Sydney Swans Luke Parker, Callum Mills and Lance Franklin have polled votes for the AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player Award following Saturday’s Round 15 clash with Port Adelaide.
Co-captain Luke Parker led the way for Sydney, claiming 8 points in the 10-point thrilling defeat. Parker led from the front in every contest to finish with a game high 34 disposals, three tackles and one goal.
Mills polled three votes for is performance that saw him finish second in the disposal tally with 30 disposals, four tackles, nine inside-50s and seven scoring involvements.
Frankly also polled three votes in a vintage performance that saw the four kick four goals that were a catalyst to Sydney’s surge in the final quarter. The forward also moved into sixth on the AFL all-time goalkicking table, passing Jack Titus, as he brought his career tally to 973 goals.
VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)
10 Charlie Dixon (PORT)
8 Luke Parker (SYD)
3 Callum Mills (SYD)
3 Travis Boak (PORT)
3 Lance Franklin (SYD)
2 Scott Lycett (PORT)
1 Willem Drew (PORT)
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.
Following Round 15, Tom Hickey remains as the highest polling Swans player on the leaderboard with 31 votes. Callum Mills sits second with 27 votes. Western Bulldogs Marcus Bontempelli leads the tally with 76 votes.
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