For the second consecutive week, Marcus Bontempelli has polled a perfect 10 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award, this time off the back of a 33-disposal performance in the Bulldogs’ win over Melbourne.
After not polling in the first six rounds, Bontempelli has polled maximum votes in the last two rounds.
Tom Liberatore’s AFL record equalling tackle performance also earned the admiration of coaches Paul Roos and Luke Beveridge, with the midfielder polling eight votes from the coaches.
Liberatore also amassed 25 disposals, seven clearances and one goal.
Both Liberatore and Bontempelli now move to equal second position on the Club’s AFLCA Award Leaderboard behind Lachie Hunter (25 votes) who polled another two votes from the match.
Six Bulldogs received votes from the game, with Luke Dahlhaus, Liam Picken and Matthew Boyd also polling.
AFLCA Votes
Round 8 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
10 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
8 – Tom Liberatore (WB)
3 – Matthew Boyd (WB)
3 – Liam Picken (WB)
2 – Luke Dahlhaus (WB)
2 – Lachie Hunter (WB)
1 – Dom Tyson (MELB)
1 – Jack Viney (MELB)
AFLCA Award Overall Leaderboard
(as at the end of Round 8)
43 – Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL)
39 – Joel Selwood (GEEL)
37 – Todd Goldstein (NM)
37 – Jack Viney (MELB)
36 – Tom Lynch (GCS)
34 – Luke Parker (SYD))
32 – Rory Sloane (ADEL)
30 – Bryce Gibbs (CARL)
30 – Dan Hannebery (SYD)
29 – Lance Franklin (SYD)
AFLCA Award – Western Bulldogs Leaderboard
(as at the end of Round 8)
25 – Lachie Hunter (WB)
20 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
20 – Tom Liberatore (WB)
18 - Luke Dahlhaus (WB)
15 – Shane Biggs (WB)
14 – Koby Stevens (WB)
14 – Jason Johannisen (WB)
12 – Jake Stringer (WB)
11 – Marcus Adams (WB)
9 – Matthew Boyd (WB)
7 – Matthew Suckling (WB)
6 – Dale Morris (WB)
6 – Robert Murphy (WB)
5 – Caleb Daniel (WB)
5 – Mitch Wallis (WB)
4 – Liam Picken (WB)
3 – Jack Macrae (WB)
2 – Tom Campbell (WB)
1 – Jordan Roughead (WB)
1 – Jack Macrae (WB)
