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In theAustralian Football League, many teams contest trophies or individual awards on an annual or regular basis in individual premiership matches during the home-and-away season. Many of these awards honour a legend or legends of the competing clubs, or are used as part of events to support a charitable cause.
This list covers recurring trophies or awards in home-and-away matches of the AFL season. Not included are once-off awards, or awards presented in representative or finals matches.
| First awarded | Club "A" | Club "B" | Team award | Individual award | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Carlton | Melbourne | R. D. Barassi Trophy | — | Named in honour ofRon Barassi, Jr., who played with both clubs. The trophy was first presented in 1965, the year after Barassi transferred from Melbourne to Carlton.[1] | ||||||
| 1986 | Melbourne | Richmond | Berry Street Cup | — | Contested in support ofBerry Street, a children and family welfare organisation.[2] | ||||||
| 1993 | Collingwood | Carlton | Peter Mac Cup | — | Played in support of thePeter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Once shared between the two clubs' home matches, but since 2009 always contested at Collingwood home games against Carlton. | ||||||
| 1995 | Essendon | Western Bulldogs | EJ Whitten Cup | — | Contested at each match between the teams. Named in honour ofFootscray legendTed Whitten.[3] | ||||||
| 1997 | Adelaide | Port Adelaide | Showdown Trophy | Showdown Medal | Showdown: The best on ground award has been presented since 2000 to the best on ground Showdown matches. For Showdown XXXIX only, the medal was renamed thePhil Walsh Medal in honour of the late Port Adelaide assistant coach and Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, who was killed earlier in the month in which this particular Showdown took place.[4] | ||||||
| 1997 | St Kilda | Western Bulldogs | Barker–Whitten Challenge Plate | — | Named in honour of club legendsTrevor Barker (St Kilda) andTed Whitten (Footscray) and established in 1997, shortly after the deaths from cancer of both men. The match is played in support of the Trevor Barker Foundation, the EJ Whitten Foundation and Challenge, all three of which are foundations supporting cancer research and patients.[5] | ||||||
| 1998 | Carlton | Essendon | Madden Cup | — | Named in honour of brothersSimon Madden (378 games forEssendon) andJustin Madden (45 games for Essendon and 287 games forCarlton). Contested once per year, with home team alternating.[6] | ||||||
| 1999 | Hawthorn | St Kilda | Blue Ribbon Cup | Silk–Miller Medal | Played in support of the Victorian Police Blue Ribbon Foundation. The matches are played, and the best on ground medal is named, in honour of police officersGary Silk andRodney Miller, who were killed in the line of duty in August 1998.[7][8] | ||||||
| 2000 | Collingwood | Essendon | Perpetual ANZAC Day Trophy | Anzac Medal | Anzac Day clash: Awarded to the player displaying the most courage, skill, self-sacrifice and teamwork in the match between Essendon and Collingwood. First awarded in 2000, then later awarded retrospectively back to 1995.[9] The Perpetual ANZAC Day Trophy has been awarded since 2000.[10] | ||||||
| 2000 | Collingwood | Western Bulldogs | Robert Rose Cup | Bob Rose–Charlie Sutton Medal | Played in support of the Robert Rose Foundation, which supports Victorians with spinal cord injuries, and named in honour of former Collingwood and Footscray playerRobert Rose, who was paralysed in a car accident.[11] Since 2007, the Rose–Sutton medal is awarded to the player who displays the most courage, skill, leadership and sportsmanship in the match; this is named afterBob Rose (Robert's father, ofCollingwood) andCharlie Sutton (Footscray), who were both known for these attributes.[12] | ||||||
