Six Sydney Swans stars have polled in the Round 4 coaches votes following a dominant win over North Melbourne on Saturday night.

Forward Will Hayward was prolific up forward, kicking an equal game-high four goals and recording 15 disposals to earn nine votes. 

New recruit Riley Bice was influential in only his third AFL game, notching 26 disposals at 85% efficiency against the Kangaroos.

Talls Brodie Grundy (21 hitouts) and Joel Amartey (four goals) were rewarded for their efforts, polling six and three votes, respectively. 

Tom McCartin (12 disposals and nine marks) and James Rowbottom (20 disposals and six tackles) round out Sydney's vote-getters with two votes each.

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Highlights: North Melbourne v Sydney

The Kangaroos and Swans clash in round four of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season

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.

VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)

9 Will Hayward (SYD)
7 Riley Bice (SYD)
6 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
3 Joel Amartey (SYD)
2 Tom McCartin (SYD)
2 James Rowbottom (SYD)
1 Harry Sheezel (NMFC)