{"id":867985,"date":"2026-08-25T15:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867985\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:16:23","slug":"coaches-votes-r23-nine-perfect-10s-more-votes-for-daicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867985\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches’ votes, R23: NINE perfect 10s, more votes for Daicos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The coaches’ votes for the round 23 games are in\n <\/p>\n

Will Ashcroft in action during the match between Brisbane and Gold Coast at the Gabba in round 23, 2026. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n

THERE were an incredible nine perfect 10-vote games in round 23, while Collingwood gun Nick Daicos continued to push out his unassailable lead in the race for the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

Daicos polled seven votes in the Magpies’ draw with Hawthorn, while Western Bulldogs skipper Marcus Bontempelli – who trailed Daicos by 34 votes leading into the round – did not play in his side’s draw with Carlton.<\/p>\n

Forward Beau McCreery took the 10 votes in the Magpies-Hawks clash, and midfield gun Ed Richards claimed the honours in the Dogs-Blues game.<\/p>\n

>> SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE VOTES<\/p>\n

Fremantle’s Caleb Serong, St Kilda’s Max Hall, Geelong’s Tanner Bruhn, Brisbane’s Will Ashcroft, Melbourne’s Kade Chandler, Greater Western Sydney’s Lachie Ash and Sydney’s Isaac Heeney all polled 10 votes in their respective wins.<\/p>\n

Every week, the two senior coaches for each game give votes on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, meaning 10 votes is the maximum a player can get in each round.<\/p>\n

The player with the most votes at the end of the home and away season will win the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fremantle v Adelaide<\/p>\n

10 Caleb Serong (FRE)
8 Izak Rankine (ADEL)
5 Jye Amiss (FRE)
5 Shai Bolton (FRE)
1 Josh Treacy (FRE)
1 Jordan Dawson (ADEL)<\/p>\n

Richmond v St Kilda<\/p>\n

10 Max Hall (STK)
8 Bradley Hill (STK)
5 Hugo Garcia (STK)
5 Mitch Owens (STK)
2 Jack Macrae (STK)<\/p>\n

North Melbourne v Geelong<\/p>\n

10 Tanner Bruhn (GEEL)
8 Shaun Mannagh (GEEL)
5 Mark Blicavs (GEEL)
3 Tristan Xerri (NMFC)
3 Jy Simpkin (NMFC)
1 Oliver Dempsey (GEEL)<\/p>\n

Brisbane v Gold Coast<\/p>\n

10 Will Ashcroft (BL)
4 Matt Rowell (GCFC)
4 Levi Ashcroft (BL)
4 Zac Bailey (BL)
3 Ned Moyle (GCFC)
2 Touk Miller (GCFC)
2 Dayne Zorko (BL)
1 Logan Morris (BL)<\/p>\n

Hawthorn v Collingwood<\/p>\n

10 Beau McCreery (COLL)
7 Nick Daicos (COLL)
5 Josh Ward (HAW)
3 Jarman Impey (HAW)
2 Harry Morrison (HAW)
2 Samuel Swadling (COLL)
1 Edward Allan (COLL)<\/p>\n

Port Adelaide v Melbourne<\/p>\n

10 Kade Chandler (MELB)
6 Max Gawn (MELB)
5 Bayley Fritsch (MELB)
4 Koltyn Tholstrup (MELB)
3 Jack Steele (MELB)
2 Bailey Laurie (MELB)<\/p>\n

Greater Western Sydney v West Coast<\/p>\n

10 Lachie Ash (GWS)
8 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
5 Connor Idun (GWS)
3 Toby Greene (GWS)
2 Harvey Thomas (GWS)
2 Callum Brown (GWS)<\/p>\n

Western Bulldogs v Carlton<\/p>\n

10 Ed Richards (WB)
5 Tom Liberatore (WB)
5 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
4 Oliver Florent (CARL)
3 James O’Donnell (WB)
3 Blake Acres (CARL)<\/p>\n

Essendon v Sydney<\/p>\n

10 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
7 Chad Warner (SYD)
7 Errol Gulden (SYD)
4 Brodie Grundy (SYD)
2 Will Setterfield (ESS)<\/p>\n

LEADERBOARD<\/p>\n

147 Nick Daicos (COLL)
106 Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
91 Max Gawn (MELB)
91 Will Ashcroft (BL)
84 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
81 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
77 Luke Jackson (FRE)
75 Jason Horne-Francis (PORT)
75 Bailey Smith (GEEL)
74 Jai Newcombe (HAW)
73 Kysaiah Pickett (MELB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The coaches’ votes for the round 23 games are in Will Ashcroft in action during the match between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-867985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}