Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury secured his second piece of hardware in season 2010 taking home the Bob Rose/Charlie Sutton medal for his efforts in the 10-point win over the Western Bulldogs.
The Magpie vice captain, who won the ANZAC Day medal in round five, polled a maximum of three votes from the Fox Sports commentators. Dane Swan was deemed next best with two votes while Bulldog Matthew Boyd received one.
The commentator voting was fairly consistent with the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year (AFLCPA) voting as Pendlebury polled eight votes to lead the way.
Both Mick Malthouse and Rodney Eade valued the 22-year-old's efforts while Swan picked up seven votes and Boyd polled five.
Swan's seven AFLCPA votes take him to fifth overall on the AFL leaderboard.
The other Magpies to feature in the voting included Luke Ball (3), Dale Thomas (2) and Alan Didak (1).
While many pundits had the lively forward listed in the best, Leon Davis' three goal night didn’t feature in either head coach’s top-five players.
In the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year, head coaches vote each week on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis. Coaches vote only on their own matches, but may vote for players on the opposing team.
Past winners of the prestigious award include Gary Ablett Jnr (2007-09), Simon Goodwin and Adam Goodes (joint winners in 2006), Barry Hall (2005) and Warren Tredrea (2004).
Votes | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
8 | Scott Pendlebury | Coll |
7 | Dane Swan | Coll |
5 | Matthew Boyd | WB |
3 | Adam Cooney | WB |
3 | Luke Ball | Coll |
2 | Daniel Cross | WB |
1 | Dale Thomas | Coll |
1 | Alan Didak | Coll |
Collingwood leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (number of matches the player polled)
Votes | Player |
---|---|
39 | Dane Swan (7) |
28 | Luke Ball (6) |
24 | Scott Pendlebury (6) |
19 | Alan Didak (6) |
18 | Heath Shaw (3) |
16 | Travis Cloke (3) |
16 | Dayne Beams (3) |
14 | Dale Thomas (4) |
9 | Steele Sidebottom (2) |
7 | Sharrod Wellingham (3) |
6 | Harry O'Brien (1) |
3 | Nick Maxwell (1) |
Leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year
Votes | Player | Club |
---|---|---|
53 | Luke Hodge | Hawthorn |
47 | Matthew Pavlich | Fremantle |
46 | Aaron Sandilands | Fremantle |
44 | Paul Chapman | Geelong |
39 | Dane Swan | Collingwood |
37 | Gary Ablett | Geelong |
37 | Lenny Hayes | St Kilda |
37 | Chris Judd | Carlton |
36 | David Mundy | Fremantle |
33 | Joel Selwood | Geelong |