Rory Sloane has joined teammates Scott Thompson and Patrick Dangerfield in the top 10 of the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award.
Brenton Sanderson and Ross Lyon awarded Sloane a perfect 10 votes for his best-on-ground performance in the clash between Adelaide and Fremantle at Patersons Stadium on Saturday.
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The newly re-signed onballer has polled votes in six of the Crows’ 10 matches this season, to sit in ninth place on the overall leaderboard. Dangerfield picked up eight votes for his 32-possession game against the Dockers and remains in eighth spot overall - one vote ahead of Sloane.
Despite not polling last weekend, Thompson is still equal-fifth with a total of 42 votes.
Three-goal hero Matt Wright (six votes) and comeback forward Taylor Walker (two votes) were the other Crows to catch the eyes of the coaches on Saturday afternoon.
Adelaide vs Fremantle
10 R Sloane (Adel)
8 P Dangerfield (Adel)
6 M Wright (Adel)
3 R Crowley (Freo)
2 T Walker (Adel)
1 L McPharlin (Freo)
Previous rounds:
Round 9, Adelaide v Collingwood: 9 D Beams (Coll), 7 S Pendlebury (Coll), 7 S Sidebottom (Coll), 3 N Maxwell (Coll), 2 D Talia (Adel), 2 D Thomas (Coll).
Round 8, Adelaide v Carlton: 10 P Dangerfield (Adel), 8 S Thompson (Adel), 5 R Sloane (Adel), 4 N van Berlo (Adel), 2 S Jacobs (Adel), 1 K Tippett (Adel).
Round 7, Adelaide v Geelong: 10 S Thompson (Adel), 7 Reilly, 4 Walker (Adel), 3 Sloane (Adel), 2 J Selwood (Geel), 2 Tippett (Adel), 1 Jacobs (Adel), 1 Petrenko (Adel) .
Round 6, Adelaide v Sydney: 10 Dangerfield (Adel), 7 Jetta (Syd),
5 Walker (Adel), 4 Sloane (Adel), 3 Goodes (Syd), 1 Reilly (Adel).
Round 5, Adelaide v Port Adelaide: 10 Dangerfield (Adel), 7 Taylor Walker (Adel), 4 Rory Sloane (Adel), 4 Justin Westhoff, 2 Jared Petrenko (Adel), 2 Scott Thompson (Adel), 1 Matt Wright (Adel)
Round 4 Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney : Sloane 9, van Berlo 8, Tippett 4, Thompson 3, Ward 2, Reilly 2, Scully 1, Power 1.
Round 3 Hawthorn v Adelaide: 8 Gibson (Haw), 5 Lewis (Haw), 4 Stratton (Haw), 4 Whitecross, (Haw), 3 Breust (Haw), 2 Franklin (Haw), 2 Tippett (Adel), 1 Dangerfield (Adel), 1 Guerra (Haw).
Round 2 Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: 9 S. Thompson (Adel), 8 Boyd (WB), 7 Reilly (Adel) , 4 Griffen (WB), 1 Markovic (WB), 1 Walker (Adel).
Round 1 Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide: 10 Thompson (Adel), 8 Ablett (GC), 4 Jacobs (Adel), 4 Tippett (Adel), 3 Sloane (Adel), 1 Walker (Adel).
Leaderboard after Round 10
55 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
47 Matthew Boyd (WB), Brent Stanton (Ess)
43 Jobe Watson (Ess)
42 Scott Thompson (Adel), Trent Cotchin (Rich)
40 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
39 Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
38 Rory Sloane (Adel)
37 Gary Ablett (GC)
The Crows host the Saints on the AFL’s biggest stage next Friday night at AAMI Stadium. Click here for tickets and match day information.
