Cats midfield star Patrick Dangerfield has moved into the lead for the AFL Coaches Association award after a strong performance against Gold Coast.
Dangerfield polled eight votes to move into the outright lead ahead of the Suns’ Tom Lynch.
However, it was his teammate Joel Selwood who Chris Scott and Rodney Eade gave the maximum 10 votes to rocketing Selwood up into sixth spot overall for the award.
The rest of the votes were split between Mark Blicavs (three), Daniel Menzel (three), Steven Motlop (three), Jimmy Bartel (two) and Lachie Henderson (one).
Leaderboard
35 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong
34 Tom Lynch Gold Coast
34 Luke Parker Sydney
31 Jack Viney Melbourne
30 Todd Goldstein North Melbourne
29 Joel Selwood Geelong
28 Rory Sloane Adelaide
26 Sam Mitchell Hawthorn
24 Jarrad Waite North Melbourne
23 Eddie Betts Adelaide
23 Lachie Hunter Western Bulldogs
23 Jack Ziebell North Melbourne
