COLLINGWOOD young gun Callum Brown backed up last week’s perfect game with another nine votes against Geelong on Saturday to take an early outright lead in the VFL Coaches Player of the Year award.

Brown had 32 disposals in the win over Box Hill Hawks and again starred with 27 touches and 11 tackles as the Magpies defeated the Cats at AIA Centre.

Another of last week’s 10-votegetters, Carlton’s Paddy Dow, also continued his great start to the year, polling eight votes for his 30 disposals and two goals in the Blues’ big win over the Hawks, while his teammate Will Hayes grabbed nine to move into a share of third spot on 15.

Five players were unanimously judged best-on-ground by the coaches, with the most impressive of those being Essendon skipper Joe Atley, who had 28 touches and eight tackles to get the 10 despite his Bombers losing a thriller to Casey Demons.

Brisbane Lion Kai Lohmann and Footscray’s Lachlan McNeil each polled 10s for their five-goal efforts, Coburg key defender Jack Maibaum started his season in style with 18 disposals and eight marks and highly-rated Sandringham youngster Marcus Windhager was best-on-ground in just his second Smithy’s VFL game.

Brown and Hayes’ nine-vote efforts were matched by Southport pair Jacob Dawson and Jacob Townsend and Gold Coast matchwinner Malcolm Rosas.

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 47 players attracted the coaches’ attention in Round 2, making it 115 to have polled already this season.

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ROUND 2 VOTES

Footscray 10.12 (72) def Northern Bullants 10.10 (70)
10 Lachlan McNeil (Foo)
6 Mutaz El Nour (NB)
4 Lachie Sullivan (Foo)
4 Buku Khamis (Foo)
3 Rhylee West (Foo)
2 Tom Wilson (NB)
1 Jean-Luc Velissaris (NB)

Sydney 15.11 (101) lost to Gold Coast 15.13 (103)
9 Malcolm Rosas (GC)
7 Ryan Clarke (Syd)
7 Matthew Roberts (Syd)
3 Ned Moyle (GC)
3 James Tsitas (GC)
1 Logan McDonald (Syd)

Brisbane Lions 25.6 (156) def North Melbourne 7.10 (52)
10 Kai Lohmann (BL)
7 Tom Berry (BL)
7 Rhys Mathieson (BL)
4 Jaxon Prior (BL)
1 Tom Fullarton (BL)
1 James Tunstill (BL)

Southport 18.11 (119) def Williamstown 10.2 (62)
9 Jacob Dawson (Sou)
9 Jacob Townsend (Sou)
5 Jesse Joyce (Sou)
3 Max Spencer (Sou)
2 Tom Fields (Sou)
1 Joel Ottavi (Wil)
1 Max Pescud (Sou)

Coburg 8.16 (64) def Port Melbourne 9.8 (62)
10 Jack Maibaum (Cob)
5 Luke Bunker (Cob)
5 Harvey Hooper (PM)
4 Tom O’Sullivan (PM)
3 Jesse Cucinotta (PM)
2 Tom Silvestro (Cob)
1 Corey Wagner (PM)

Collingwood 15.10 (100) def Geelong 11.12 (78)
9 Callum Brown (Col)
8 Ash Johnson (Col)
5 Quinton Narkle (Gee)
4 Finlay Macrae (Col)
2 Lachie Tardrew (Col)
1 Zach Guthrie (Gee)
1 Gryan Miers (Gee)

Casey Demons 13.13 (91) def Essendon 13.10 (88)
10 Joe Atley (Ess)
6 Oskar Baker (Cas)
4 Kade Chandler (Cas)
3 Ben Hobbs (Ess)
3 Alec Waterman (Ess)
3 Mitch White (Cas)
1 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (Ess)

Frankston 4.6 (30) lost to GWS 8.9 (57)
7 Matthew Flynn (GWS)
5 Cooper Hamilton (GWS)
4 Jacob Wehr (GWS)
4 Ryan Hebron (GWS)
3 Finn Callaghan (GWS)
3 Sam Fletcher (Fra)
2 Leyton Chisholm (GWS)
2 Ryley Stoddart (Fra)

Sandringham 15.4 (94) def Richmond 5.10 (40)
10 Marcus Windhager (San)
8 Tyler Sonsie (Ric)
5 Tom Campbell (San)
5 Mitch Owens (San)
1 Ryan Byrnes (San)
1 Darragh Joyce (San)

Box Hill Hawks 8.11 (59) lost to Carlton 16.9 (105)
9 Will Hayes (Car)
8 Paddy Dow (Car)
4 Hugh Beasley (Box)
3 Jesse Motlop (Car)
2 Alex Mirkov (Car)
2 Jack Newnes (Car)
1 Ben Crocker (Car)
1 Luke Parks (Car)

SMITHY'S VFL COACHES PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD

19 Callum Brown (Col) 9
18 Paddy Dow (Car) 8
15 Joe Atley (Ess) 10
15 Will Hayes (Car) 9
14 Jacob Dawson (Sou) 9
14 Quinton Narkle (Gee) 5
14 Malcolm Rosas (GC) 9
12 Ryan Clarke (Syd) 7
11 Finn Callaghan (GWS) 3
10 Mitch Brown (Cas) 0
10 Kai Lohmann (BL) 10
10 Jack Maibaum (Cob) 10
10 Lachlan McNeil (Foo) 10
10 Marcus Windhager (San) 10

