AFL premiership player Heath Shaw has shared a left-field solution to solving the Brownlow Medal’s voting headache after Matt Rowell ran away with the award on Monday night .

The Gold Coast midfielder polled 39 votes, the second-most in history behind last year’s winner Patrick Cripps (45).

Rowell’s monster haul was helped along by several games where he picked up three votes despite not being expected to poll at all.

“Matt Rowell’s an absolute superstar. The first three games he ever played, he got three Brownlow votes, so he’s definitely someone who can poll pretty well,” Shaw tells 7NEWS.com.au.

“We saw last year how many votes they actually scored to win it last year — it is getting probably to a point where it’s a bit outrageous.

“Not saying too many half-back flankers polling

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