The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Tom Mitchell and Jack Macrae share the lead after round seven

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The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Tom Mitchell and Jack Macrae share the lead after round seven image

Star Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell has been joined at the top of the Rover's Brownlow leaderboard by Western Bulldogs' Jack Macrae after a best-on-ground performance against Gold Coast.

Macrae had 40 touches and eight tackles to take him to the top alongside the Hawks ball magnet.

The pair have a one-vote lead over a chasing pack of three made up of Steele Sidebottom, Trent Cotchin and Nat Fyfe, with the Freo star picking up three votes in the big loss to Richmond.

Three votes to Melbourne's Clayton Oliver against St Kilda saw him jump to eight votes alongside early-season leader Stephen Coniglio.

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Fellow Demons Jesse Hogan (two votes) and Max Gawn (one vote) increased their tallies for the season to seven and six respectively.

North Melborne's Shaun Higgins dominated against Sydney and he sees his total for the season rise to six.

The Rover also gave his three votes to Tom Hawkins, James Sicily, Jack Darling, Mitch McGovern and Dayne Zorko for their performances in round seven.

Full leaderboard here.

THE ROVER'S BROWNLOW VOTES FOR ROUND SEVEN

Geelong Cats v Greater Western Sydney Giants
3: Tom Hawkins (Geel)
2: Mitch Duncan (Geel)
1: Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)

Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns
3: Jack Macrae (WB)
2: Jack Martin (GC)
1: Jarrod Witts (GC)

Essendon Bombers v Hawthorn Hawks
3: James Sicily (Haw)
2: Tom Bellchambers (Ess)
1: Tom Mitchell (Haw)

West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide Power
3: Jack Darling (WC)
2: Mark Hutchings (WC)
1: Andrew Gaff (WC)

Sydney Swans v North Melbourne Kangaroos
3: Shaun Higgins (NM)
2: Ben Jacobs (NM)
1: Josh Kennedy (Syd)

Adelaide Crows v Carlton Blues
3: Mitch McGovern (Adel)
2: Matt Crouch (Adel)
1: Richard Douglas (Adel)

Richmond Tigers v Fremantle Dockers
3: Nat Fyfe (Freo)
2: David Astbury (Rich)
1: Jack Graham (Rich)

St Kilda Saints v Melbourne Demons
3: Clayton Oliver (Melb)
2: Jesse Hogan (Melb)
1: Max Gawn (Melb)

Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Magpies
3: Dayne Zorko (Bris)
2: Jordan De Goey (Coll)
1: Stefan Martin (Bris)

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