Sydney Swans forward Isaac Heeney has polled the full 10 votes for the AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award following our 22-point victory over Carlton at the SCG in Round 11.
Heeney, who also claimed the Goodes O’Loughlin Medal, had an impressive performance with three goals, 22 disposals and three tackles.
Sydney teammates Jake Lloyd (4), Harry Cunningham (3), Josh Kennedy (2) and Tom Papley (1) also polled votes from the clash.
John Longmire had plenty of praise for the forward who has now kicked 16 goals from nine games this season.
"He's played with some terrible knocks that nobody really knows about over the last couple of years. He's just so hard, he just competes so hard," Swans coach John Longmire said.
"He's been able to get a couple of weeks of training, hopefully he keeps going with that. He's still modified on the training program but he is a really tough player.
"He's that player who can go up the ground as a midfield type, because he's good on the ground, and be really hard and clean. He knows what he's doing around the scramble but he can float forward and take those marks."
VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)
10 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
6 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
4 Jake Lloyd (SYD)
4 Harrison McKay (CARL)
3 Harry Cunningham (SYD)
2 Josh Kennedy (SYD)
1 Tom Papley (SYD)
Sydney ruckman Tom Hickey sits as the highest polling Swans player on the leaderboard with 28 votes. Melbourne’s Clayton Oliver tops the table with 61 votes.
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