After sitting outside the top ten two week’s ago, St Kilda’s Seb Ross has rocketed to third spot on the 2017 Shadforth Financial Group AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award, following Round 16.
Ross received maximum votes from the coaches following his 33 disposals, eight tackles and a goal while opposed to Dustin Martin on Saturday night.
The 24-year-old, who has collected less than 30 touches on only four occasions in 2017, sits 15 votes behind the second placed Martin, with Patrick Dangerfield extending his lead on the competition in Round 16.
Dangerfield collected 38 disposals, 10 clearances and kicked three goals in Geelong’s comfortable victory against Brisbane on Saturday night, with last year’s AFLCA Player of the Year sharing best on ground spoils with Dayne Zorko, according to the coaches.
Four players polled maximum votes from the coaches including Hawthorn’s Tom Mitchell (39 disposals and 10 clearances), Sydney’s Gary Rohan (five goals and eight inside 50s) and Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe (33 touches and 12 clearances).
LEADERBOARD
81 — PATRICK DANGERFIELD (GEEL)
73 — DUSTIN MARTIN (RICH)
58 — SEBASTIAN ROSS (STK)
57 — ELLIOT YEO (WC)
57 — DAYNE ZORKO (BRIS)
56 — JOEL SELWOOD (GEEL)
54 – Tom Mitchell (haw)
53 — GARY ABLETT (GC)
53 — RORY SLOANE (ADEL)
50 – Clayton oliver (melb)
AFL Coaches’ Association votes for Round 16:
adelaide v western bulldogs
9 Lever (Adel), 9 Walker (Adel), 5 Jenkins (Adel), 3 M. Crouch (Adel), 2 Atkins (Adel), 1 Kelly (Adel), 1 Laird (Adel)
hawthorn v gws
10 Mitchell (Haw), 7 Patton (GWS), 6 Ward (GWS), 5 Sicily (Haw), 1 Kelly (GWS), 1 McEvoy (Haw)
collingwood v essendon
8 Fantasia (Ess), 7 Zaharakis (Ess), 5 Hurley (Ess), 4 Kelly (Ess), 2 Elliott (Coll), 2 Sidebottom (Coll), 1 Heppell (Ess), 1 Parish (Ess)
sydney v gold coast
10 Rohan (Syd), 7 Rampe (Syd), 5 Parker (Syd), 4 Lloyd (Syd), 4 Towers (Syd)
brisbane v geelong
9 Dangerfield (Geel), 9 Zorko (BL), 6 Duncan (Geel), 3 Blicavs (Geel), 2 Henderson (Geel), 1 Bews (Geel)
st kilda v richmond
10 Ross (StK), 6 Longer (StK), 6 Membrey (StK), 6 Steven (StK), 2 Riewoldt (StK)
north melbourne v fremantle
10 Fyfe (Frem), 6 Higgins (NM), 4 Blakely (Frem), 4 Walters (Frem), 2 Brown (NM), 2 Mullett (NM), 1 Nyhuis (Frem), 1 Ziebell (NM)
carlton v melbourne
9 Murphy (Carl), 5 C. Curnow (Carl), 5 T. McDonald (Melb), 5 Petracca (Melb), 4 Oliver (Melb), 1 Kreuzer (Carl), 1 Jetta (Melb)
west coast v port adelaide
9 Dixon (PA), 9 Ryder (PA), 5 Boak (PA), 3 Westhoff (PA), 2 Ebert (PA), 1 Wines (PA), 1 Wingard (PA)