Seven Bulldogs players earned votes from senior coaches Luke Beveridge and Brad Scott from Saturday night’s win over North Melbourne.
Defender Matthew Boyd polled top votes from the coaches (8 votes) for his 22 disposal game off half-back, taking him to a season total of 26 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year award.
Boyd is the fifth ranked Bulldog in the award leaderboard, behind Marcus Bontempelli, Lachie Hunter, Tom Liberatore and Luke Dahlhaus.
Bontempelli’s five votes from Saturday night’s win sees him maintains his fourth place on the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year leaderboard, six votes behind Richmond’s Dustin Martin in third place.
Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield leads the competition ahead of Adelaide’s Rory Sloane.
Fletcher Roberts and Tory Dickson earned their first coaches votes for the season in the win, while Easton Wood, Luke Dahlhaus and Jason Johannisen also polled votes.
AFLCA Votes
Round 20 - Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne
8 – Matthew Boyd (WB)
5 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
5 – Easton Wood (WB)
3 – Luke Dahlhaus (WB)
3 – Jason Johannisen (WB)
2 – Tory Dickson (WB)
2 – Jamie Macmillan (NM)
1 – Ben Cunnington (NM)
1 – Fletcher Roberts (WB)
AFLCA Award Overall Leaderboard
(as at the end of Round 20)
99 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
93 - Rory Sloane (Adel)
84 - Dustin Martin (Rich)
78 - Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
73 - Joel Selwood (Geel)
72 - Dan Hannebery (Syd)
70 - Luke Shuey (WCE)
69 - Luke Parker (Syd)
67 - Tom Lynch (GC)
62 - Robbie Gray (PA)
AFLCA Award – Western Bulldogs Leaderboard
(as at the end of Round 20)
78 – Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
34 – Lachie Hunter (WB)
28 – Tom Liberatore (WB)
27 - Luke Dahlhaus (WB)
26– Matthew Boyd (WB)
23 – Easton Wood (WB)
21 – Koby Stevens (WB)
17 – Jason Johannisen (WB)
16 – Shane Biggs (WB)
15 – Jack Macrae (WB)
15 – Jake Stringer (WB)
12 - Dale Morris (WB)
11 – Marcus Adams (WB))
8 – Matthew Suckling (WB)
8 – Liam Picken (WB)
7 – Mitch Wallis (WB)
6 – Robert Murphy (WB)
5 – Clay Smith (WB)
5 – Caleb Daniel (WB)
2 – Tom Campbell (WB)
2 – Tory Dickson (WB)
1 – Fletcher Roberts (WB)