Nic Naitanui was awesome against the Cats. Picture: AFL Photos

WEST Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui's dominant performance earned him maximum votes, while Lachie Neale extended his lead in the race for the AFL Coaches' Association's AFL Champion Player Award.

Naitanui inspired the Eagles to a thrilling win over Geelong on Saturday night and it was no surprise to see him poll the 10 votes from the coaches. 

Neale was equally dominant in the Lions' comfortable victory over Essendon on Friday night with his 10 votes taking him 21 votes clear of second-placed Travis Boak.

Check out who polled from your club below and the full leaderboard at the bottom.

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AAA Ep9: Exclusive vision: Set play of 2020, why elite Dee 'needs to go

Matthew Lloyd and Damian Barrett discuss all of the fallout from a rollercoaster round nine

Western Bulldogs v Richmond

10 Dustin Martin (RICH)
4 Noah Balta (RICH)
4 Jayden Short (RICH)
3 Jack Macrae (WB)
3 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
3 Caleb Daniel (WB)
2 Shai Bolton (RICH)
1 Dylan Grimes (RICH)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 08:02

    Bevo: 'Don't think we've been playing that well'

    Luke Beveridge says his side have been fortunate to scrape wins together lately, but tonight proved 'there's no significant chemistry' between the group

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  • 08:56

    Dimma: 'It looked like a Richmond game'

    Damien Hardwick says his side looked back to their best tonight and also sung his praises for Dustin Martin after a freak performance

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  • 06:42

    Highlights: Western Bulldogs v Richmond

    The Bulldogs and Tigers clash in round nine.

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  • 02:26

    Martin mesmerises Metricon after outrageous outing

    Dustin Martin turns on beast mode with an absolutely devastating display against the Dogs

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  • 00:39

    Stop it Dusty, that's out of this world

    Dustin Martin is on fire against the Dogs with a sensational goal on the boundary

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  • 00:38

    Pickett picks the sticks with left-foot pearler

    Richmond feed the ball towards Marlion Pickett who delivers a wonderful snap on his left

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  • 00:38

    Skipper delivers a ripper after mighty mark

    Marcus Bontempelli takes a strong grab and sends the perfect ball towards Mitch Wallis

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  • 00:25

    Dog gets a shot to his eye but forms a shot at goal

    Mitch Wallis suffers a painful blow after enduring a footy to the face, however all ends well with a goal to Laitham Vandermeer

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  • 00:41

    Breathtaking Tigers and Dusty a sight to be seen

    Richmond conjure a scintillating string of play and feed the ball to their superstar, who finishes in absolute style

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  • 00:29

    Riewoldt's rousing rise leads to work of Aarts

    Jack Riewoldt heaves himself on top of the pack and the spillage falls towards Jake Aarts for a wonderful soccer finish

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  • 00:24

    Shake and Baker for Jack in the pack

    Liam Baker shows a nice step before bombing the ball into Jack Riewoldt for a beautiful contested mark

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Melbourne v Port Adelaide

10 Travis Boak (PORT)
8 Ollie Wines (PORT)
3 Karl Amon (PORT)
3 Dan Houston (PORT)
2 Darcy Byrne-Jones (PORT)
2 Mitchell Georgiades (PORT)
2 Tom Rockliff (PORT)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 05:18

    Goodwin: 'Tonight was unacceptable'

    Simon Goodwin was visibly frustrated after side's horror outing against Port, admitting 'we let ourselves down tonight'

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  • 04:23

    Hinkley: 'Played as well as we possibly could'

    Ken Hinkley believes his side produced a faultless performance against the Dees and was delighted by their continual ferociousness, despite the large lead

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  • 02:12

    Dees' disastrous skills make for painful viewing

    The Demons had an evening to forget with some very ordinary skills sure to frustrate fans

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  • 01:48

    Georgiades grows in front of our eyes

    Port fans will be full of excitement after highly-touted youngster Mitch Georgiades delivers a stunning performance

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  • 06:20

    Highlights: Melbourne v Port Adelaide

    The Demons and Power clash in round nine

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  • 00:52

    Dees' best move of the night is a welcome sight

    The Demons conjure their most efficient play of the game and earn a long-awaited goal through Sam Weideman

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  • 00:38

    Gray genius works wonders for Georgiades

    Robbie Gray weaves some of his usual magic and helps the ball towards Mitch Georgiades who snares his second

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  • 00:52

    Crowd electrified after Power play

    Port Adelaide produce a scintillating bit of play through the middle and earn a goal through Kane Farrell

