Riley Polkinghorne still holds a slender lead in the The Courier's BFNL player of the year voting despite one his most comparatively quite weekends.
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The North Ballarat on-baller collected just two votes in his side's win against East Point, after bouncing between best-on-ground and four-vote performances in the previous four rounds.
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Roosters teammate Josh Chatfield was not among the vote-getters at the weekend but holds on to second by the barest of margins.
Braeden Kight's five-goal performance for Melton saw him collect four votes and propelled him to third with 14 votes overall.
Kight shares third place with East Point gun Matthew Johnston, who also has 14 votes.
Game-by-game votes
Lake Wendouree v Melton South
5 - Nick Rippon (LW)
4 - Brayden Helyar (LW)
3 - Harrison Robertson (LW)
2 - Timothy Collins (LW)
1 - Cody Chapman (MS)
Sunbury v Ballarat
5 - Luke Goater (S)
4 - Tom Donoghue (S)
3 - Sam James (B)
2 - Joshua Guthrie (S)
1 - Mitch Martin (B)
East Point v North Ballarat
5 - Thomas Hotchin (NB)
4 - Matthew Johnston (EP)
3 - Charlie Perks (NB)
2 - Riley Polkinghorne (NB)
1 - Joseph Dodd (EP)
Melton v Redan
5 - Jack Walker (M)
4 - Braedan Kight (M)
3 - Lachie George (R)
2 - Liam Carter (M)
1 - Ryan Carter (M)
Darley v Sebastopol
5 - Toby Hutt (S)
4 - Lachlan Cassidy (S)
3 - Luke Kiel (S)
2 - Jake Ancrum (D)
1 - Hugo Papst (S)
Top 10
1 - Riley Polkinghorne (North Ballarat), 20 votes
2 - Josh Chatfield (North Ballarat), 15 votes
3= Braedan Kight (Melton), 14 votes
3= Matthew Johnston (East Point), 14 votes
4 - Jack Walker (Melton), 12 votes
5= Nicholas Stuhldreier (Bacchus Marsh), 11 votes
5= Sam James (Ballarat), 11 votes
6 - Marcus Powling (Ballarat), 10 votes
7= Cooper Craig-Peters (Redan), 9 votes
7= Joseph Dodd (East Point), 9 votes
7= Toby Hutt (Sebastopol), 9 votes