Help us find football’s greatest bromance. Help us choose the teammates who broke each other’s bones as well as each other’s hearts before kissing and making up for the sake of the team?
The Fronwlow Medal takes a close look at some of the most passionate pairings in Australian professional football and takes a trip down memory lane to highlight some of the most romantic Frownlow nominations in history.
The Frownlow Medal is awarded to the player whose off-field demeanour epitomises the values of the modern-day footballer and draws attention to the status of footballers as role models to young Australians. It covers Australia’s four major football codes; the National Rugby League (NRL), Australian Football League (AFL), the A-League (Football) and Rugby Union’s Super Rugby competition. NRL player Shaun Kenny-Dowall won the inaugural medal in 2015, while NRL star Jarryd Hayne is the most recent recipient.
The Frownlow Medal Hall of Fame honours former players and players who received media attention in previous seasons, for similarly scandalous behaviour, and its inductees include Ben Cousins and Julian O’Neill.
Football’s greatest bromances:
NRL
James Tedesco and Shannon Wakeman
Daly Cherry Evans and Jackson Hastings
Jamal Idris, Lee Te Maari and Ben Barba,
plus fellow Bulldogs Corey Allen and Jacob Kiraz
Brisbane Broncos:
Corey Oates and Justin Hodges
Payne Haas and Albert Kelly
Tom Flegler and Jordan Riki
Super Rugby
Matt Dunning and Des Tuiavi’i
Amanaki Mafi and Lopeti Timani
AFL
Steven May and Jake Melksham
No, Wayne Carey does not qualify for this particular award. He had a romance with his teammate’s wife, not his teammate.
West Coast Eagles:
Daniel Kerr and Ben Cousins
Daniel Connors and Ben Cousins
Daniel Chick and Andrew Embley (prompted by Ben Cousins)
Do you know of any football bromance, from Australia’s four major codes, which should be included in this list?
Image: Tyler Nix
The Frownlow Medal 