| 2001 | Fremantle | West Coast | RAC WA Trophy | Glendinning–Allan Medal | Western Derby: Best on ground medal has been presented since 2001 and was originally named theRoss Glendinning Medal, named solely after Western Australian footballerRoss Glendinning. In 2018 the medal was renamed the Glendinning–Allan Medal to recognise the inaugural captains of both clubs. The Western Derby Trophy is known as theRAC WA Trophy for sponsorship purposes. | ||||||
| 2002 | Sydney | Essendon (until 2013), Sir Doug Nicholls Round opponent (since 2014) | Marn Grook Trophy | — | Named in honour of the historical Aboriginal gameMarn Grook, often considered to be an ancestor of modern Australian rules football.[13] | ||||||
| 2003 | Carlton | Hawthorn | — | David Parkin Medal | Awarded to the best on ground in an annual match between the teams each season. Named in honour of former Hawthorn premiership player and premiership coach of both clubsDavid Parkin.[14] | ||||||
| 2003 | Collingwood | North Melbourne | — | Jason McCartney Medal | Awarded to the player displaying the most courage and determination in a match between the teams each season. Named in honour of North Melbourne and Collingwood playerJason McCartney, who survived the2002 Bali bombings.[15] — Not awarded since 2013. | ||||||
| 2004 | Collingwood | Richmond | Jack Dyer–Lou Richards Trophy | — | Named in honour of club legendsJack Dyer (Richmond) andLou Richards (Collingwood). | ||||||
| 2004 | Geelong | Western Bulldogs | Western Victoria Cup | — | Sponsored byOrigin Energy.[16] | ||||||
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | various | — | Peter Badcoe VC Medal | Awarded to the player displaying the most courage, teamwork and self-sacrifice in Port Adelaide's match during the Anzac Day Round. Named in honour of South Australian Vietnam War hero MajorPeter Badcoe.[17] | ||||||
| 2004 | Richmond | St Kilda | — | Ian Stewart Medal | Awarded to the best on ground in an annual match between the teams each season. Named in honour of former St Kilda and Richmond playerIan Stewart, who won Brownlow Medals and premierships with both clubs.[18] | ||||||
| 2005 | Essendon | Richmond | Kevin Sheedy Cup | Yiooken Award | Dreamtime at the 'G: Named in honour of former Richmond player and then-Essendon coachKevin Sheedy.[19] The best on ground award, awarded since 2006, is named for the Woiwurrung word for 'dreaming'.[20] | ||||||
| 2006 | Hawthorn | Geelong (2006–2012) | Beyond Blue Cup | — | Supporting and raising awareness for depression and anxiety throughBeyond Blue Cup. Then-Hawthorn presidentJeff Kennett was chairman of Beyond Blue at the time of the first contest.[21] | ||||||
| various (2013–present) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Essendon | Melbourne (2006–2011) | — | — | Clash for Cancer match:[note 1] Supporting and raising awareness for children's cancer charity Challenge.[22] Originally launched in 2006 followingAdam Ramanauskas' cancer diagnosis in partnership with theCancer Council of Victoria.[23] Players wore yellow armbands for the match, which the AFL had formally denied, resulted in the club being fined AU$20,000.[24] Since 2007 Essendon has incorporated yellow armbands into the left sleeve of the jumper, in agreement with AFL.[25] | ||||||
| various (2012–present) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Essendon | North Melbourne | — | Archer–Hird Medal | Awarded to the player displaying the most courage and determination in the first match between the teams each season. Named in honour ofGlenn Archer (North Melbourne) andJames Hird (Essendon), who were both known for their courage. — Not awarded since 2013.[26] | ||||||
| 2009 | Carlton | Collingwood | Richard Pratt Cup | Richard Pratt Medal | Contested at Carlton home games against Collingwood. Played in support of thePratt Foundation, and first played after the death in April 2009 of former Carlton presidentRichard Pratt.[27] The Richard Pratt Medal, first presented in 2012, is awarded to the player adjudged best on ground between the two teams. | ||||||
