Cornes named Port's best
07/09/2008 4:14 PM
Kane Cornes has won Port Adelaide's best and fairest award for the second year in a row, it was announced at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday night.
The midfielder became only the second player behind captain Warren Tredrae to be a multiple winner of the John Cahill Medal.
Cornes (135) finished 20 votes ahead of fellow midfielder Domenic Cassisi, while small forward Daniel Motlop (99) finished third. Shaun Burgoyne and Alipate Carlile rounded out the top five.
Coaches Mark Williams, Matthew Primus, Jason Cripps and Adam Kingsley vote on the John Cahill Medal individually by awarding 0-4 votes to as many players they see fit after each game.
Consistency was the feature of Cornes' year, missing out on votes in only two matches for the year.
Carlile won the Gavin Wanganeen medal for the best player under 21, while Travis Boak won the most improved player award.
In other awards, Cassisi won the best team man and the player-voted Fos Williams Medal, which is based on leadership, selflessness, courage, professionalism, loyalty and sense of humour, and Paul Stewart won the best first year player award.