Zero Hanger's MVP votes are in after a thumper weekend of footy! And there was some massive performances across the round.

Four members from our team - Ben Cotton (Chief Editor), Mitch Keating (Deputy Editor), Ed Lemmo (Digital Producer) and Nick Splitter (Digital Manager) vote 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the best players on the ground for every match of the season.

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From there, the votes will be collated to decide the Zero Hanger MVP, with the leaderboard updated weekly.

VIEW: 2021 Zero Hanger MVP Leaderboard

Check out how our voting went down from the round that was!

GWS 65 def. by Western Bulldogs 104

The Bulldogs continued their undefeated start to the season, knocking off GWS in Canberra behind a monster performance from Jack Macrae (40 disposals, one goal, 864 meters gained, 159 AFL Fantasy, 140 SuperCoach).

The usual suspects got it done for the Bulldogs in Adam Treloar (35 disposals, 115 AFL Fantasy, 113 SuperCoach) and Marcus Bontempelli (26 disposals, 102 AFL Fantasy, 127 SuperCoach). Although the win was somewhat soured by Josh Dunkley's shoulder injury.

Ben Cotton: 5. J Macrae, 4. A Treloar, 3. T Liberatore, 2. L Ash, 1. M Bontempelli
Mitch Keating: 5. J Macrae, 4. A Treloar, 3. L Ash, 2. T Liberatore, 1. M Bontempelli
Ed Lemmo: 5. J Macrae, 4. A Treloar, 3. T Liberatore, 2. L Ash, 1. M Bontempelli
Nick Splitter: 5. J Macrae, 4. T Liberatore, 3. A Treloar, 2. L Ash, 1. M Bontempelli

Geelong 136 def. West Coast 39

The Cats ran rings around the Eagles at Kardinia Park as Mitch Duncan put in a performance for the ages, gathering 26 disposals, taking 13 marks and booting four goals (146 AFL Fantasy, 149 SuperCoach).

Elsewhere, Cam Guthrie (35 disposals, 16 contested possessions, 146 AFL Fantasy, 149 SuperCoach) and Tom Stewart (27 disposals, eight marks, 101 AFL Fantasy, 109 SuperCoach) were their reliable selves.

Ben Cotton: 5. M Duncan, 4. C Guthrie, 3. G Rohan, 2. T Stewart, 1. J Selwood
Mitch Keating: 5. M Duncan, 4. L Henderson, 3. G Rohan, 2. J Selwood, 1. C Guthrie
Ed Lemmo: 5. M Duncan, 4. C Guthrie, 4. J Selwood, 3. T Stewart, 1. G Rohan
Nick Splitter: 5. M Duncan, 4. C Guthrie, 3. T Stewart, 2. J Selwood, 1. G Rohan

Gold Coast 100 def. Sydney 60

The Suns shocked the Swans on the Gold Coast and there were a number of dominant performances.

Touk Miller (37 disposals, nine tackles, 142 AFL Fantasy, 146 SuperCoach) polled a perfect 20 from our voters in one of the best performances of his young career.

Ben Cotton: 5. T Miller, 4. B Ainsworth, 3. B King, 2. J Kennedy, 1. C Mills
Mitch Keating:ย 5. T Miller, 4. B King, 3. N Anderson, 2. J Kennedy, 1. I Rankine
Ed Lemmo: 5. T Miller, 4. B King, 3. N Anderson, 2. B Ainsworth, 1. J Kennedy
Nick Splitter: 5. T Miller, 4. N Anderson, 3. B King, 2. J Kennedy, 1. H Greenwood

Carlton 85 def. by Brisbane 103

The Lions were simply too strong for the Blues even with Lachie Neale banged up. Dayne Zorko stepped up in the middle with 20 disposals, 11 tackles and a goal (111 AFL Fantasy, 102 SuperCoach).

Hugh McCluggage earned best on ground honours from the team, racking up 33 disposals with 599 meters gained (108 AFL Fantasy, 128 SuperCoach).

Ben Cotton: 5. H McCluggage, 4. H McKay, 3. D Zorko, 2. S Walsh, 1. J Lyons
Mitch Keating:5. H McCluggage, 4. J Lyons, 3. S Walsh, 2. H McKay, 1. D Zorko
Ed Lemmo: 5. H McCluggage, 4. D Rich, 3. S Walsh, 2. D Zorko, 1. H McKay
Nick Splitter: 5. H McCluggage, 4. D Zorko, 3. H McKay, 2. S Walsh, 1. J Lyons

Melbourne 82 def. Richmond 48

The Demons made maybe the biggest statement on the weekend, remaining undefeated after knocking off the reigning premiers at the MCG.

Christian Petracca (38 disposals, 137 AFL Fantasy, 133 SuperCoach) was awarded the Frank โ€˜Checkerโ€™ Hughes Medal as best on ground, but we preferred Christian Salem's game (39 disposals, 786 meters, 141 AFL Fantasy, 167 SuperCoach).