| 2009 | Hawthorn | various | Alec Campbell Cup | Frank McDonald Medal | Cup named in honour of Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteranAlec Campbell, and the best on ground medal named in honour of Australia's last surviving decorated World War I veteran Frank MacDonald. Both awards were originally contested during the early 2000s in Anzac Day round home matches by theTasmania VFL team; since 2009, after Tasmania folded,Hawthorn has contested the cup annually on or around Anzac Day in a match in Tasmania.[28] | ||||||
| 2010 | Adelaide | Collingwood | Westpac Community Cup | — | Played in support of a different community volunteer cause each year (past causes have included theCountry Fire Authority and Surf Lifesavers ofVictoria andSouth Australia.[29][30] | ||||||
| 2010 | Sydney | West Coast | HMAS Sydney II Trophy | — | Named in honour of the World War II cruiser namedHMAS Sydney which was sunk in battle in 1941.[31] | ||||||
| 2011 | Brisbane Lions | Gold Coast | QClash Trophy | Marcus Ashcroft Medal | QClash: The award for the best on ground in all QClash matches is named in honour of Queensland nativeMarcus Ashcroft, who played with Brisbane and was an assistant coach at Gold Coast.[32] | ||||||
| 2012 | Greater Western Sydney | Sydney | Lifeline Cup | Brett Kirk Medal | Sydney Derby: Awarded to the winner of the Sydney Derby, currently sponsored byLifeline The best on ground medals is named in honour of New South Wales native and former Sydney captainBrett Kirk.[33] | ||||||
| 2012 | Greater Western Sydney | Western Bulldogs (2012–2013) | Prime Minister's Cup | — | Played at one of Greater Western Sydney's home matches inCanberra. The first two cups were played between GWS andWestern Bulldogs – of which then-Prime MinisterJulia Gillard was thenumber-one ticket holder – and the opponent has varied in fixtures since the end of Gillard's term.[34] | ||||||
| various (2014–present) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | St Kilda | various | Simpson–Henderson Trophy | ANZAC Medal | New Zealand ANZAC Day clash: Awarded to the winning team ofSt Kilda's home match inWellington, New Zealand onAnzac Day. Named in honour of AustralianJohn Simpson Kirkpatrick and New ZealanderRichard Alexander Henderson, both known for carrying wounded soldiers from World War I battlefields on donkeys.[35] | ||||||
| 2015 | Collingwood | Melbourne | — | Neale Daniher Trophy | Queen's Birthday clash: Awarded to the player adjudged best-on-ground during the annual match between the clubs. Named in honour of former Melbourne coachNeale Daniher.[36] | ||||||
| 2017 | Essendon | Geelong | — | Tom Wills Award | Awarded to the player adjudged best-on-ground during the annual Country Game between the clubs. Named in honour of Australian football founderTom Wills.[37] | ||||||
| 2025 | Brisbane Lions | Carlton | — | Robert Walls Medal | Awarded to the player adjudged best-on-ground during games between the clubs. Named in honour ofRobert Walls, who played for and coached Carlton and coached both of the Lions' predecessor teams, Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears.[38] | ||||||
| Club "A" & Club "B" are listed in alphabetical order, except when award is exclusive to the home fixtures of one club. | |||||||||||
| First awarded | Club "A" | Club "B" | Team award | Individual award | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Melbourne | Western Bulldogs | Hampson–Hardeman Cup | — | Named after women football pioneers Barb Hampson and Lisa Hardeman, who developed the firstwomen's championships in 1998.[39] | ||||||
| 2020 | Brisbane | Gold Coast | QClash Trophy | QClash Medal | Awarded to the winner and best on ground in theQClash between the twoQld teams. | ||||||
| 2020 | Fremantle | West Coast | Women's Western Derby Trophy | Derby Medal | Awarded to the winner and best on ground in theWestern Derby clash between the twoWA teams. | ||||||
| 2022 | Adelaide | Port Adelaide | Showdown Plate | Showdown Medal | Awarded to the winner and best on ground in theShowdown clash between the twoSA teams. | ||||||
| Club "A" & Club "B" are listed in alphabetical order, except when award is exclusive to the home fixtures of one club. | |||||||||||