▁straight ▁year . ▁He ▁followed ▁that ▁match ▁up ▁with ▁another ▁best - af ield ▁performance ▁against ▁North ▁Melbourne ▁that ▁saw ▁him ▁record ▁a ▁maximum ▁three ▁Brown low ▁Medal ▁votes ▁in ▁three ▁consecutive ▁matches ▁leading ▁into ▁Richmond ' s ▁mid - season ▁by e . ▁To ▁that ▁point ▁Martin ▁ranked ▁top - 1 0 ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁for ▁dispos als ▁( 2 9 . 9 ▁per ▁game ), ▁clear ances ▁( 6 . 7 ) ▁and ▁cont ested ▁poss essions ▁( 1 4 . 5 ). ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁second ▁best ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁for ▁metres ▁gained ▁( 5 6 4 . 4 ▁per ▁game ) ▁and ▁behind ▁only ▁Patrick ▁D anger field ▁for ▁goals ▁scored ▁by ▁the ▁league ' s ▁top ▁ 2 0 ▁possession ▁w inners . ▁He ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁also ▁named ▁in ▁A FL ▁Media ''' s ▁mid - season ▁All ▁Australian ▁team . ▁ ▁He ▁continued ▁his ▁roll ▁into ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁including ▁receiving ▁a ▁maximum ▁ten ▁votes ▁from ▁Richmond ' s , ▁and ▁oppon ent ▁Carl ton ' s , ▁coach es ▁in ▁round ▁ 1 4 , ▁to ▁enter ▁first ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁association ' s , ▁champion ▁player ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁award . ▁The ▁next ▁week ▁he ▁set ▁an ▁A FL ▁record ▁by ▁breaking ▁eight ▁attempted ▁tack les ▁by ▁his ▁ ▁oppon ents ▁that ▁saw ▁Richmond ▁into ▁the ▁top - four ▁teams ▁on ▁the ▁lad der . ▁He ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁point ▁named ▁the ▁June ▁player ▁of ▁the ▁month ▁by ▁the ▁A