Harry O’Brien is a further three votes behind on 41 and Scott Pendlebury and Travis Cloke round out the top five tied at 39 votes.
Swan took the outright lead after round 20’s match against Port Adelaide. Swan kicked three goals and had eight contested possessions in the 31-point win.
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Other awards handed out on the night (to be posted when announced)
Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy (Collingwood's Best Player in the VFL)
Justin Crow and Brent Macaffer
Phonse Kyne Award (services to the club)
Brad Dick
Darren Millane Award (Best Clubman)
Shane O'Bree
Harry Collier Trophy (Best First Year Player)
Nathan Brown
Gavin Brown Award (Led the team in desire indicators)
Nick Maxwell
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.
