Both head coaches from Saturday afternoon’s Collingwood victory over North Melbourne were in agreement with regards to the top four players on the ground.

Mick Malthouse and Brad Scott deemed vice-captain Scott Pendlebury’s game best afield as the 23-year-old received a maximum 10 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year voting.  Pendlebury matched a previous career best of 39 possessions to accompany five tackles and one goal.

Dane Swan, who is tied at the top of the AFLCA leaderboard with Geelong’s Corey Enright after two rounds, was next best polling eight votes.  Swan has now racked up 74 disposals after two matches to lead the AFL competition.

Rounding out the top three for the head coaches, Chris Dawes’ game warranted six votes after the booted two goals and collected a career-high 26 disposals.  Dawes has now polled 15 total votes and is in a tie for fourth on the leaderboard.

Other Magpies to poll include Dayne Beams (4), Travis Cloke (1) and Harry O’Brien (1).

Past winners of the prestigious award include Dane Swan (2010), Gary Ablett Jnr (2007-09), Simon Goodwin and Adam Goodes (joint winners in 2006), Barry Hall (2005) and Warren Tredrea (2004).

North Melbourne v Collingwood voting

Votes	Player	Club
10	Scott Pendlebury	Coll
8	Dane Swan	Coll
6	Chris Dawes	Coll
4	Dayne Beams	Coll
1	Travis Cloke	Coll
1	Harry O'Brien	Coll

Collingwood leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year (number of matches the player polled)

Votes	Player
17	Dane Swan (2)
15	Chris Dawes (2)
13	Scott Pendlebury (1)
6	Ben Johnson (1)
4	Dayne Beams (1)
1	Travis Cloke (1)
1	Harry O'Brien (1)

Leader board for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

Votes	Player	Club
17	Dane Swan	Collingwood
17	Corey Enright	Geelong
16	Chris Judd	Carlton
15	Dean Cox	West Coast
15	Chris Dawes	Collingwood
14	Marc Murphy	Carlton
13	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
12	Ryan O'Keefe	Sydney
11	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn
10	Brett Deledio	Richmond
10	Andrew Embley	West Coast
10	Brent Moloney	Melbourne
10	Jobe Watson	Essendon