With just one round to go, the AFL Coaches’ Champion Player of the Year award remains well and truly up for grabs.
Fremantle star Nat Fyfe still sits atop the leaderboard, but a nine-vote performance from Sydney’s Dan Hannebery has seen him close the gap to just six votes.
With Fyfe set to watch the final match of the season from the sidelines, due to injury, Hannebery would need to poll six votes in the final round to draw level with Fyfe, or seven votes to win the award outright. Players can be awarded up to 10 votes per match.
Should Hannebery be awarded six votes in Sydney’s Round 23 clash with Gold Coast, he and Fyfe will be just the second group of joint winners since the award’s inception in 2003. Sydney’s Adam Goodes and Adelaide’s Simon Goodwin shared the honour in 2006.
While Hannebery’s nine-vote performance was one of the highest of the weekend, three players went one better and scored a perfect 10. Western Bulldogs young gun Marcus Bontempelli and Adelaide spearhead Josh Jenkins were given top marks, while Collingwood’s Taylor Adams was unanimously voted best afield in Collingwood’s thrashing of Geelong on Friday night.
Comeback kid Daniel Menzel was awarded just one vote from the coaches for his first match back, despite finishing with 20 disposals and four goals.
See all the votes from all the games below and head to the AFL Coaches’ Association website for all their latest.
AFL COACHES’ ASSOCIATION CHAMPION PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD
100 – Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
94 – Dan Hannebery (Sydney)
82 – Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
73 – Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)
73 – David Mundy (Fremantle)
69 – Matt Priddis (West Coast)
68 – Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
67 – Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
65 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
61 – Dustin Martin (Richmond)
Geelong Cats v Collingwood
10 – Taylor Adams (Coll)
7 – Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
4 – Mark Blicavs (Geel)
3 – Levi Greenwood (Coll)
2 – Jordan De Goey (Coll)
2 – Brodie Grundy (Coll)
1 – Jack Crisp (Coll)
1 – Daniel Menzel (Geel)
GWS V Carlton
9 – Jeremy Cameron (GWS)
9 – Adam Treloar (GWS)
5 – Heath Shaw (GWS)
3 – Callan Ward (GWS)
2 – Patrick Cripps (Carl)
2 – Adam Kennedy (GWS)
Hawthorn V Brisbane Lions
7 – Liam Shiels (Haw)
5 – Jack Gunston (Haw)
5 – Brad Hill (Haw)
5 – Jarryd Roughead (Haw)
5 – Tom Rockliff (BL)
2 – Jordan Lewis (Haw)
1 – Shaun Burgoyne (Haw)
North Melbourne V Western Bulldogs
10 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
6 – Mitch Wallis (WB)
5 – Lachie Hunter (WB)
4 – Jake Stringer (WB)
4 – Robbie Tarrant (NM)
1 – Shane Biggs (WB)
Essendon V Richmond
8 – Brett Deledio (Rich)
7 – Alex Rance (Rich)
5 – Kamdyn McIntosh (Rich)
5 – Nick Vlastuin (Rich)
2 – Cale Hooker (Ess)
2 – Michael Hurley (Ess)
1 – Dyson Heppell (Ess)
Gold Coast suns V Port Adelaide
9 – Sam Gray (PA)
9 – Hamish Hartlett (PA)
4 – Kade Kolodjashnij (GCS)
3 – Matthew Broadbent (PA)
2 – Brad Ebert (PA)
2 – Brandon Matera (GCS)
1 – Karl Amon (PA)
Adelaide Crows V West Coast Eagles
10 – Josh Jenkins (Adel)
8 – Brodie Smith (Adel)
6 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
2 – Daniel Talia (Adel)
2 – Taylor Walker (Adel)
1 – Rory Sloane (Adel)
1 – Scott Thompson (Adel)
St Kilda V Sydney
9 – Daniel Hannebery (Syd)
9 – Josh Kennedy (Syd)
6 – Heath Grundy (Syd)
4 – Kurt Tippett (Syd)
1 – Tom Mitchell (Syd)
1 – Dane Rampe (Syd)
Fremantle V Melbourne
8 – David Mundy (Frem)
8 – Danyle Pearce (Frem)
6 – Lachie Neale (Frem)
4 – Stephen Hill (Frem)
2 – Luke McPharlin (Frem)
1 – Michael Barlow (Frem)
1 – Jack Viney (Melb)