Four rounds into the 2016 season and there seems to be no stopping Gold Coast vice-captain Tom Lynch.
For the fourth consecutive week, Lynch has polled in the AFLCA vote and is the only Gold Coast SUNS player to feature after his team’s loss to the Brisbane Lions on Saturday.
The key forward walked away with a total of six votes for the game, solidifying his second place overall standing and bringing him within one vote of Swan Luke Parker, who did not poll this round.
Fellow SUN Aaron Hall currently sit in equal eighth on 20 votes.
Lynch has also been named by AFL Media at full forward in the round four team of the week. The 23-year-old was named at centre half forward in round two and three.
Following each game of the 2016 season, coaches from both teams vote on who they believed to be most instrumental to the game. Each coach votes for five players, allocating a score form 1-5. The maximum a player can register for a single game is 10 votes.
AFLCA Leaderboard
29 Luke Parker (Syd)
28 Tom Lynch (GC)
23 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
22 Jack Viney (Melb)
22 Jack Ziebell (NM)
21 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
21 Robbie Gray (PA)
20 Todd Goldstein (NM)
20 Aaron Hall (GC)
18 Matt Priddis (WC)
Gold Coast SUNS AFLCA Leaderboard
28 Tom Lynch (5, 9, 8, 6)
20 Aaron Hall (10, 1, 9)
13 Jack Martin (8, 5)
13 Gary Ablett (8, 5)
4 Jarrod Harbrow (4)
3 Alex Sexton (3)
2 Clay Cameron (2)
1 Nick Malceski (1)
1 Steven May (1)
Round 4 v Brisbane Lions
10 Pearce Hanley (BL)
8 Dayne Zorko (BL)
6 Tom Lynch (GC)
4 Tom Bell (BL)
2 Daniel Rich (BL)
Round 3 v Carlton
9 Aaron Hall (GCS)
8 Tom Lynch (GCS)
5 Gary Ablett (GCS)
5 Jack Martin (GCS)
2 Clay Cameron (GCS)
1 Jacob Weitering (Carl)
Round 2 v Fremantle
9 Tom Lynch (GCS)
8 Jack Martin (GCS)
5 Nat Fyfe (Frem)
4 Jarrod Harbrow (GCS)
3 Alex Sexton (GCS)
1 Aaron Hall (GCS)
Round 1 v Essendon
10 Aaron Hall (GCS)
8 Gary Ablett (GCS)
5 Tom Lynch (GCS)
5 David Zaharakis (Ess)
1 Steven May (GCS)
1 Nick Malceski (GCS)
Tom Lynch second in AFLCA Vote
Tom Lynch has polled for the fourth consecutive week in the AFLCA votes.