DAREBIN star Nicole Callinan has made a move up the VFLW Coaches Player of the Year leaderboard after another strong performance in the Falcons’ win over Williamstown on Saturday.

Callinan, who is still a top-end player in the competition at 39, polled eight votes alongside teammate Naomi Celebre as the rejuvenated Falcons kept their opposition goalless for the second-straight week and won their fourth match in a row to consolidate fourth spot on the ladder.

With teammate Angelica Gogos not polling a vote and Williamstown’s future Sydney Swan Aimee Whelan not playing, it opened the door for the chasing pack, and Callinan moved into fourth spot behind Essendon first-year player Amelia Radford, who continues to take the league by storm with another two votes.

Early leader Paige Sheppard polled six votes in Geelong’s win over Western Bulldogs to also close the gap, while the Bombers’ Lambert-Pearce medallist Georgia Nanscawen remains within striking distance.

Hawthorn captain Tamara Luke was the only player to poll a perfect 10 votes, doing so against Carlton to move into the top 10 alongside Southern Saint Winnie Laing, who picked up nine in her team’s win over Port Melbourne, while Geelong's Laura Gardiner also polled nine votes to sit on the edge of the upper bracket.

As with 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 14 players attracted the coaches’ attention for the first time in Round 7, making it 170 who have polled votes across the first seven rounds.

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ROUND 7 VOTES

Casey Demons 5.6 (36) def Collingwood 4.5 (29)
6 Maggie Caris (Cas)
5 Hannah Bowey (Col)
4 Brenna Tarrant (Cas)
4 Olivia Meagher (Col)
3 Katie Lee (Col)
3 Joanna Lin (Col)
2 Matilda Zander (Col)
2 Belinda Woolcock (Cas)
1 Shanel Camelleri (Col)

Southern Saints 6.9 (45) def Port Melbourne 3.4 (22)
9 Winnie Laing (SS)
5 Grace Buchan (SS)
5 Tayla Kearns (SS)
5 Hannah Stuart (SS)
3 Emily Harley (PM)
2 Alana Woodward (SS)
1 Lisa Davie (PM)

Darebin 2.3 (15) def Williamstown 0.3 (3)
8 Nicole Callinan (Dar)
8 Naomi Celebre (Dar)
8 Erin Meade (Wil)
2 Ruby Tripodi (Wil)
2 Sharnie Whiting (Wil)
1 Sally Lynch (Dar)
1 Karly McNiece (Dar)

Essendon 13.10 (88) def North Melbourne 2.2 (14)
8 Mia-Rae Clifford (Ess)
8 Elizabeth McGrath (NM)
5 Eloise Ashley-Cooper (Ess)
3 Danielle Marshall (Ess)
2 Joanne Doonan (Ess)
2 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess)
2 Amelia Radford (Ess)

Geelong 7.3 (45) def Western Bulldogs 1.1 (7)
9 Laura Gardiner (Gee)
6 Rene Caris (Gee)
6 Paige Sheppard (Gee)
4 Eliza Vale (WB)
2 Chloe Leonard (Gee)
2 Eliza Morrison (WB)
1 Mia Skinner (Gee)

Hawthorn 7.10 (52) def Carlton 0.1 (1)
10 Tamara Luke (Haw)
7 Bridget Deed (Haw)
7 Nicole Garner (Haw)
2 Sarah Cameron (Haw)
2 Madeleine Di Cosmo (Car)
1 Abbey Holmes (Haw)
1 Isabelle Porter (Haw)

LEADERBOARD

37 Angelica Gogos (Dar) 0
33 Aimee Whelan (Wil) 0
30 Amelia Radford (Ess) 2
27 Nicole Callinan (Dar) 8
27 Paige Shepherd (Gee) 6
26 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess) 2
25 Hannah Stuart (SS) 5
24 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) 0
22 Winnie Laing (SS) 9
22 Tamara Luke (Haw) 10

ROHENNA YOUNG MEDAL LEADING GOALKICKER

21 Federica Frew (Ess) 4
13 Cecilia McIntosh (Ess) 4
11 Mia Skinner (Gee) 3
11 Kristy Stratton (Haw) 0
10 Renee Tierney (Ess) 1
10 Jessie Williams (Haw) 0
9 Mia-Rae Clifford (Ess) 1
8 Alison Dowler (Cas) 1
8 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) 0

REBEL VFLW MILESTONES

• CASEY DEMONS PLAYED THEIR 50TH VFLW MATCH (26-24)
• ALEX MORCOM (Essendon) 50 VFLW matches/1 goal 

• Casey Demons defeated Collingwood for the first time (1-3)
• Collingwood lost for the first time at Olympic Park (2-1-1)
• Essendon defeated North Melbourne for the first time (1-1)
• Essendon squared its overall away win-loss record (11-11)
• Geelong took a head-to-head lead v Western Bulldogs (3-2)
• Hawthorn took a head-to-head lead v Carlton (2-1-1)
• Port Melbourne squared its overall win-loss record (11-11)
• Western Bulldogs squared their overall win-loss record (26-26)

REBEL VFLW ROUND 7 RECORDS

(Figures in brackets are the previous record)

• 0.1 1 – Carlton's lowest VFLW score (1.0 6 v North Melbourne, 2021; 2.1 13 v Hawthorn, 2018)
• 5.6 36 – Casey Demons' highest score v Collingwood (5.1 31, 2019)
• 4.5 29 – Collingwood's lowest score v Casey Demons (5.5 35, 2019)
• 2.3 15 – Darebin's equal lowest score v Williamstown (1.9 15, 2021) and lowest at Williamstown (2.4 16, 2021)
• 0.3 3 – Darebin's lowest VFLW score conceded (0.4 4 four times)
• 13.10 88 – Essendon's highest score v North Melbourne (3.7 25, 2021)
• 7.3 45 – Geelong's highest score v Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval (5.10 40, 2021)
• 38 – Geelong's biggest win v Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval (34, 2021)
• 51 – Hawthorn's equal biggest win v Carlton (51, 2018)
• 13.10 88 – North Melbourne's highest score conceded at Arden St (10.15 75 v Collingwood, 2021)
• 2.2 14 – North Melbourne's lowest score v Essendon (4.5 29, 2021)
• 74 – North Melbourne's biggest loss at Arden St (62 v Collingwood, 2021)
• 3.4 22 – Port Melbourne's lowest score v Southern Saints (3.5 23, 2021)
• 6.9 45 – Southern Saints' lowest score v Port Melbourne (8.7 55, 2021)
• 2.3 15 – Williamstown's equal lowest VFLW score conceded at Williamstown (1.9 15, NT Thunder, 2021)
• 0.3 3 – Williamstown's lowest score v Darebin (0.4 4, 2019)

REBEL VFLW DEBUTS

• Geelong: Lauren Gibbs
• Southern Saints: Chanelle Slater
• Western Bulldogs: Madison Katerelos
• Williamstown: Cassie McWilliams

REBEL VFLW FIRST GOAL

• Darebin: Tori Snelleksz (8^th match)
• Geelong: Lauren Gibbs (1^st)
• Hawthorn: Lauren Camilleri (12^th)
• Southern Saints: Chanelle Slater (1^st)
• Western Bulldogs: Madison Katerelos (1^st)

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