Ben Cotton: 5. C Salem 4. C Petracca, 3. C Oliver, 2. J Lever, 1. M Gawn
Mitch Keating: 5. C Salem, 4. C Petracca, 3. C Oliver, 2. J Lever, 1. M Gawn
Ed Lemmo: 5. C Salem, 4. M Gawn, 3. C Petracca, 2. C Oliver, 1. E Langdon
Nick Splitter: 5. C Salem, 4. C Petracca, 3. C Oliver, 2. M Gawn, 1. J Lever

Fremantle 99 def. North Melbourne 48

The Dockers got the job done in the west as David Mundy's (30 disposals, three goals) dominant start to the season continued.

Caleb Serong (35 disposals, 143 AFL Fantasy, 118 SuperCoach) also stepped up in his best performance for the season, while Jack Ziebell racked up 37 disposals, 32 of which were kicks, and took 14 marks (170 AFL Fantasy, 169 SuperCoach.)

Ben Cotton:ย 5. D Mundy, 4. C Serong, 3. A Brayshaw, 2. M Taberner, 1. J Ziebell
Mitch Keating: 5. D Mundy, 4. C Serong, 3. N Fyfe, 2. A Brayshaw, 1. L Schultz
Ed Lemmo: 5. C Serong, 4. N Fyfe, 3. D Mundy, 2. J Ziebell, 1. L Schultz
Nick Splitter: 5. C Serong, 4. D Mundy, 3. A Brayshaw, 2. J Ziebell, 1. N Fyfe

Hawthorn 102 def. Adelaide 99

The Hawks just got over the line against the Crows in a shootout at Launceston, with some strong performances across the board.

Jaeger O'Meara (31 disposals, one goal, 109 AFL Fantasy, 128 SuperCoach) polled a perfect 20 from the team, while Ben Keays was prolific in maybe the best game of his career (31 disposals, 13 tackles, 156 AFL Fantasy, 152 SuperCoach).

Jacob Koschitzke (101 AFL Fantasy, 104 SuperCoach) and debutant Riley Thiltorpe (94 AFL Fantasy, 91 SuperCoach) were firing at either end of the ground with five goals apiece.

Ben Cotton: 5. J O'Meara, 4. B Keays, 3. J Koschitzke, 2. R Thiltorpe, 1. C Jiath
Mitch Keating: 5. J O'Meara, 4. B Keays, 3. J Koschitzke, 2. C Jiath, 1. R Thiltorpe
Ed Lemmo: 5. J O'Meara, 4. B Keays, 3. C Jiath, 2. J Koschitzke, 1. R Thiltorpe
Nick Splitter:ย 5. B Keays, 4. J O'Meara, 3. C Jiath, 2. J Koschitzke, 1. R Thiltorpe

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Collingwood 85 def. by Essendon 109

Darcy Parish (150 AFL Fantasy, 162 SuperCoach) had arguably the best performance of the entire round in a masterful ANZAC Day showing, accumulating 42 disposals and booting two goals.

The Pies had no answers for Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (85 AFL Fantasy, 119 SuperCoach), who booted a game-high five goals and wasn't far from the most influential player of the field.

Ben Cotton: 5. D Parish, 4. A McDonald-Tipungwuti, 3. D Heppell, 2. J Crisp, 1. P Wright
Mitch Keating: 5. D Parish, 4. A McDonald-Tipungwuti, 3. J Crisp, 2. I Quaynor, 1. P Wright
Ed Lemmo: 5. D Parish, 4. A McDonald-Tipungwuti, 3. I Quaynor, 2. N Cox, 1. P Wright
Nick Splitter: 5. D Parish, 4. A McDonald-Tipungwuti, 3. Z Merrett, 2. D Cameron, 1. B Grundy

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Port Adelaide 93 def. St Kilda 39

The Power sent a stern reminder to the league that they are as big a threat as anyone for the premiership.

In one of the most even performances across the board you could ask for, Karl Amon (34 disposals, 136 AFL Fantasy, 123 SuperCoach), Ollie Wines (36 disposals, 129 AFL Fantasy, 143 SuperCoach) and Dan Houston (32 disposals, eight marks, 127 AFL Fantasy, 107 SuperCoach) all shined bright in the win.

Ben Cotton: 5. K Amon, 4. O Wines, 3. D Houston, 2. T Jonas 1. T Boak
Mitch Keating:ย 5. K Amon, 4. O Wines, 3. D Houston, 2. T Jonas, 1. T Boak
Ed Lemmo: 5. O Wines, 4. K Amon, 3. O Fantasia, 2. T Boak, 1. D Houston
Nick Splitter:ย 5. K Amon, 4. O Wines, 3. D Houston, 2. T Jonas, 1. O Fantasia

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