FROSTY MILLER MEDAL LEADING GOALKICKER

11 Jacob Townsend (Sou) 8
8 Mitch Brown (Cas) 1
8 Joel Ottavi (Wil) 6
7 Malcolm Rosas (GC) 4
7 Kai Lohmann (BL) 5
6 Sam Fowler (Col) 2
6 Fergus Greene (Box) 3
5 Josh Corbett (GC) 0
5 Sam Day (GC) 4
5 Eddie Ford (NM) 0
5 Mitch White (Cas) 3
5 Ben Crocker (Car) 3

SMITHY’S VFL ROUND 2 RECORDS

(Figures in brackets are the previous record)

• 8.11 59 Box Hill Hawks' lowest score v Carlton (17.12 114, 2000 and 2001)
• 16.9 105 Carlton's highest score v Box Hill Hawks (14.13 97, 2001)
• 15.10 100 Collingwood's highest score v Geelong at Olympic Park (13.13 91, 2018)
• 22 Collingwood's biggest win v Geelong at Olympic Park (4, 2018)
• 13.10 88 Essendon's highest score v Casey Demons at Casey Fields (7.14 56, 2017)
• 25.6 156 North Melbourne's highest away score conceded (23.12 150 v Box Hill 2021)
• 5.10 40 Richmond's lowest score v Sandringham (all venues 7.12 54, 2016; TBO 10.6 66, 2021)
• 54 Sandringham's biggest win v Richmond at Trevor Barker Oval (39, 2000)

SMITHY’S VFL MILESTONES

• Hugh Beasley (Box Hill Hawks) 50 VFL matches/1 goal - plus 17/1 NEAFL
• Darragh Joyce (Sandringham) 50 VFL matches/9 goals
• GWS RECORDED ITS 100^TH NEAFL/VFL WIN (100-81-1)

• Brisbane Lions played North Melbourne for the first time
• Casey Demons defeated Essendon for the eighth time in a row
• Carlton defeated Box Hill Hawks for the first time (1-5)
• Coburg defeated Port Melbourne at Coburg City Oval for the first time since July 1, 2007 (7 losses)
• Coburg took a 38-37-1 lead v Port Melbourne at Coburg City Oval
• Collingwood took a 2-1 lead v Geelong at Olympic Park
• Essendon played its 100th VFL era away match (41-58-1)
• Footscray defeated Northern Bullants for the fifth time in a row
• Frankston played GWS for the first time
• Gold Coast defeated Sydney for the fifth time in a row
• GWS squared its NEAFL/VFL away record (36-36-1)
• Southport played Williamstown for the first time

SMITHY’S VFL DEBUTS

(Round 2 total: 16. Season total: 108. NEAFL games counted)

• Box Hill Hawks (total 7): Sam Butler, Max Walton
• Brisbane Lions (2): Nil
• Carlton (2): Nil
• Casey Demons (7): Roan Steele
• Coburg (2): Flynn Gentile, Ben Overman
• Collingwood (6): Zach Molloy
• Essendon (11): Ronald Fejo
• Footscray (5): Nil
• Frankston (6): Josh Butland, Colby Nanya, Ned Shannon
• Geelong (9): Nil
• Gold Coast (8): Nil
• GWS (8): Billy Barnes, Sebastian Quirk
• North Melbourne (6): Nil
• Northern Bullants (4): Jaden Collins, Tom Mills
• Port Melbourne (3): Nil
• Richmond (5): Nil
• Sandringham (6): Nil
• Southport (1): Nil
• Sydney (5): Angus Sheldrick
• Werribee (2): Nil
• Williamstown (3): Matthew Gaul

SMITHY’S VFL FIRST GOAL

(Round 2 total: 20. Season total: 57. NEAFL goals counted)

• Box Hill Hawks (3): Nil
• Brisbane Lions (3): Jaxon Prior (3^rd), James Tunstill (2^nd)
• Carlton (4): Jesse Motlop (2^nd)
• Casey Demons (4): Blake Howes (2^nd), Roan Steele (1^st)
• Collingwood (3): Nil
• Essendon (5): Will Golds (2^nd), Ben Hobbs (2^nd)
• Footscray (1): Nil
• Geelong (4): Billy Crofts (2^nd), Tom Panuccio (3^rd)
• Gold Coast (4): Jez McLennan (25^th)
• GWS (4): Leek Aleer (2nd), Finn Callaghan (2^nd), Cooper Hamilton (2^nd), Max Monaghan (6^th)
• North Melbourne (4): Max Mitchell-Russell (2^nd)
• Northern Bullants (2): Danny Hughes (12^th)
• Port Melbourne (1): Jackson Weidemann (2^nd)
• Richmond (3): Nil
• Sandringham (4): Mitch Owens (2^nd), Marcus Windhager (2nd)
• Southport (1): Boyd Woodcock (1^st)
• Sydney (3): Angus Sheldrick (1^st)
• Werribee (1): Nil
• Williamstown (3): Nil

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