Tom Liberatore received a maximum ten votes from the AFL Coaches Association against Collingwood, with both Brendan McCartney and Nathan Buckley naming him best on ground.

The clean sweep sees Liberatore now figure in the top ten players in the competition (equal seventh).

Ryan Griffen (six votes), Liam Jones (three votes) and Luke Dahlhaus (one vote) also turned the coaches’ heads in the tight battle.

Two Collingwood players were recognised with votes, with Travis Cloke and Jamie Elliott awarded with seven and three votes respectively.

Round 13  AFLCA Votes - Collingwood v Western Bulldogs
10 Liberatore (WB)
7 Cloke (Coll)
6 Griffen (WB)
3 Elliott (Coll)
3 Jones (WB)
1 Dahlhaus (WB)


LEADERBOARD
64 Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
57 Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans)
56 Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
52 Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
46 Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)
43 Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)
41 Nathan Jones (Melbourne)
41 Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
38 Joel Selwood (Geelong)
37 Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)
37 Matthew Priddis (West Coast)