Chad Warner impressed in Adelaide on Friday night with 26 disposals and one goal against Richmond, earning himself another five coaches votes to his seasonal tally. The lightning quick forward currently sits third on the leaderboard with 24 votes after a near-perfect Round 1 and 2. 

Warner was also joined in the Round 5 votes by Tom Papley (six goals) who polled a perfect 10, Nick Blakey (30 disposals) with eight votes and Isaac Heeney (two goals and seven tackles) with five. 

The young side triumphed against the Tigers at Adelaide Oval with a comfortable 44-point lead at the final siren. The red and white will travel to Victoria this weekend for a fiery redemption against the Geelong Cats. 

Round 5 Coaches Votes - Richmond v Sydney

10 Tom Papley (SYD)
8 Nick Blakey (SYD)
5 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
5 Chad Warner (SYD)
2 Liam Baker (RICH)

AFLCA Player of the Year Interim Leaderboard

35 Nick Daicos (COLL)
26 Jeremy Cameron (GEEL)
24 Chad Warner (SYD)
24 Callum Wilkie (STK)
23 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
22 Tim Kelly (WCE)
22 Christian Petracca (MELB)
21 Luke Davies-Uniacke (NMFC)
21 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)
21 Jordan De Goey (COLL)

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.