Hawthorn veteran Sam Mitchell has climbed onto the AFL Coaches’ Champion Player of the Year leaderboard, courtesy of a 10-vote performance in Hawthorn’s win over West Coast on Saturday night.
There was minimal movement on the leader-board; injured Fremantle star Nat Fyfe remains 15 votes clear of Sydney’s Dan Hannebery, who failed to poll in the Swans’ loss to Geelong.
North Melbourne’s Todd Goldstein remains in third position but edged closer to the top two, picking up five votes in the Kangaroos’ win over the Demons.
Goldstein’s teammate, Shaun Higgins scored 10 votes from the coaches – one of four players to do so over the weekend, with Mitchell, Selwood and Dane Swan the only others to get the perfect score.
Adelaide captain Taylor Walker was given nine votes for his outstanding performance against Richmond’s Alex Rance on Friday night. Gold Coast duo Aaron Hall and Tom Lynch, along with Fremantle’s Stephen Hill and Western Bulldogs’ Mitch Wallis were others to receive nine votes.
Bontempelli was voted the second-best player on the ground in the Dogs’ win over Port Adelaide.
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 – NAT FYFE (FREMANTLE)
85 – DAN HANNEBERY (SYDNEY)
70 – TODD GOLDSTEIN (NORTH MELBOURNE)
67 – ANDREW GAFF (WEST COAST)
65 – MATT PRIDDIS (WEST COAST)
65 – DAVID MUNDY (FREMANTLE)
60 – SCOTT PENDLEBURY (COLLINGWOOD)
58 – Sam Mitchell (hawthorn)
56 – JOSH KENNEDY (SYDNEY)
53 – DAVID ARMITAGE (ST KILDA)
53 – TRENT COTCHIN (RICHMOND)
Adelaide v Richmond
9 – Taylor Walker (Adel)
7 – Sam Jacobs (Adel)
6 – Rory Sloane (Adel)
4 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
2 – Scott Thompson (Adel)
1 – Ricky Henderson (Adel)
1 – Daniel Talia (Adel)
Collingwood v carlton
10 – Dane Swan (Coll)
8 – Marc Murphy (Carl)
5 – Patrick Cripps (Carl)
5 – Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
2 – Alex Fasolo (Coll)
Western bulldogs v port adelaide
9 – Mitch Wallis (WB)
5 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
4 – Matthew Boyd (WB)
4 – Jake Stringer (WB)
3 – Stewart Crameri (WB)
3 – Tory Dickson (WB)
2 – Dale Morris (WB)
Brisbane v Gold coast
9 – Aron Hall (GCS)
9 – Tom Lynch (GCS)
6 – Pearce Hanley (BL)
3 – Allen Christensen (BL)
3 – Stefan Martin (BL)
west coast eagles v hawthorn
10 – Sam Mitchell (Haw)
7 – Luke Breust (Haw)
7 – Andrew Gaff (WCE)
2 – Grant Birchall (Haw)
2 – Luke Shuey (WCE)
1 – Josh Kennedy (WCE)
1 – Liam Shiels (Haw)
Geelong v sydney
10 – Joel Selwood (Geel)
4 – Corey Enright (Geel)
4 – Steven Motlop (Geel)
3 – Cameron Guthrie (Geel)
3 – Josh Kennedy (Syd)
2 – Mark Blicavs (Geel)
2 – Lewis Jetta (Syd)
2 – Harry Taylor (Geel)
Melbourne v north melbourne
10 – Shaun Higgins (NM)
7 – Jesse Hogan (Melb)
6 – Ben Cunnington (NM)
5 – Todd Goldstein (NM)
2 – Lindsay Thomas (NM)
gws v essendon
8 – Toby Greene (GWS)
7 – Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
5 – Josh Kelly (GWS)
3 – Michael Hibberd (Ess)
3 – Adam Treloar (GWS)
2 – Brent Stanton (Ess)
1 – Jonathan Giles (Ess)
1 – Brendon Goddard (Ess)
St Kilda v fremantle
9 – Stephen Hill (Frem)
9 – David Mundy (Frem)
5 – Aaron Sandilands (Frem)
3 – Lachie Neale (Frem)
2 – Leigh Montagna (StK)
2 – Jack Steven (StK)