2025 E.W Copeland Trophy: All you need to know

All the broadcast details and information ahead of the 2025 E.W Copeland Trophy.

Collingwood will crown its 2025 Best and Fairest Player when the E.W Copeland Trophy is awarded on Friday night at Crown Palladium. The Club’s ‘night of nights’ is set to be a celebration of the 2025 AFL season, with a suite of awards to be presented to the AFL, VFL and VWFL programs.

Here’s all you need to know ahead of the big night.

What awards are on offer? 

• E.W Copeland Trophy – Best and Fairest player
• T Rush Trophy – Second Best and Fairest player
• J Joyce Trophy – Third Best and Fairest player
• Bob Rose Trophy – Best Finals player
• Harry Collier Trophy – Best Young Player
• Gavin Brown Award – Defensive Pressure Award
• Gordon Coventry Award – Leading Goal-kicker
• Darren Millane Award – Best Clubman
• Joseph Wren Trophy – VFL Best and Fairest
• Jack Hellier Trophy – VFL Best Clubman
• Robert Rose Trophy – VWFL Best and Fairest player

How can I stay across the results?

The E.W Copeland Trophy will be streamed live and free via collingwoodfc.com.au and will be covered live via the official Collingwood social media channels including Instagram, X and Facebook.

Who’s a chance take home the Copeland Trophy?

Having finished on the podium in the Brownlow Medal for a third-straight season, Nick Daicos will be one of the favourites on Friday night as he vies for back-to-back Copelands.

Having averaged 30 disposals throughout another brilliant year in the midfield, the 22-year-old will no doubt have caught the eye of his coaches once again.

Having finished on the podium last season, the duo of Darcy Cameron and Josh Daicos will again be in contention after outstanding 2025 campaigns.

Cameron emerged as one of the premier rucks in the competition and could back up last year’s runner up effort with his maiden Copeland, while Daicos is aiming for a second Best & Fairest after taking out the top honour in 2023.

Elsewhere, veteran Steele Sidebottom will challenge the top of the leaderboard after a particularly strong start to 2025 that netted him multiple Brownlow votes and Best on Ground honours.

Sidebottom and fellow midfielders Ned Long and Scott Pendlebury are all likely to poll consistently throughout the night, while defender Isaac Quaynor and forward Jamie Elliott were the standouts at their respective ends of the ground.

How are the votes awarded?

The Senior Coach Craig McRae, together with senior assistant coach Hayden Skipworth, and assistant coaches, Matthew Boyd, Scott Selwood and Jordan Roughead, award the votes after each match, including all finals matches.

Each coach is asked to vote on every player. Each player can receive votes between 0-4 on their overall impact on the game. The maximum number of votes a player can receive per round is 20 votes.

In the event that two or more players finish with the same number of votes, this will result in a tie.

2025 E.W Copeland Trophy
Friday 03 October
7:00pm (AEST)