ADELAIDE star Rory Sloane is the winner of the AFL Players' Association MVP of the month award for April.

Sloane received 59 per cent of the player votes ahead of Richmond’s Dustin Martin (16 per cent) and Crows teammate Eddie Betts (nine per cent).

APRIL NOMINEES
Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide)
Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
Eddie Betts (Adelaide)
Dustin Martin (Richmond) 

VOTING PROCESS
Former MVP winners (Leigh Matthews, Chris Judd, Gerard Healy and Tim Watson) will nominate six players they believe to be the best for the month. Current players will then vote to decide who they believe is the MVP of the month from the six nominees. The monthly winner will then be automatically nominated for the end of season AFL Players' Association MVP Award (Leigh Matthews Trophy).

VOTING PERIODS
March/April - Rounds 1-6 Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
May - Rounds 7-10
June - Rounds 11-15
July - Rounds 16-19
August - Rounds 20-23