Sydney Swans forward Lance Frank has polled eight votes for the AFL Coaches association’s AFL Champion Player Award following Sydney’s thrilling two-point defeat to Fremantle at Optus Stadium in Round 10.
Franklin (8) polled equal votes with Fremantle’s Rory Lobb and Nat Fyfe, whilst Sean Darcy (4), David Mundy (1) and Michael Walters (1) also polled votes.
Franklin was instrumental in the game, kicking six goals, including three from beyond 50m and had 18 disposals and three tackles.
Following the clash, senior coach John Longmire praised his forward’s impressive performance.
“He was fantastic. As far as getting a couple of games under his belt now, and getting a bit more training and had a run around yesterday and said he felt good, it was just good to see him in that sort of form,” Longmire said.
Franklin was the only Sydney player to poll votes from the clash.
VOTES PLAYER (CLUB)
8 Lance Franklin (SYD)
8 Rory Lobb (FRE)
8 Nat Fyfe (FRE)
4 Sean Darcy (FRE)
1 David Mundy (FRE)
1 Michael Walters (FRE)
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.
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 52 votes.
LEADERBOARD
VOTES PLAYER CLUB
52 Clayton Oliver MELB
50 Marcus Bontempelli WB
50 Hugh McCluggage BL
44 Samuel Walsh CARL
39 David Mundy FRE
38 Darcy Parish ESS
37 Jarryd Lyons BL
37 Touk Miller GCFC
36 Zach Merrett ESS
36 Ollie Wines PORT
34 Max Gawn MELB
33 Jacob Hopper GWS
33 Jack Macrae WB
33 Christian Salem MELB
32 Tim Kelly WCE
32 Dustin Martin RICH
30 Travis Boak PORT
30 Mitch Duncan GEEL
30 Cameron Guthrie GEEL
30 Taylor Walker ADEL
