Six Sydney Swans stars have polled votes from the coaches following their victory over Essendon in Round 9, with co-captain Callum Mills once again earning a perfect 10 from his performance.
Callum Mills was brilliant on the inside with 29 disposals including a game-high seven clearances and 13 tackles as he claimed 10 votes from the coaches. It is the third time this season that Mills has polled the full votes from the coaches.
Young gun Chad Warner had 32 touches along with 11 score involvements in a strong performance that saw the midfielder earn 8 votes.
Tom Papley had his best game since returning from a hamstring injury a fortnight ago with 21 touches, two goals and a game-high 13 score involvements as he claimed five votes.
Errol Gulden (26 disposals, 2 tackles, 8 score involvements - 4 votes), Luke Parker (23 disposals, 3 tackles, 8 score involvements, 1 goal, - 2 votes) and Tom McCartin (12 disposals, - 1 vote) also polled votes.
VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)
10 Callum Mills (SYD)
8 Chad Warner (SYD)
5 Tom Papley (SYD)
4 Errol Gulden (SYD)
2 Luke Parker (SYD)
1 Tom McCartin (SYD)
Mills currently sits sixth on the leaderboard and has the most votes by any Swans player with 41 votes this season. Carlton's Patrick Cripps (53), Melbourne's Clayton Oliver (51) and Brisbane's Lachie Neale sit in the top three. Click here to see the full leaderboard.
The AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award is an award voted by the 18 coaching panels on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis after each home and away game, acknowledging outstanding effort by an individual player in a season.
