Showdown Medallist Sam Jacobs received maximum votes from both coaches in Sunday’s clash with Port Adelaide.
Jacobs was influential at the stoppages with 36 hit-outs and six clearances, but was also damaging up forward with a season-high three goals against the Power. The 202cm ruckman was one of eight players who notched a perfect 10 votes across the AFL for Round 15.
Jacobs becomes the third Crow to score maximum coaches votes in a game this season, joining Patrick Dangerfield (Round Five) and Brodie Smith (Round 13).
Dangerfield also scored well in Sunday’s Showdown XXXVII, adding another seven votes to his tally from 32 disposals (22 contested), seven clearances and eight inside 50ms.
Five votes was a just reward for livewire forward Eddie Betts following his thrilling Showdown performance. Betts was a match-winner for the Crows with a game-high four goals along with four clearances and four inside 50ms.
Scott Thompson (four votes) continued his magnificent 2014 season with his third consecutive appearance in the coaches polls.
Brad Crouch (two votes) was another Crow acknowledged by Brenton Sanderson and Ken Hinkley. The 20-year-old midfielder gathered 28 possessions and a kicked a crucial final-quarter goal in his first AFL game since the Round Two Showdown in March.
Gary Ablett remains at the top of the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year leaderboard after adding another five votes to his tally in Round 15. Fremantle’s Nathan Fyfe (nine votes) and Sydney midfielder Josh Kennedy (six votes) are the dual Brownlow Medallist’s nearest challengers in second and third place.
Adelaide vs Port Adelaide
10 Sam Jacobs (Adel)
7 Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
5 Eddie Betts (Adel)
4 Scott Thompson (Adel)
2 Travis Boak (Port)
2 Brad Crouch (Adel)
Round 15 Leaderboard
72 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
66 Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
65 Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
60 Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
59 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
48 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
45 Brendon Goddard (Essendon)
45 Matthew Priddis (West Coast)
44 Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Past AFLCA Crows voting
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