Voting for the final two rounds of the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award have been revealed.
Alex Sexton was Gold Coast’s top vote-getter during QClash16, bagging four goals in the narrow loss and cementing himself as the SUNS’ leading goalkicker in 2018.
Midfielders David Swallow (three votes) and Touk Miller (two votes) also polled in that game.
Swallow’s votes moved him to equal first on the SUNS leaderboard for AFLCA votes alongside Aaron Young.
No Gold Coast players received votes in the Round 23 clash against Geelong, with Cats midfielder Patrick Dangerfield polling a perfect ten in a dominant performance.
Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn took out the competition overall, finishing on 97 votes.
He finished six votes ahead of Cartlon’s Patrick Cripps (91 votes), with the top-three rounded out by Hawthorn ball-magnet Tom Mitchell (88 votes).
Round 22 – Gold Coast SUNS v Brisbane Lions
10 – Dayne Beams (Bris)
8 – Alex Sexton (GCS)
3 – Stefan Martin (Bris)
3 – David Swallow (GCS)
2 – Harris Andrews (Bris)
2 – Touk Miller (GCS)
1 – Allen Christensen (Bris)
1 – Daniel Rich (Bris)
Round 23 – Geelong Cats v Gold Coast SUNS
10 – Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
8 – Tim Kelly (Geel)
6 – Joel Selwood (Geel)
2 – Gary Ablett (Geel)
2 – Mitch Duncan (Geel)
2 – Tom Hawkins (Geel)
AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Leaderboard
97 – Max Gawn (Melb)
91 – Patrick Cripps (Carl)
88 – Tom Mitchell (Haw)
82 – Brodie Grundy (Coll)
72 – Dayne Beams (Bris)
72 – Jack Macrae (WB)
72 – Clayton Oliver (Melb)
70 – Dustin Martin (Rich)
70 – Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
68 – Dyson Heppell (Ess)
SUNS Leaderboard
15 – Aaron Young
15 – David Swallow
13 – Lachie Weller
13 – Tom Lynch
13 – Touk Miller
12 – Jarrod Harbrow
11 – Alex Sexton
11 – Jarrod Witts
11 – Jarryd Lyons
7 – Brayden Fiorini
5 – Rory Thompson
5 – Steven May
4 – Jack Bowes
4 – Jack Martin
3 – Peter Wright
2 – Nick Holman
1 – Callum Ah Chee
