To wrap up a well-earned win for the Gold Coast SUNS, skipper Niamh McLaughlin has earned a perfect ten votes from the Giants’ master Cam Bernasconi and the SUNS Senior Coach Rhyce Shaw.

Each round, both senior coaches award votes to players on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis, determining 10 votes as the maximum achievement. 

In her 25^th game of AFLW, McLaughlin rotated from a rebounding defender into the midfield to record a game-high 26 disposals, two tackles and five total clearances, on top of her first goal of the season, which was snagged moments after the 157cm-pocket-rocket two stepped a Giant. 

Amassing 90 disposals across four games of AFLW, the Irish star now ranks equal 12^th in disposal leaders among Hawk Emily Bates and Magpie Brittany Bonnici.

Co-captain Lucy Single also received an impressive four votes from both senior coaches after another stellar performance that delivered a game-high and crucial eight tackles to the SUNS. 

With the SUNS system in full force on Saturday, three more SUNS including Havana Harris, Jacqueline Dupuy and Clara Fitzpatrick also earned themselves a nod towards the Sharp EIT Solutions AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.

Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney

10 Niamh McLaughlin GCFC
8 Lucy Single GCFC
3 Eilish O'Dowd GWS
3 Havana Harris GCFC
2 Jacqueline Dupuy GCFC
2 Clara Fitzpatrick GCFC
1 Zarlie Goldsworthy GWS
1 Cambridge McCormick GWS

LEADERBOARD

35 Ash Riddell NMFC
32 Tyla Hanks MELB
32 Georgie Prespakis GEEL
28 Georgia Nanscawen ESS
26 Ella Roberts WCE
24 Chloe Molloy SYD
24 Eliza West HAW
22 Brittany Bonnici COLL
22 Monique Conti RICH
22 Kate Hore MELB
18 Erone Fitzpatrick CARL
18 Laura Gardiner SYD
18 Jasmine Garner NMFC
17 Isabel Dawes BL
17 Breann Harrington CARL
15 Montana Ham SYD
15 Tilly Lucas-Rodd HAW
14 Dayna Finn CARL
14 Tyanna Smith STK
13 Kiara Bowers FRE
13 Niamh McLaughlin GCFC