Johnston's two votes at the weekend were enough to bring him level with North Ballarat onballer Riley Polkinghorne.

The pair both have 25 votes, with Polkinghorne not picking up any votes at the weekend due to North Ballarat having the bye.

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Unsurprisingly, Johnston relinquished the five votes to Joel Ottavi in the Roos' dominant win against Melton South, the forward rightly rewarded for his 17-goal haul.

The fight for second place is just as close.

A third five-vote game of the season for Redan livewire Cooper Craig-Peter sees him share 19 points with Melton midfielder Jack Walker.

Walker claimed three votes in the Bloods' comfortable win against Lake Wendouree to rise from third.

Ballarat's Sam James completes the minor placings, one vote clear of the chasing pack.

5 - Cooper Craig-Peters (Redan)

4 - Daniel Bond (Redan)

3 - Matthew Brett (Darley)

2 - Keenan Waterbury (Redan)

1 - Patrick Fitzgibbon (Darley)

5 - James Cree (Sunbury)

4 - Thomas Wardell (Bacchus Marsh)

3 - Riley Miller (Sunbury)

2 - Nicholas Stuhldreier (Bacchus Marsh)

1 - Haydn Ross (Sunbury)

5 - Kevin Klix (Melton)

4 - Bailey Mawson (Melton)

3 - Jack Walker (Melton)

2 - Ben Archard (Melton)

1 - Lachlan Phillips (Melton)

5 - Andrew Hooper (Ballarat)

4 - Lachlan Cassidy (Sebastopol)

3 - Grant Baldwin (Ballarat)

2 - Luke Wynd (Ballarat)

1 - Bailey Medwell (Sebastopol)

5 - Joel Ottavi (East Point)

4 - Jack Ganley (East Point)

3 - Cameron Lovig (East Point)

2 - Matthew Johnston (East Point)

1 - Mickitja Rotumah-Onus (East Point)

25 - Matthew Johnston (East Point)

25 - Riley Polkinghorne (North Ballarat)

19 - Jack Walker (Melton)

19 - Cooper Craig-Peters (Redan)

16 - Sam James (Ballarat)

15 - Josh Chatfield (NB)

15 - Tom German (Bacchus Marsh)

14 - Braedan Kight (Melton)

13 - Nicholas Stuhldreier (BM)

13 - Daniel Bond (R)

12 - Marcus Powling (B)

12 - Dylan Conway (Melton South)

12 - Daniel Burton (BM)

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