Western Bulldogs midfielder Mitch Wallis has finished on top of the Club’s leader board for the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year award.
After a consistent season, where he averaged 23 disposals and four tackles, Wallis finished with 46 votes, three ahead of Marcus Bontempelli and Jake Stringer.
Bontempelli polled the final votes of the season, picking up six votes against Brisbane, the only Dog to collect votes in round 23.
Skipper Bob Murphy and fellow defender Easton Wood rounded out the Club’s top five.
Sydney’s Dan Hannebery took out the award after overtaking Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe by one vote in the final round.
Round 23 Brisbane v Western Bulldogs
10 Stefan Martin (BL)
6 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
6 Tom Rockliff (BL)
5 Pearce Hanley (BL)
3 Jed Adcock (BL)
Final Western Bulldogs leader board (every vote)
46 Mitch Wallis
43 Marcus Bontempelli
43 Jake Stringer
34 Robert Murphy
32 Easton Wood
31 Matthew Boyd
27 Liam Picken
24 Luke Dahlhaus
21 Jack Macrae
19 Tory Dickson
19 Lachie Hunter
13 Jason Johannisen
13 Stewart Crameri
10 Will Minson
5 Michael Talia
5 Shane Biggs
4 Jarrad Grant
3 Dale Morris
1 Koby Stevens
Overall leader board after round 23
101 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
100 Nat Fyfe (Frem)
87 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
75 Matt Priddis (WCE)
74 Andrew Gaff (WCE)
73 Todd Goldstein (NM)
73 David Mundy (Frem)
69 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
67 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
65 Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
