REIGNING Lambert-Pearce medallist Georgia Nanscawen is on track to claim another major award after taking the lead in the inaugural rebel VFLW Coaches Player of the Year award.
Essendon captain Nanscawen, who was earlier this year named the Bombers’ first AFLW signing, polled her first perfect 10 vote-haul of the season after picking up 34 disposals, seven marks, eight clearances, six inside-50s and seven tackles in her team’s dominant victory over Darebin.
It took her to 55 votes and gave her a one-vote advantage over last week’s leader Hannah Stuart, the Southern Saints star who grabbed another seven votes for her 26 disposals, eight clearances and a goal against the Western Bulldogs.
As with the AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year, the VFLW award is voted on by the coaches of each club after every game in both competitions.
The coaches are awarding 5-4-3-2-1 to their best players in the game from either team, with those votes collated and revealed each week on vfl.com.au.
Another five new players attracted the coaches’ attention for the first time in Round 10, making it 212 who have polled votes for the season.
ROUND 11 VOTES
Darebin 1.1 (7) lost to Essendon 9.10 (64)
10 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess)
8 Joanne Doonan (Ess)
6 Alana Barba (Ess)
3 Nicole Callinan (Dar)
2 Mia-Rae Clifford (Ess)
1 Eloise Ashley-Cooper (Ess)
rebel VFLW COACHES PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD
55 Georgia Nanscawen (Ess) 10
54 Hannah Stuart (SS) 7
50 Laura Gardiner (Gee) 6
43 Tamara Luke (Haw) 9
43 Paige Sheppard (Gee) dnp
38 Aimee Whelan (Wil) 5
37 Angelica Gogos (Dar) dnp
36 Nicole Callinan (Dar) 3
36 Amelia Radford (Ess) 0
34 Tahlia Fellows (Cas) dnp
In a first for the rebel VFLW, all matches in 2022 are live streamed free. One VFLW feature match per week can be watched live via afl.com.au and the AFL Live Official App. All remaining games are live and on demand at www.vflw.tv.
To access live scores, results, ladder, stats and to link to live streams/replays, download the VFL/W Official App from the Apple or Google Play app stores.
