AFL 2019 Round 8: Vote for your best player in all nine games

Patrick Cripps or Brodie Grundy? Who deserved three votes at the MCG? The Herald Sun experts have cast their votes, now it’s your turn to vote for the best on ground in every game of Round 8.

Clayton Oliver racked up 38 disposals against the Suns. Picture: Getty Images

Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver had a busy evening on the Gold Coast with 39 disposals and 15 tackles in Melbourne’s dramatic last-second win.

Carlton star Patrick Cripps had another slow start but received the top votes in a losing team, while Marcus Bontempelli again played second fiddle for the Western Bulldogs.

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Here’s your chance to vote on the best players of the round from every game:

SYDNEY V ESSENDON

Ben Horne’s votes: 3. Luke Parker (Sydney), 2. George Hewett (Sydney), 1. Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

WESTERN BULLDOGS V BRISBANE

Scott Gullan’s votes: 3. Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs), 2. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) 1. Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs)

CARLTON V COLLINGWOOD

Sam Edmund’s votes: 3. Patrick Cripps (Carlton), 2. Brodie Grundy (Collingwood), 1. Adam Treloar (Collingwood)

GOLD COAST V MELBOURNE

Tom Boswell’s votes: 3. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne), 2. Nick Holman (Gold Coast), 3. David Swallow (Gold Coast)

ST KILDA V WEST COAST

Lauren Wood’s votes: 3. Shannon Hurn (West Coast), 2. Andrew Gaff (West Coast), 1. Dom Sheed (West Coast)

PORT ADELAIDE V ADELAIDE

Reece Homfray’s votes: 3. Alex Keath (Adelaide), 2. Tom Rockliff (Port), 1. Tom Lynch (Adelaide)

NORTH MELBOURNE V GEELONG

Rebecca Williams’ votes: 3. Tim Kelly (Geelong), 2. Gary Ablett (Geelong), 1. Mitch Duncan (Geelong)

HAWTHORN V GWS

Jay Clark’s votes: 3. James Sicily (Hawthorn), 2. Ricky Henderson (Hawthorn), 1. Josh Kelly (GWS)

FREMANTLE V RICHMOND

Mark Duffield’s votes: 3. Brandon Ellis (Richmond), 2. Kane Lambert (Richmond), 1. Shai Bolton (Richmond)

Originally published as AFL 2019 Round 8: Vote for your best player in all nine games