CARLTON’s 2017 No.3 draft pick Paddy Dow has charged back up the leaderboard in the Smithy’s VFL Coaches Player of the Year award after polling his second perfect 10-vote match of the season.

Dow, who also grabbed 10 votes in Round 1, was unanimously judged best-on-ground after earning 34 disposals, seven clearances and seven inside-50s in the Blues’ easy win over North Melbourne at Ikon Park on Saturday, lifting him back into third spot on the leaderboard behind teammate Will Hayes, who polled five votes for his 38 disposals, six marks, five rebounds and a goal, and Southport star Jacob Dawson.

The two outstanding key forward performances of the round (and the season along with Mitch Brown’s Round 1 haul) each unsurprisingly earned 10 votes for their owners – Jake Riccardi’s nine goals for GWS against the Northern Bullants and Ollie Henry’s seven for Collingwood against Coburg, while Deven Robertson (24 disposals, eight marks, seven clearances, nine tackles, two goals) drew the attention of both coaches in the Brisbane Lions’ big win over Sydney.

Gold Coast ruckman Ned Moyle was judged to be the difference in the Suns’ heartstopping win over Werribee, taking nine votes after picking up 17 disposals, seven clearances and a remarkable 54 hitouts, while Footscray’s Rhylee West also earned nine votes with 26 touches, five marks, five clearances and nine inside-50s against Essendon.

As with the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year, the VFL award is voted on by the coaches of each club after every game.

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.

A total of 34 new players attracted the coaches’ attention in Round 4, making it 249 to have polled so far this season.

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ROUND 6 VOTES

Coburg 2.10 (22) lost to Collingwood 18.18 (126)
10 Ollie Henry (Col)
7 Caleb Poulter (Col)
5 Mason Cox (Col)
3 Finlay Macrae (Col)
2 Sam Glover (Col)
2 Trey Ruscoe (Col)
1 Campbell Hustwaite (Col)

Carlton 17.12 (114) def North Melbourne 9.5 (59)
10 Paddy Dow (Car)
5 Will Hayes (Car)
4 Ned Cahill (Car)
4 Tom Williamson (Car)
3 Stefan Radovanovic (Car)
2 Mat Walker (NM)
1 Jordan Boyd (Car)
1 Jesse Motlop (Car)

Gold Coast 14.7 (91) def Werribee 12.17 (89)
9 Ned Moyle (GC)
5 Rory Atkins (GC)
5 Oliver Hanrahan (Wer)
4 Tom Gribble (Wer)
3 Shaun Mannagh (Wer)
2 Charlie Constable (GC)
2 Sam Day (GC)

Footscray 13.12 (90) def Essendon 11.11 (77)
9 Rhylee West (Foo)
8 Lachie Sullivan (Foo)
5 Nick Bryan (Ess)
3 Buku Khamis (Foo)
2 Brayden Ham (Ess)
2 Josh Kellet (Foo)
1 Nick Hind (Ess)

Geelong 10.6 (66) def Williamstown 6.18 (54)
6 Mitch Knevitt (Gee)
5 Tom Downie (Wil)
5 Lachie Waddell (Gee)
4 Matthew Ling (Gee)
4 Billy Myers (Wil)
2 Liam Hunt (Wil)
2 Jack Toner (Wil)
1 Teia Miles (Wil)
1 Shannon Neale (Wil)

Sydney 8.7 (55) lost to Brisbane Lions 17.12 (114)
10 Deven Robertson (BL)
6 Ryan Clarke (Syd)
4 Rhys Mathieson (BL)
3 Tom Berry (BL)
3 Mitch Robinson (BL)
2 Callum Sinclair (Syd)
1 Harry Morrison (Syd)
1 Jack Payne (BL)

Northern Bullants 5.8 (38) lost to GWS 23.10 (148)
10 Jake Riccardi (GWS)
7 Tanner Bruhn (GWS)
4 James Peatling (GWS)
3 Jarrod Brander (GWS)
2 Josh Fahey (GWS)
2 Zach Sproule (GWS)
1 Jackson Barling (NB)
1 Xavier O’Halloran (GWS)

Box Hill Hawks 11.6 (72) lost to Casey Demons 10.19 (79)
7 Kade Chandler (Cas)
7 Bailey Laurie (Cas)
7 Jimmy Munro (Cas)
7 Ed Phillips (Box)
1 Damian Mascitti (Box)
1 Mitch White (Cas)

Sandringham 15.9 (99) def Frankston 7.10 (52)
8 Ryan Byrnes (San)
7 Jack Billings (San)
5 Jack Bytel (San)
4 Darragh Joyce (San)
2 Tom Highmore (San)
2 Zak Jones (San)
1 Sam Dunell (San)
1 Jarryn Geary (San)

Port Melbourne, Richmond, Southport bye

SMITHY’S VFL COACHES PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD

39 Jacob Dawson (Sou) bye
30 Will Hayes (Car) 5
28 Paddy Dow (Car) 10
26 Mitch White (Cas) 1
22 Jarrod Brander (GWS) 3
22 Ryan Clarke (Syd) 6
21 Rhys Mathieson (BL) 4
21 Boyd Woodcock (Sou) bye
20 Josh Fahey (GWS) 2
19 Callum Brown (Col) 0

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