Sydney Swans ruck Brodie Grundy has continued his impressive form on the weekend, polling the maximum votes for his best on-ground performance against Fremantle on Sunday.

The Swans held on to defeat the Dockers by 11 points at the SCG on Sunday afternoon.

The 31-year-old set the tone whether he took on Fremantle's Luke Jackson or Sean Darcy, with the Swans winning the first nine centre clearances of the game and finishing ahead 41-32 in the overall clearance count.

Grundy had 20 disposals and a game-high 12 clearances as well as 33 hitouts as he arguably won the ruck battle on the day.

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Spice added to battle as Jordon curls cracker on Serong

James Jordon sneaks into space from the centre bounce and snaps superbly as opponent Caleb Serong pursued

James Jordon received 8 votes after his influential performance, the tagger limiting the influence of Fremantle's Caleb Serong while also kicking two goals himself in the first half. 

Jordon kept Serong to only four disposals at the main break and 11 touches for the match.

Chad Warner (24 disposals, one goal) and Hayden McLean (three goals) collected three votes each, while Justin McInerney rounded out the vote-getters for the Swans with two votes. 

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Ruthless Jordon clamps down Serong in fiery old-fashioned contest

James Jordon boots two impressive majors and keeps Caleb Serong to just 11 disposals in a quality tagging performance

VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)

10 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
8 James Jordon (SYD)
3 Chad Warner (SYD)
3 Hayden McLean (SYD)
3 Luke Ryan (FRE)
2 Justin McInerney (SYD)
1 Shai Bolton (FRE)

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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.