Sydney Swans key defender Tom McCartin has polled five votes for the AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award following the Swans victory over the Adelaide Crows at the SCG.

Playing in his 50th AFL match, 20-year old McCartin finished with 18 disposals and two tackles and polled the most votes out of any Swans player from the coaches.

Adelaide’s Taylor Walker polled 8 votes with Braeden Campbell (5), Jordan Dawson (4), Errol Gulden (2), Chad Warner (2) and Isaac Heeney (1) also polling votes.

Sydney v Adelaide
8 Taylor Walker (ADEL)
5 Tom McCartin (SYD)
5 Braeden Campbell (SYD)
4 Jordan Dawson (SYD)
3 Ben Keays (ADEL)
2 Errol Gulden (SYD)
2 Chad Warner (SYD)
1 Isaac Heeney (SYD)

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.

07:22

Match Highlights: Sydney v Adelaide, Round Two

See all the highlights as the Sydney Swans secured a 33 point victory over the Adelaide Crows in their return to the SCG


Sydney Swans midfield Callum Mills still leads the Swans players tally with 10 votes polled in round one.

LEADERBOARD
19 Dustin Martin RICH
18 Taylor Walker ADEL
16 Darcy Moore COLL
16 Clayton Oliver MELB
12 Dan Houston PORT
12 Jack Macrae WB
11 Travis Boak PORT
10 Noah Anderson GCFC
10 Marcus Bontempelli WB
10 Andrew Brayshaw FRE
10 Zak Butters PORT
10 Steven May MELB
10 Tim Membrey STK
10 Callum Mills SYD
10 Tom Mitchell HAW
10 David Mundy FRE
10 Joel Selwood GEEL
10 Bailey Smith WB
9 Taylor Adams COLL
9 Errol Gulden SYD
9 Christian Salem MELB

01:09

Braeden Campbell lights up round two

Watch the highlights of Sydney Swans Braeden Campbell who has earned a NAB Rising Star nomination following his performance in round two.

The Carey-Bunton Medal recognises the best NSW-bred player in the AFL, with the medal will be awarded to the NSW player who records the most votes in the AFL Coaches Association’s Champion Player of the Year Award.

Braeden Campbell polled five votes following his performance that earned a NAB AFL Rising Star Nomination after Sydney’s 33-point win over Adelaide on Saturday. The rebounding defender finished with 25 disposals, 21 of them kicks, took six marks, laid two tackles and had 700+ metres gained which was in the top handful of AFL players across the weekend.  

Carey-Bunton Medal Leaderboard after Round Two
18 Taylor Walker (North Broken Hill) – Adelaide (R2 8 votes v SYD)
10 Callum Mills (Mosman) - Sydney Swans
9 Errol Gulden (UNSW-Eastern Suburbs) - Sydney Swans (R2 2 votes v ADL)
5 Jacob Hopper (Leeton-Whitton) - GWS Giants
5 Braeden Campbell (Pennant Hills) – Sydney Swans (R2 5 votes v ADL)
5 Lachie Schultz (Moama) – Fremantle - (R2 5 votes v GWS)
4 Isaac Heeney (Cardiff) - Sydney Swans (R2 1 vote v ADL)
3 Matthew Flynn (Narrandera) - GWS Giants
3 Harry Perryman (Collingullie) - GWS Giants 
2 Jarrad Witts (Sydney University) – Gold Coast (R2 2 votes v NM)
2 Tom Hawkins (Finley) – Geelong (R2 2 votes v BRI)
1 Harry Cunningham (Turvey Park) - Sydney Swans