Giants mid takes lead as star Tiger polls in Best Finals Player voting
GWS young gun Tim Taranto has taken the lead in this year’s Gary Ayres Award for Best Finals Player. The Giants midfielder was awarded three votes by the coaches in Saturday’s narrow preliminary final win over Collingwood and now sits atop the leaderboard on 13 votes. Taranto had 26 disposals, five inside 50s, eight clearances and laid six tackles in the dramatic four-point victory but only came in as GWS’ third best player. Nick Haynes and Zac Williams both picked up 9 votes from Leon Cameron and...