{"id":527941,"date":"2026-03-09T02:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527941\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T02:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:44:17","slug":"pies-bring-in-new-nick-daicos-rule-changing-clubs-best-and-fairest-voting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527941\/","title":{"rendered":"Pies bring in new Nick Daicos rule, changing club\u2019s best and fairest voting system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood\u2019s golden child Nick Daicos is set to benefit from a change to the club\u2019s best and fairest voting system.<\/p>\n

It comes on the back of the controversial Copeland Trophy count that saw the superstar midfielder finish runner-up to Darcy Cameron in 2025.<\/p>\n

After failing to win a Brownlow Medal \u2013 despite averaging more than 30 votes a season for the past three years \u2013 many assumed Daicos would at least receive the best and fairest award from the Pies for his immense 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

Even Collingwood coach Craig McRae assumed as much as he congratulated Daicos on his runner-up finish behind surprise winner Matt Rowell, taking a jab at the umpires for some of the games Rowell was given three votes despite not having a huge amount of the footy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe a few more 16 disposal games might get you there next year,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

But he was left with egg on his face when Daicos failed to win his own club\u2019s count, finishing second behind ruckman Cameron.<\/p>\n

And after Daicos\u2019s incredible 41-disposal best-on-ground performance in Collingwood\u2019s 12-point triumph over St Kilda on Sunday night, McRae revealed the club\u2019s voting system had been restructured in the wake of last year\u2019s blunder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe changed the system, we did,\u201d McRae revealed on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\"Hawthorn<\/p>\n

\u201cThe system was needing to be changed to reward the extreme games. He had an extreme game tonight, didn\u2019t he? Fourty-odd touches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Nick\u2019s just maturing so much in front of our eyes. He trains harder than anyone else. Same with Josh (Daicos), like Josh had an amazing game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have a game plan that brings the best out in our players, and Josh and Nick are certainly players that we just want to give the ball to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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