The 81st Copeland Trophy was held at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne on Friday 3 October.
The complete listing of votes awarded
1. Dane Swan 53
2. Paul Medhurst 47
3. Scott Pendlebury 46
4. Leon Davis 44
5. Heritier O'Brien 43
6. Travis Cloke 42
7. Alan Didak 38
8. Dale Thomas 38
9. Shane O'Bree 38
10. Tarkyn Lockyer 38
11. Martin Clarke 34
12. Nick Maxwell 34
13. Shane Wakelin 31
14. Scott Burns 30
15. Rhyce Shaw 30
16. Nathan Brown 30
17. Heath Shaw 27
18. Josh Fraser 24
19. Chris Bryan 23
20. Ben Johnson 20
21. Tyson Goldsack 18
22. John Anthony 15
23. Cameron Wood 14
24. Sharrod Wellingham 13
25. Anthony Rocca 12
26. Alan Toovey 9
27. Ryan Cook 9
28. Chris Dawes 7
29. Shannon Cox 6
29. John McCarthy 6
31. Ben Reid 4
32. Simon Prestigiacomo 3
33. Chris Egan 2
33. Danny Stanley 2
35. Brodie Holland 1
35. Ryan Lonie 1
35. Sean Rusling 1
The Copeland Trophy voting system
1. Each player is allocated one vote for each game in which he is selected to represent the Collingwood Football Club.
2. Up to 20 votes per game can be allocated to the best players as judged by the Collingwood Match Committee. Votes are awarded based on the average vote of all members of the Match Committee.
3. In the event that two or more players finish with the same number of votes then the player who has played in the least amount of games takes the higher position. If these players have played the same number of games then the player who has polled the greater number of “high value” votes will take the higher position.
Other awards
Joseph Wren Award (Best VFL player)
Justin Crow & Brent Macaffer
Darren Millane Award (Best clubman)
Shane O’Bree
Harry Collier Award (Best first year player)
Nathan Brown
Gordon Coventry Award (Goal kicking)
Paul Medhurst - 50 Goals
Gavin Brown Award (Desire indicators)
Nick Maxwell
Bob Rose Award (Best player in finals)
Dane Swan
Phonse Kyne Award (Services to the Club)
Brad Dick