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  • 00:42

    Class of Rozee for red-hot finish

    Port young gun Connor Rozee is afforded too much space and makes the Dees pay with a fine snap on goal

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  • 00:20

    Hallelujah, Petracca gets Dees off the mark

    Melbourne were desperate to earn their first goal before half-time and their in-form midfielder obliges

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  • 00:28

    Oliver on report for this action

    Clayton Oliver goes in the book for 'striking' after this incident involving Peter Ladhams

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  • 00:52

    Robbie lets Rozee rise and the result's no surprise

    Connor Rozee is given rein to fly over the top and haul in a great grab, followed by a textbook snap on goal

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Carlton v Hawthorn

9 Jack Gunston (HAW)
8 Tom Mitchell (HAW)
7 Liam Shiels (HAW)
4 Sam Frost (HAW)
1 Isaac Smith (HAW)
1 Patrick Cripps (CARL)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 14:13

    Clarkson: 'The media's got every right to ask questions'

    Watch Hawthorn's press conference after round nine's match against Carlton

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  • 05:51

    Teague: 'We didn't have enough guys get their jobs done'

    Watch Carlton's press conference after round nine's match against Hawthorn

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  • 07:41

    Highlights: Carlton v Hawthorn

    The Blues and Hawks clash in round nine

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  • 00:48

    Check out the workrate from bursting Wingard

    Hawthorn forward Chad Wingard earns every bit of this goal

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  • 00:38

    It's jump-on Jarman time with a goal on his return

    Jarman Impey kicks a goal in his first game for 12 months and his teammates celebrate

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  • 00:46

    Staggering surge as Smith gives Hawks the lead

    Hawthorn veteran Isaac Smith kicks his second goal and puts his side in front

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  • 00:41

    Inventive Hawk creates Day-light for special first goal

    Will Day takes the game on and is rewarded with a career milestone

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  • 00:56

    Launching Levi and the Blues are red hot

    Levi Casboult takes a strong grab and kicks Carlton's third goal to no reply

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Essendon v Brisbane

10 Lachie Neale (BL)
6 Charlie Cameron (BL)
5 Alex Witherden (BL)
4 Noah Answerth (BL)
2 Andrew McGrath (ESS)
2 Dayne Zorko (BL)
1 Jarrod Berry (BL)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 05:08

    Worsfold: 'We didn’t put them under anywhere near enough pressure'

    Watch Essendon's press conference after round nine's match against Brisbane

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  • 07:50

    Fagan: 'It was a great team performance'

    Watch Brisbane's press conference after round nine's match against Essendon

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  • 06:33

    Highlights: Essendon v Brisbane

    The Bombers and the Lions clash in round nine

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  • 01:33

    Four-goal Cameron celebrates long-term deal in style

    Brisbane, look forward to many more years of Charlie Cameron dominating like this

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  • 00:24

    Robbo goes bananas and hurls his mouthguard

    What was Mitch Robinson doing here?

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  • 00:33

    Berry's vision and pass a joy to watch

    Jarrod Berry spots up Dayne Zorko with finesse

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  • 00:32

    Rev it up, Cameron's kicked a cracker

    Charlie Cameron, take a bow after this incredible piece of play

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  • 00:46

    Sneaky Hipwood helps 'Big O' in the pocket

    Brisbane's forwards think their way to a great goal on an angle

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  • 00:25

    Debutant Draper's brilliant hanger

    Essendon ruckman Sam Draper excites on debut through a great mark

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  • 00:42

    Smith the spark with both Bombers goals

    Devon Smith playing his part as Essendon hang in the contest

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  • 00:30

    Running Neale steps things up a notch

    Clean pick-up from Bailey and Brisbane's star midfielder does the rest

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  • 00:28

    New contract, same goal sense from Charlie

    An early goal for Charlie Cameron after signing a long-term deal at the Lions

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North Melbourne v Adelaide

10 Luke McDonald (NMFC)
7 Jed Anderson (NMFC)
6 Todd Goldstein (NMFC)
5 Trent Dumont (NMFC)
2 Cameron Zurhaar (NMFC)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 08:08

    Shaw: 'Pretty special seeing Maj out there'

    North Melbourne coach Rhyce Shaw speaks about how proud he is of Majak Daw after the brave Roo played his first game in almost two years

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  • 07:46

    Highlights: North Melbourne v Adelaide

    The Kangaroos and Crows go head to head in round nine

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  • 10:00

    Nicks: 'We had far too many individuals'

    Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks apologises to Crows supporters after his side's dismal display against North Melbourne

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  • 02:54

    Uplifting day for footy as Daw returns

    Outstanding scenes as Majak Daw makes it back to the field after after a long and difficult journey

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  • 00:29

    Leaping Larkey drags down a belter

    North Melbourne key forward Nick Larkey takes a great mark in the final term

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  • 00:47

    Inspirational Roo swamped after heartwarming goal

    In his first game since 2018, Majak Daw is surrounded by ecstatic teammates after booting a goal

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  • 00:42

    Outrageous snap by Laird goes through

    Regular Adelaide defender Rory Laird had no right to goal from here but he showed his nous at the other end of the ground

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  • 00:42

    Classy curler from star Roo

    Dual North Melbourne best and fairest Shaun Higgins finishes from a tough spot

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  • 00:28

    Crows break through for first goal

    A snap from Adelaide small forward Lachlan Murphy gives his side its opening goal early in the second term

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  • 00:33

    Young Roo mobbed after first career goal

    In his sixth game, Jack Mahony converts this set shot to put the Kangaroos further in front

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St Kilda v Sydney

8 Zak Jones (STK)
7 Jade Gresham (STK)
7 Jack Steele (STK)
6 Nick Hind (STK)
1 Hunter Clark (STK)
1 Luke Parker (SYD)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 03:47

    Longmire: 'There's got to be a standard'

    Sydney coach John Longmire wants to see more consistency from his young side

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  • 05:45

    Ratten: 'The last quarter was brilliant'

    St Kilda coach Brett Ratten was impressed with his side's performance but sees room to improve

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  • 07:53

    Highlights: St Kilda v Sydney

    The Saints and Swans clash in round nine.

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  • 00:28

    Impressive Saint's classy goal on non-preferred

    Nick Hind shows he has no problems finishing on his left

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  • 00:19

    Rampe's broken hand targeted by St Kilda backman

    Saints defender Jake Carlisle goes after the hand brave Sydney co-captain Dane Rampe went under the knife for last Monday

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  • 00:42

    Saint fires up after goal against former side

    St Kilda speedster Zak Jones gets the soccer assist from Matthew Parker and nails the set shot

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  • 00:33

    Yet another exciting glimpse of King's talent

    Promising St Kilda forward Max King takes a nice mark and finishes it off

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  • 00:24

    Kamikaze courage from Swans co-captain

    Sporting a glove after breaking a hand last week and playing out the contest, Sydney defender Dane Rampe shows he won't flinch

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  • 00:25

    'Horse' fuming after this belter from Hind

    A great goal to Nick Hind has Swans coach John Longmire furious

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West Coast v Geelong

10 Nic Naitanui (WCE)
6 Josh Kennedy (WCE)
4 Mitch Duncan (GEEL)
4 Elliot Yeo (WCE)
4 Tom Stewart (GEEL)
2 Tim Kelly (WCE)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 07:36

    Simpson: 'Nic was special - we know that, don't we?'

    West Coast coach Adam Simpson pays tribute to match-winner Nic Naitanui after his sensational outing in the Eagles' narrow win over Geelong

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  • 09:51

    Scott on Naitanui: 'It's hard not to be mesmerised'

    Geelong coach Chris Scott took plenty of positives after a close loss to premiership contender West Coast

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  • 07:36

    Highlights: West Coast v Geelong

    The Eagles and Cats clash in round nine.

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  • 00:29

    Young Geelong midfielder in strife after huge hit

    Cats onballer Charlie Constable somehow manages to run off the field after this collision with Liam Duggan

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  • 00:19

    The good, the bad and the Guthrie

    Cam Guthrie takes a stunning grab and then gets caught after playing on

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  • 00:52

    Was this the correct call?

