SHE might have changed colours again, but there was no dip in the remarkable form of Aimee Whelan as she earned another perfect 10 votes in the VFLW Coaches Player of the Year award.

Whelan, who was in dominant touch for Hawthorn in the first five weeks of the season, was signed by the Sydney Swans’ new AFLW team during the break and returned to her original club Williamstown for the rest of this season, and picked up where she left off by impressing both Penny Cula-Reid and Sean Buncle in the Seagulls’ 30-point win over Port Melbourne at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Road Oval.

She had 29 disposals, eight more than the next most prolific player, teammate Jasmine Kawa (four votes), taking her to 33 and second place on the leaderboard behind Darebin gun Angelica Gogos, who had 23 disposals, 12 tackles and a goal against her old team Western Bulldogs to poll 10 votes and climb to 37 – 27 of them in the past three games.

Carlton’s Millie Klingbeil was other player to receive a perfect 10-vote game, doing so for her 21 disposals in the Blues’ thrilling upset of Collingwood.

Lambert-Pearce medallist Georgia Nanscawen showed no rust after three weeks off with a knee injury, picking up nine votes in Essendon’s record-breaking win over Geelong, while Hawthorn’s Dom Carbone and North Melbourne’s Annabel Scott (in a losing team) received nine each in their clash at Sandringham.

Similar to the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year, the VFLW award is voted on by the coaches of each club after every game in both competitions.

The coaches are awarding 5-4-3-2-1 to their best players in the game from either team, with those votes collated and revealed each week on vfl.com.au.

Another 11 players attracted the coaches’ attention for the first time in Round 6, making it 156 who have polled votes across the first six rounds.

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ROUND 6 VOTES

Hawthorn 8.9 (57) def North Melbourne 1.4 (10)
9 Dom Carbone (Haw)
9 Annabel Scott (NM)
5 Jordan Mifsud (Haw)
3 Jess Mourney (NM)
2 Elizabeth McGrath (NM)
1 Kristy Stratton (Haw)
1 Eliza Shannon (Haw)

Carlton 5.5 (35) def Collingwood 4.8 (32)
10 Millie Klingbeil (Car)
5 Matilda Zander (Col)
4 Nicole Hales (Col)
3 Steph Lawrence (Car)
3 Thomay Nicolaou (Car)
2 Nyakoat Dojiok (Col)
2 Eliza Wood (Car)
1 Marla Neal (Col)

Williamstown 7.10 (52) def Port Melbourne 3.4 (22)
10 Aimee Whelan (Wil)
6 Sophia McCarthy (Wil)
4 Jasmine Kawa (Wil)
4 Sharnie Whiting (Wil)
3 Ruby Tripodi (Wil)
2 Sophie Locke (PM)
1 Akayla Peterson (PM)

Casey Demons 14.13 (97) def Southern Saints 1.2 (8)
8 Jacqueline Parry (Cas)
5 Alison Brown (Cas)
5 Maddison Gay (Cas)
3 Tahlia Fellows (Cas)
3 Lauren Magee (Cas)
2 Cara McCrossan (Cas)
2 Krstel Petrevski (Cas)
1 Grace Buchan (SS)
1 Rebecca Grant (Cas)

Darebin 12.12 (84) def Western Bulldogs 0.4 (4)
10 Angelica Gogos (Dar)
6 Alyssa Mifsud (Dar)
4 Nicole Callinan (Dar)
4 Sally Lynch (Dar)
4 Eliza Morrison (WB)
1 Victoria Blackwood (Dar)
1 Eliza Vale (WB)

Essendon 13.11 (89) def Geelong 1.5 (11)
9 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess)
7 Federica Frew (Ess)
4 Jordan Zanchetta (Ess)
3 Laura Gardiner (Gee)
3 Amelia Radford (Ess)
3 Danielle Marshall (Ess)
1 Chloe Leonard (Gee)

LEADERBOARD

37 Angelica Gogos (Dar) 10
33 Aimee Whelan (Wil) 10
28 Amelia Radford (Ess) 3
24 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) 3
24 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess) 9
21 Millie Klingbeil (Car) 10
21 Paige Shepherd (Gee) 0
20 Hannah Stuart (SS) 0
19 Caitlin Bunker (Col) 0
19 Nicole Callinan (Dar) 4
19 Jess Duffin (NM) 0

