GSFL 2023: Injured Railways midfielder Logan Stubber leads race for Coaches’ Player of the Year Award

Injured Railways midfielder Logan Stubber led the race for the 2023 Great Southern Football League Coaches’ Player of the Year Award when voting went silent for the final three rounds of the season. Stubber, a former winner of the award, is awaiting scan results for a knee injury he suffered in the Tigers’ loss to Mt Barker in round 12. Fears are the 2019 Kleemann Medal winner has gone down with another anterior cruciate ligament injury. Four votes in the game when he was injured shot Stubber to 58 votes, clear of Albany’s Isaac Baum. Baum, who is also nursing his own knee injury, has not played in the last three games for the Sharks and is second on 49 votes. Mt Barker’s Daniel Patching and Sharks’ Bryce Blaszkow are next with 41 each while Tigers’ Jayden Scott (37 votes) rounds out the top five. After eight rounds Stubber was fourth on the leaderboard but he picked up a perfect 10 in round nine to get within three votes of Baum. Another nine votes in round 10 helped Stubber take the lead while Blaszkow was also on the move, leaping to fourth spot. Blaszkow picked up six votes in the Sharks loss to Royals in round 12 to move to equal third. Lions’ Joel Flick and Kangas’ Matt Orzel are other players to have figured prominently in voting in the past month. Each league coach votes 5-4-3-2-1 for players on both sides at the end of every game. 2023 Coaches’ Player of the Year Award — Leaderboard 58: Logan Stubber (RAIL) 49: Isaac Baum (ALB) 41: Daniel Patching (MB) Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 37: Jayden Scott (RAIL) 34: Jack Beeck (ALB) Joel Want (RAIL) 31: Beau Ewen (RAIL) Joel Flick (ROY) 30: Corey Ward (ROY) Matt Orzel (NA) 29: Stephen Beal (ROY) 27: Robbie Lee (ALB) 25: Kane Pinney (ALB) 24: Nick Barrow (NA) 23: Lee Pavlovich (MB) 22: Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 21: Zach Jackson (MB) VOTING Round 8 Mt Barker v Denmark-Walpole Brad Hook 5- Darcy Wallinger (MB) 4- Daniel Patching (MB) 3- Tyler Stone (DW) 2- Zach Jackson (MB) 1- Sam Lehmann (MB) Brad Nisbett 5- Lee Pavlovich (MB) 4- Daniel Patching (MB) 3- Darcy Wallinger (MB) 2- Zach Jackson (MB) 1- Sam Lehmann (MB) North Albany v Albany Brad Bootsma 5- Robbie Lee (ALB) 4- Matt Orzel (NA) 3- Isaac Baum (ALB) 2- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 1- Jyrin Woods (NA) Jamie Ramm 5- Kane Pinney (ALB) 4- Matt Orzel (NA) 3- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 2- Isaac Baum (ALB) 1- Jyrin Woods (NA) Royals v Railways Andrew Ruck 5- Beau Ewen (RAIL) 4- Joel Flick (ROY) 3- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 2- Clay Michael (RAIL) 1- Ryan Flick (ROY) Mark Bayliss 5- Beau Ewen (RAIL) 4- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 3- Ryan Davies (RAIL) 2- Ryan Flick (ROY) 1- Jayden Scott (RAIL) Round 9 Denmark-Walpole v Royals Brad Nisbett 5- Jayson Ford (ROY) 4- Brayden Parker (ROY) 3- Stephen Beal (ROY) 2- David Parker (ROY) 1- Tyler Stone (DW) Andrew Ruck 5- Stephen Beal (ROY) 4- Corey Ward (ROY) 3- David Parker (ROY) 2- Jayson Ford (ROY) 1- Tyler Stone (DW) Albany v Railways Jamie Ramm 5- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 4- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 3- Kane Pinney (ALB) 2- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 1- Jaxon Lombardini (RAIL) Mark Bayliss 5- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 4- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 3- Jayden Zilm (ALB) 2- Kobi Doust-Pamplin (RAIL) 1- Cameron Jones (ALB) North Albany v Mt Barker Brad Bootsma 5- Matt Orzel (NA) 4- Lee Pavlovich (MB) 3- Dylan Gowdie (MB) 2- Nick Barrow (NA) 1- Darcy Wallinger (MB) Brad Hook 5- Darcy Wallinger (MB) 4- Camball McMahon (MB) 3- Nick Barrow (NA) 2- Dylan Gowdie (MB) 1- Graham Ross (NA) Round 10 Mt Barker v Albany Brad Hook 5- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 4- Robbie Lee (ALB) 3- Rhys Hogg (MB) 2- Brandon Ugle (MB) 1- Sam Lehmann (MB) Jamie Ramm 5- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 4- Isaac Baum (ALB) 3- Brandon Ugle (MB) 2- Sam Lehmann (MB) 1- Robbie Lee (ALB) Royals v North Albany Andrew Ruck 5- Matt Orzel (NA) 4- Corey Ward (ROY) 3- Ryan Flick (ROY) 2- Joel Flick (ROY) 1- Brayden Parker (ROY) Brad Bootsma 5- Matt Orzel (NA) 4- Nick Barrow (NA) 3- Corey Ward (ROY) 2- Kobi Keen (NA) 1- Brayden Parker (ROY) Railways v Denmark-Walpole Mark Bayliss 5- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 4- Kane Shephard (RAIL) 3- Joel Want (RAIL) 2- Tyler Stone (DW) 1- Reagan Hutchinson (DW) Brad Nisbett 5- Joel Want (RAIL) 4- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 3- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 2- Kane Shephard (RAIL) 1- Reagan Hutchinson (DW) Round 11 Denmark-Walpole v Albany Brad Nisbett 5- Robbie Lee (ALB) 4- Cameron Jones (ALB) 3- Brock Anning (ALB) 2- Charlie Anning (ALB) 1- Tait McLean (ALB) Jamie Ramm 5- Cameron Jones (ALB) 4- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 3- Robbie Lee (ALB) 2- Tyler Stone (DW) 1- Brock Anning (ALB) Railways v North Albany Dan Cale 5- Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 4- Joel Want (RAIL) 3- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 2- Kane Shephard (RAIL) 1- Jyrin Woods (NA) Brad Bootsma 5- Joel Want (RAIL) 4- Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 3- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 2- Kane Shephard (RAIL) 1- Nick Barrow (NA) Royals v Mt Barker Andrew Ruck 5- David Parker (ROY) 4- Stephen Beal (ROY) 3- Brandon Elliott (ROY) 2- Jayson Ford (ROY) 1- Corey Ward (ROY) Brad Hook 5- Stephen Beal (ROY) 4- David Parker (ROY) 3- Jayson Ford (ROY) 2- Keagen Taylor (MB) 1- Nigel Penny (MB) Round 12 Mt Barker v Railways Brad Hook 5- Camball McMahon (MB) 4- Darcy Wallinger (MB) 3- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 2- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 1- Sam Lehmann (MB) Dan Cale 5- Bodhi Stubber (RAIL) 4- Jayden Scott (RAIL) 3- David Stone (MB) 2- Logan Stubber (RAIL) 1- Camball McMahon (MB) North Albany v Denmark-Walpole Brad Bootsma 5- Jyrin Woods (NA) 4- Travis Conn (NA) 3- Nick Barrow (NA) 2- Matt Orzel (NA) 1- Tyler Stone (DW) Brad Nisbett 5- Matt Orzel (NA) 4- Travis Conn (NA) 3- Lucas Ravenhill (NA) 2- Tyler Stone (DW) 1- Nick Barrow (NA) Albany v Royals Jamie Ramm 5- Joel Flick (ROY) 4- Ryan Flick (ROY) 3- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 2- Tyreice Brown (ROY) 1- Cameron Jones (ALB) Darrell Panizza 5- Ryan Flick (ROY) 4- Corey Linthorne (ROY) 3- Bryce Blaszkow (ALB) 2- Joel Flick (ROY) 1- Jack Day (ALB)