Midfielder Lachie Neale has been recognised as the best on ground by senior coaches Ross Lyon and Brendon Bolton in Fremantle’s 57-point win over Carlton on Saturday at Etihad Stadium. 

Neale polled a maximum 10 votes in the 2018 Shadforth Financial Group AFLCA Champion Player of the Year for round 13.

He collected 33 touches, 7 clearances, four tackles while taking six marks and kicking three goals.

Six other Freo players collected votes, including 150-gamer Nat Fyfe (8) who now sits on top of the AFLCA leaderboard with 59 votes, 11 ahead of Tom Mitchell (Haw) in second place.

2018 Shadforth Financial Group AFLCA Champion Player of the Year: Fremantle, Round 13

10 Lachie Neale (FRE)
Nat Fyfe (FRE)
Connor Blakely (FRE)
Andrew Brayshaw (FRE)
Joel Hamling (FRE)
David Mundy (FRE)
Nathan Wilson (FRE)
Kade Simpson (CARL)
 
2018 Shadforth Financial Group AFLCA Champion Player of the Year: Leaderboard

59 Nat Fyfe (FRE)
48 Tom Mitchell (HAW)
47 Steele Sidebottom (COLL)
46 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
45 Trent Cotchin (RICH)
45 Max Gawn (MELB)
42 Jack Darling (WCE)
40 Jack Macrae (WB)