FL ▁Play ers ▁Association ▁for ▁performances ▁between ▁r ounds ▁ 1 1 ▁and ▁ 1 5 . ▁Despite ▁being ▁tag ged , ▁Martin ▁turned ▁in ▁his ▁second ▁ 4 0 - plus ▁dispos al ▁match ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁a ▁fort night ▁later ▁in ▁Richmond ' s ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁. ▁In ▁addition , ▁his ▁ 1 2 ▁inside - 5 0 s ▁was ▁the ▁equal ▁second ▁most ▁recorded ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁by ▁a ▁Richmond ▁player . ▁ ▁He ▁narrow ly ▁avoided ▁susp ension ▁in ▁that ▁match ▁however , ▁instead ▁receiving ▁fin es ▁for ▁two ▁separate ▁inc idents ▁of ▁care less ▁conduct ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁hit ▁back ▁at ▁tag ger ▁Nick ▁Robert son ▁during ▁the ▁match . ▁Martin ▁was ▁again ▁awarded ▁the ▁A FL PA ▁Player ▁of ▁the ▁Month ▁in ▁July , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁player ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁award ▁in ▁back - to - back ▁months . ▁When ▁he ▁received ▁another ▁nom ination ▁in ▁August ▁( one ▁of ▁six ▁players ▁each ▁month ), ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁only ▁player ▁to ▁be ▁nominated ▁in ▁every ▁month ▁in ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁award ' s ▁inaug ural ▁season . ▁He ▁continued ▁his ▁form ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁weeks ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁including ▁in ▁round ▁ 2 3 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Ian ▁Stewart ▁Medal ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁af ield ▁in ▁Richmond ' s ▁win ▁over ▁ ▁at ▁the ▁M CG . ▁Richmond ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁having ▁won ▁ 1 5 ▁matches ▁and ▁earned ▁a ▁top - four ▁finish ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1