Power’s Tredrea wins fourth John Cahill Medal

PORT Adelaide champion Warren Tredrea won his fourth John Cahill Medal as the Power’s best-and-fairest player on Saturday night at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Tredrea finished three votes ahead of dual best-and-fairest winner Kane Cornes.

Tredrea – who enjoyed an injury free season for the first time in many years – won his previous three Power best-and-fairest awards in 2001, 2004 and 2005.

Recently re-signed, Tredrea will play his 250th match for the club next season, the first player to do so for the Power. He led the club’s goalkicking this year with 51 goals, the eighth time he has led the club in that category, but the first time since 2005.

Defender Troy Chaplin finished third in this year’s count, closely followed by Jacob Surjan and Robbie Gray (equal fourth). Travis Boak finished sixth, just ahead of skipper Dom Cassisi, with Alipate Carlile, Danyle Pearce and David Rodan rounding out the top 10.

Tredrea took the lead after his heroics against Richmond in round eight, when he kicked seven goals – including the match winner – and then took the match-saving mark in the dying seconds. That performance gained Tredrea the maximum possible 16 votes for a single game – the only time this has been achieved in Power history.

In other awards, captain Cassisi won the Fos Williams Medal as the player’s choice for the club’s best team man, the second successive year he has picked up the coveted award.

Cassisi was hampered by a slow start to the season in the best-and-fairest count, gaining just nine votes from the first six rounds. He gathered 69 votes from the remaining 16 games, bettered only by Tredrea (70 votes).

Boak won the Gavin Wanganeen Medal for the best player aged under 21, while the most improved player award went to Robbie Gray and best first year player to Hamish Hartlett.

BEST & FAIREST – TOP 10
1st - Warren Tredrea (103 votes)
2nd - Kane Cornes (100 votes)
3rd - Troy Chaplin (92 votes)
=4th - Robbie Gray (91 votes)
=4th - Jacob Surjan (91 votes)
6th - Travis Boak (81 votes)
7th - Domenic Cassisi (78 votes)
=8th - Alipate Carlile (73 votes)
=8th - Danyle Pearce (73 votes)
10th - David Rodan (70 votes)