Ah yes, the guard has changed on the wings of the AFL in 2025.
No more Josh Daicos, Errol Gulden sidelined for another couple of months… the Robert Flower Wingman of the Year Award is the widest open race we’ve had in years, and the new stars are jockeying for position each week.
In Round Two, we had some new faces emerge in the role, with some rising stars flexing their muscles, and a few old blokes who have moved into the role later in their AFL lives demonstrating they have plenty left in the tank.
In 2025, we are again honoured and privileged at The Mongrel Punt to be granted permission from the Flower family to name our Wingman of the Year Award after one of the greatest players the Melbourne Football Club has ever produced.
The Robbie Flower Wingman of the Year Award covers one of the more neglected positions in the league over the last decade. Whilst the last couple of years have seen some long overdue recognition for the outside runners, with both Josh Daicos and Errol Gulden named to the All-Australian team, it has largely been a role that has been overlooked by all except those with a keen eye for what wingmen mean to a team – the defensive running, the link-up play, the creativity, and the potent metres-gained aspect of their play.
Now in its sixth season, The Robert Flower Wingman of the Year Award is the only award of its kind, ranking the wingmen of the league on a weekly basis, combining statistical data with a voting structure to assess those playing the role.
Previous winners are as follows.
2020 – Sam Menegola (Geelong)
2021 – Paul Seedsman (Adelaide)
2022 – Karl Amon (Port Adelaide)
2023 – Josh Daicos (Collingwood)
2024 – Errol Gulden (Sydney)
Amazing that Paul Seedsman just had the best season of his career in 2021 and was forced to retire. Hope you’re now doing well, Seed.
Let’s see what happened in Round Two, and how it impacts the overall leaderboard.
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