Seasoned AFL umpire Simon Meredith has spoken in favour of having statistics at his disposal to aid Brownlow Medal voting.

The 527-game official also said he ‘doewould have awarded a marking interference free kick to Jamie Elliott late in Collingwood’s preliminary final loss to Brisbane.

How the umpires are permitted to go about voting has been a contentious topic of conversation since Matt Rowell stunned the AFL world by surging past Nick Daicos and teammate Noah Anderson to win the Brownlow Medal.

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