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Tyla Hanks finished third in the 2025 AFLW best and fairest count
TYLA Hanks has finished third in the 2025 AFLW best and fairest count, receiving 18 votes during Monday night’s W Awards.
The freshly named All-Australian midfielder polled votes across seven games, including four three-vote performances.
Hanks wasn’t the only Demon celebrated for strong displays with 10 Melbourne players collecting a total of 54 votes.
Kate Hore was next in line behind Hanks with the second most votes for the red and blue, polling 11 from six games of recognition.
Across the team’s 12 matches, five players were named best afield with Hanks, Hore, Maeve Chaplin, Eden Zanker and Tayla Harris all deemed the top players on nine occasions.
North Melbourne’s Ash Riddell took home the coveted award at the end of the night with 23 votes.
See below for the full Melbourne leaderboard.
Melbourne Leaderboard
18 – Tyla Hanks
11 – Kate Hore
8 – Tayla Harris
6 – Eden Zanker
3 – Maeve Chaplin
2 – Eliza McNamara
2 – Paxy Paxman
1 – Shelley Heath
1 – Alyssia Pisano
