Andrew Gaff has overtaken Matt Priddis as the highest placed Eagle on the 2015 AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year leader board after his tireless performance against Hawthorn on Saturday night.

Gaff amassed 35 possessions and sent the ball inside 50 on five occasions earning him seven votes from Adam Simpson and Alastair Clarkson.

Power forward and Coleman Medal leader Josh Kennedy was the only other Eagle to feature in the coaches’ votes with a single vote for his four goal haul.

 

West Coast v Hawthorn

10 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
7 Luke Breust (Haw)
7 Andrew Gaff (WCE)
2 Grant Birchall (Haw)
2 Ryan Schoenmakers (Haw)
1 Josh Kennedy (WCE)
1 Liam Shiels (Haw) 

 

AFLCA Player of the Year leader board

100 Nat Fyfe (Frem)
85 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
70 Todd Goldstein (NM)
67 Andrew Gaff (WC)
65 David Mundy (Frem)
65 Matt Priddis (WC)
60 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
58 Sam Mitchell (Haw)
56 Josh Kennedy (Syd)
53 David Armitage (StK)
53 Trent Cotchin (Rich)