like previous years, the Brownlow Medal night will be held at the Crown Palladium, Melbourne.

AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan will, as usual, read the votes on the night. 

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How does Brownlow Medal voting work?

At the end of each game in the home-and-away season, the umpires award three votes to the best player, two to the second-best player, and one to the third-best player.

The votes are tallied and revealed on the night of the ceremony, with the player with the most votes receiving the Brownlow Medal (subject to eligibility).

The fairest component of the medal is achieved by making any player ineligible who is suspended by the AFL Tribunal during the home-and-away season.

An ineligible player can't win the Brownlow Medal, regardless of the number of votes he has received.

This came into play in 1996, 1997 and 2012, when Corey McKernan, Chris Grant and Jobe Watson were all ineligible to win the Brownlow.

Previous Brownlow Medal Winners

Here are the winners from 2000, with a large portion coming from elite midfielders of the competition.

Year Player Club Votes
2022 Patrick Cripps Carlton 29
2021 Ollie Wines Port Adelaide 36
2020 Lachie Neale Brisbane 31
2019 Nat Fyfe Fremantle 33
2018 Tom Mitchell Hawthorn 28
2017 Dustin Martin Richmond 36
2016 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong 35
2015 Nat Fyfe Fremantle 31
2014 Matt Priddis West Coast 28
2013 Gary Ablett Jnr. Gold Coast 28
2012* Trent Cotchin/Sam Mitchell Richmond/Hawthorn 26
2011 Dane Swan Collingwood 34
2010 Chris Judd Carlton 30
2009 Gary Ablett Jnr. Geelong 30
2008 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 24
2007 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 29
2006 Adam Goodes Sydney 26
2005 Ben Cousins West Coast 20
2004 Chris Judd West Coast 30
2003 Mark Ricciuto/Nathan Buckley/Adam Goodes Adelaide/Collingwood/Sydney 22
2002 Simon Black Brisbane 25
2001 Jason Akermanis Brisbane 23
2000 Shane Woewodin Melbourne 24

* Jobe Watson was stripped of the 2012 Brownlow Medal due to the Essendon drug saga.

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.