ROHENNA YOUNG MEDAL LEADING GOALKICKER

17 Federica Frew (Ess) 4
11 Kristy Stratton (Haw) 2
10 Jessie Williams (Haw) 0
9 Cecilia McIntosh (Ess) 2
9 Renee Tierney (Ess) 0
8 Mia-Rae Clifford (Ess) 2
8 Mia Skinner (Gee) 1
8 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) 1
7 Alison Dowler (Cas) 0
6 Mietta Kendall (Haw) 1

REBEL VFLW ROUND 6 RECORDS

(Figures in brackets are the previous record)

• 1.4 10 North Melbourne's lowest VFLW away score (1.6 12 v Casey, 2.1 13 v Hawthorn)
• 5.5 35 Carlton's highest score v Collingwood (4.7 31)
• 4.8 32 Collingwood's lowest score v Carlton away from Victoria Park (6.12 48)
• 7.10 52 Port Melbourne's equal highest score conceded away from North Port (7.10 52)
• 7.10 52 Williamstown's highest score v Port Melbourne (3.1 19)
• 3.4 22 Port Melbourne's lowest score v Williamstown (6.9 45)
• 14.13 97 Casey Demons' equal highest VFLW score (15.7 97) and v Southern Saints (6.6 42)
• 14.13 97 Southern Saints' highest VFLW score conceded (9.5 59 all venues, 8.7 55 away)
• 89 Casey Demons' biggest win v Southern Saints (25)
• 1.2 8 Southern Saints' lowest score v Casey Demons (1.4 10)
• 89 Southern Saints' biggest VFLW loss (38)
• 12.12 84 Darebin's highest score v Western Bulldogs (6.6 42 all venues, 1.2 8 Whitten Oval)
• 0.4 4 Darebin's equal lowest score conceded (fourth time)
• 0.4 4 Western Bulldogs' lowest score v Darebin (5.6 36)
• 13.11 89 Essendon's highest away VFLW score (12.7 79 v Carlton)
• 13.11 89 Essendon's highest score v Geelong (5.6 36 all venues, 2.4 16 Deakin)
• 13.11 89 Geelong's highest VFLW score conceded (13.7 85 v NT Thunder all venues, 5.15 45 v Casey at Deakin)
• 78 Essendon's biggest away VFLW win (52 v Carlton)
• 78 Geelong's biggest VFLW loss (65 v NT Thunder all venues, 20 v Southern Saints at Deakin)
• 1.5 11 Geelong's lowest score v Essendon (5.9 39) and at Deakin University (2.4 16 v Southern Saints)

REBEL VFLW MILESTONES

• Hawthorn played its 50^th VFLW match (30-19-1)
• Cecilia McIntosh (Essendon) played her 150th VWFL/VFLW match
• Kendra Heil (Essendon) played her 50th VFLW match (7 goals)
• Hawthorn took a head-to-head lead against North Melbourne (2-1)
• Carlton defeated Collingwood for the first time (1-4)
• Williamstown defeated Port Melbourne for the first time (1-1)
• Williamstown won its first match at a neutral venue (1-3)
• Port Melbourne lost its first match at a neutral venue (1-1)
• Casey Demons moved in front in lifetime head-to-head (25-24)
• Casey Demons squared its head-to-head v Southern Saints (3-3)
• Darebin defeated Western Bulldogs for the first time (1-4) and at Whitten Oval (1-1)
• Essendon defeated Geelong for the first time (1-4) and at Deakin University (1-1)

REBEL VFLW DEBUTS

• Collingwood: Zoe Allan, Isabelle Harding, Michaela Harding
• Essendon: Bella Clarke
• Hawthorn: Zoe Barbakos, Jade Wise, Emmi-Lee Zanker-Close
• Southern Saints: Claire Keohane
• Western Bulldogs: Nina Coghill, Emma Collard, Meghann Geschke, Maddie Marks, Amber Wescombe
• Williamstown: Kate Scott

REBEL VFLW FIRST GOAL

• Carlton: Mia Cowan (6^th game)
• Collingwood: Shanel Camelleri (4^th)
• Darebin: Katie McAloon (13^th), Millie Shone (23^rd)
• Essendon: Joanne Doonan (3^rd)
• Hawthorn: Zoe Barbakos (1^st), Sarah Cameron (2^nd), Jade Wise (1^st), Emmi-Lee Zanker-Close (1^st)

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