Essendon’s midfield duo of Darcy Parish and Zach Merrett led the charge for the AFLCA votes in Sunday’s stirring win over Adelaide.
Parish and Merrett each polled nine votes in a dominant tandem effort, both accumulating 39 disposals on the day.
Ben Hobbs was another from the midfield brigade to tally, taking a vote for his sturdy efforts in-and-under, while spearhead Peter Wright’s three-goal haul was rewarded with five votes.
Andrew McGrath and Nic Martin snagged two and three votes respectively, combining for nine rebound 50’s and 13 score involvements.
Merrett has now jumped to outright fifth on the overall leaderboard, taking his total to 65 votes.
Essendon round 17 AFLCA votes
- 9 Darcy Parish
- 9 Zach Merrett
- 5 Peter Wright
- 3 Nic Martin
- 2 Andrew McGrath
- 1 Ben Hobbs