    The goal umpire called this a goal for Sam Simpson and it wasn't overturned by the AFL Review Centre

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  • 00:24

    Veteran Cat and new hairdo tumble over fence

    Harry Taylor finds himself on the wrong side of the field

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  • 00:25

    Friendly fire ends debutant's night early

    West Coast tall Harry Edwards' first game is over prematurely after this collision with Brad Sheppard

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  • 00:21

    Eagle left with sore head after falcon

    Unlucky West Coast defender Tom Cole cops one flush in the head

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  • 00:21

    Sublime long-range finish from Geelong backman

    Gun defender Zach Tuohy roosts this one through with ease

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  • 00:39

    Former Cat ignites Eagles' lightning start

    West Coast jet Tim Kelly streams forward in the opening seconds and sends it to Josh Kennedy, who does the rest

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Gold Coast v GWS Giants

9 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
9 Jacob Hopper (GWS)
5 Josh Kelly (GWS)
5 Zach Williams (GWS)
1 Tim Taranto (GWS)
1 Harry Himmelberg (GWS)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 08:35

    Cameron disappointed after Greene injury

    Leon Cameron was upset to lose superstar Toby Greene to a hamstring injury particularly after acknowledging he was in some of his best form

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  • 06:56

    Dew: 'We coughed it up way too often'

    Stuart Dew says his side's skill level was 'disappointing' but was reasonably content they generated a similar amount of chances on goal to GWS

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  • 06:52

    Highlights: Gold Coast v GWS

    The Suns and Giants go head to head in round nine

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  • 00:16

    King wins over crowd after Brown-esque mark

    Ben King gets Metricon buzzing after a stunning and courageous grab back with the flight

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  • 00:42

    All's well that ends Weller

    Lachie Weller snares a fine late goal after his terrific snap is given the all clear following a score review

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  • 00:29

    Nothing wrong about Jezza on the right

    Jeremy Cameron notches a simply superb dribbler from a tough angle

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  • 00:29

    GWS almost pull off one of the great goals of the year

    Tim Taranto takes a stunning mark, followed by some dazzling steps from Jacob Hopper who just misses out on completing a sensational goal

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  • 00:23

    Sizzling Suns after Rankine sitter turns to wizardry

    The Suns complete a scintillating move after Izak Rankine mops up his error in the best possible fashion

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  • 00:36

    Giant blow as Toby pings hammy

    GWS have suffered a huge blow with superstar Toby Greene leaving the ground after appearing to injure his hamstring

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  • 00:24

    Is this Greene genius or Greene fortune?

    Toby Greene delivers a beautiful bullet-like pass to Tim Taranto, but did he mean it?

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Fremantle v Collingwood

10 Luke Ryan (FRE)
8 David Mundy (FRE)
6 Caleb Serong (FRE)
3 Brayden Maynard (COLL)
2 Matt Taberner (FRE)
1 Steele Sidebottom (COLL)

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS

  • 12:56

    Bucks: 'They were hungrier to win it'

    Nathan Buckley concedes his side didn't match the same desperation and desire shown by the Dockers and also speaks out about his lockdown mishap

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  • 07:10

    Highlights: Fremantle v Collingwood

    The Dockers and Magpies go head to head in round nine

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  • 08:17

    Longmuir: 'We didn't have any passengers'

    Justin Longmuir says he was most pleased that he witnessed '22 committed players' all contribute towards a high-pressure game that outran the Pies

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  • 00:56

    Crowd rises as Crowden rides bumps and snaps truly

    Mitch Crowden bounces off a few Magpies before loading up a precise snap on goal

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  • 00:42

    Wow, that's one stunning check-Sidey

    Steele Sidebottom marks his return with a mesmerising checkside shot at goal

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  • 00:57

    Moore leaves Fyfe, loses hairband and his man

    Nat Fyfe is left all on his own after his direct opponent Darcy Moore elects to charge at another contest

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  • 00:56

    Stadium holds its breath after Schultz steers footy

    Lachie Schultz produces an epic dribbler on goal and watches it trickle through after a series of bounces

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  • 00:21

    Hot Pies sparked after mighty Maynard mark

    Brayden Maynard wows the crowd after a huge hanger near the boundary

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  • 00:50

    Sier inspired after long-awaited opener

    Brayden Sier lets out some emotion after nailing a terrific opening goal in his return to footy

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Leaderboard

60 Lachie Neale BL
39 Travis Boak PORT
39 Jack Steele STK
37 Christian Petracca MELB
30 Todd Goldstein NMFC
30 Jack Macrae WB
30 Matthew Rowell GCFC
28 Toby Greene GWS
27 Nic Naitanui WCE
27 Joel Selwood GEEL
27 Jarrod Witts GCFC
26 Scott Pendlebury COLL
25 Max Gawn MELB
25 Zak Jones STK
24 Charlie Dixon PORT
24 Cameron Guthrie GEEL
23 Taylor Adams COLL
23 Tim Kelly WCE
23 Josh Kennedy WCE
23 Hugh McCluggage BL
23 Chad Wingard HAW

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