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Brownlow Medal Award - Dane Swan

COLLINGWOOD midfielder Dane Swan won the 2011 Brownlow Medal, polling a record 34 votes. Swan, 27, won the count by four votes from ineligible Hawthorn onballer Sam Mitchell. Swan stormed home with five best on ground performances after Collingwood's round 13 bye, and polled votes in nine out of 11 matches after his mid-season recuperative trip to Arizona. His triumph was later described by coach Mick Malthouse as a deserved highlight in what had been a "great story" of a career, which started when Swan was drafted by the Pies with selection No.58 in the 2001 NAB AFL Draft.

To read more about Dane Swan and the award click here

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AFL Players' MVP Award (Leigh Matthews Trophy) - Chris JUDD

Blues champion Chris Judd has been awarded the prestigious Leigh Matthews Trophy as the Players’ MVP and has also been named 2011 Best Captain – the first time since 2003 that a player has taken home both awards. It’s the second time Judd has won the player-voted award, presented by Open Universities Australia, but his first at Carlton having taken home the trophy during his time at the West Coast Eagles in 2006. Judd’s dominance this year was reflected in the final voting tally. He took the Award with 1347 votes, followed by Scott Pendlebury (456 votes), and Gary Ablett Jr (389 votes).

To read more about Chris Judd and the award click here

TORP Magazine delayed until January 2012.

The publishers of TORP magazine have delayed the release date of their magazine until Pre-season. They are expecting that the magazine will launch early in 2012.

The publishers are also working on a subscription process for the magazine and as more information about this becomes available we will post it here.

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NAB Rising Star - Dyson HEPPELL

An exciting young player, a popular team amongst collectors, comparisons to star players, what else could the hobby ask for from Dyson HEPPELL the newest NAB Rising Star. Already popular within the hobby this player looks like he will also spark the Hobby Faithful into snapping up his cards and watching the prices rise.

Dyson Heppell who this week was awarded the rising star award after playing all 22 games for Essendon in his debut session. To read more about Heppell and see a list of his cards click here

Best and Fairest cards

This year as part of the second series Infinity, Select included a Best and Fairest insert set, these cards were a very basic design which was foil coated.

What was our view of this set? Would you like to know more about these cards, then read on.

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Cardboard Heroes - The Silvagni surname

One of the most famous names at Carlton and throughout the trading card hobby is Silvagni, well this month we have used the name for the theme of the Cardboard Heroes added to the AFLtcc Cardboard Hall of Fame. Yes Sergio was famous, Yes Stephen is the All-Time Full Back, and Yes most will say Alex who??? Well he is second cousin to Stephen so we thought we would give him a chance.

Check out our 3 new Cardboard Heroes

• Sergio Silvagni
• Stephen Silvagni
• Alex Silvagni

Or to check out the full list of Cardboard Heroes click here