Geelong’s skipper Joel Selwood has dropped to second place on the AFL Coaches Association leaderboard for this years Champion Player of the Year.
Sunday’s loss meant Selwood’s top position, which he held for the first five rounds, was lost to last year’s winner Gary Ablett, who now sits on 40 votes and Selwood follows on 34. Steve Johnson has also kept his spot in fourth place with a total of 27 votes.
Mathew Stokes, who won a team high of 28 disposals on Sunday, was the only Cat who received a vote from the coaches for his efforts during the team’s 40-point loss.
Post Adelaide vs Geelong
10 Boak (PA)
7 Cornes (PA)
7 R. Gray (PA)
2 Hartlett (PA)
2 Lobbe (PA)
1 Jonas (PA)
1 Stokes (Geel)
Geelong’s leaderboard
Joel Selwood 34
Steve Johnson 27
Jimmy Bartel 11
Tom Hawkins 8
Mitch Duncan 8
Harry Taylor 7
Tom Lonergan 7
Andrew Mackie 5
Cam Guthrie 5
Mathew Stokes 5
James Kelly 4
George Horlin-Smith 3
Corey Enright 2
Jared Rivers 2
Hamish McIntosh 1
Travis Varcoe 1
Jordan Murdoch 1
Round 6 Leaderboard
40 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
34 Joel Selwood (Geelong)
30 Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
27 Steve Johnson (Geelong)
25 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
24 Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
23 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
23 Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
23 Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
22 Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
22 Matthew Priddis (West Coast)
22 Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
