▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁grand ▁final ▁it ▁also ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁awarded . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁premi ership , ▁his ▁Brown low ▁Medal ▁and ▁his ▁Norm ▁Smith ▁Medal , ▁Martin ▁also ▁received ▁both ▁the ▁Play ers ▁Association ▁and ▁Co aches ▁Association ▁awards ▁for ▁player ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁the ▁former ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁Matt he ws ▁himself . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁numerous ▁media ▁awards ▁as ▁the ▁season ' s ▁best ▁player ▁including ▁those ▁from ▁the ▁Her ald ▁Sun , ▁ 3 AW , ▁S EN , ▁Tri ple ▁M ▁and ▁fo x foot y . com . au . ▁Martin ▁received ▁All - Austral ian ▁hon ours ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁consecutive ▁year ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁second - stra ight ▁Jack ▁D yer ▁Medal ▁as ▁Richmond ' s ▁best ▁and ▁fair est ▁player . ▁His ▁spect ac ular ▁final ▁series ▁was ▁also ▁recogn ised ▁by ▁the ▁Co ach ' s ▁Association , ▁ear ning ▁him ▁the ▁first ▁Gary ▁Ay res ▁Award ▁as ▁the ▁player ▁jud ged ▁the ▁best ▁perform er ▁across ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁A FL ▁final s ▁series . ▁▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁season ▁ ▁Martin ▁entered ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁player ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁pre - season ▁Play ers ▁Association ▁poll , ▁up ▁from ▁ 1 2 th ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁He ▁trained ▁at ▁full ▁strength ▁during ▁the ▁off - season ▁and ▁played ▁well ▁in ▁each