The AFL Rover's Brownlow leaderboard: Race between Tom Mitchell and Stephen Coniglio heats up

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The battle between Tom Mitchell and Stephen Coniglio has ramped up at the top of the Rover's Brownlow leaderboard after round 18.

The pair are joined at the hip on 22 votes after the weekend's action - Mitchell dominating against Carlton, Coniglio against Port Adelaide - while Brisbane's Dayne Beams sits four votes back.

North Melbourne's Shaun Higgins and Collingwood veteran Steele Sidebottom sandwich Nat Fyfe, who is ineligible to take out the gong as a result of his costly round 11 suspension.

Tom Hawkins went big with seven goals against Melbourne, Taylor Adams and Elliot Yeo had solid weekends, while Lachie Weller wowed in Gold Coast's shock upset of the Swans in Sydney.

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Other big names to poll votes included Scott Pendlebury ( who had a run-in with a pigeon), Dustin Martin, Rory Laird, Clayton Oliver and Andrew Gaff.

Full leaderboard here.

THE ROVER’S BROWNLOW VOTES: ROUND 18

St Kilda Saints v Richmond Tigers

3: Dion Prestia (Richmond)
2: Dustin Martin (Richmond)
1: Kane Lambert (Richmond)

Collingwood Magpies v North Melbourne Kangaroos

3: Taylor Adams (Collingwood)
2: Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
1: Jordan De Goey (Collingwood)

Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns

3: Lachie Weller (Gold Coast)
2: Jarrod Witts (Gold Coast)
1: Steven May (Gold Coast)

Essendon Bombers v Fremantle Dockers

3: Devon Smith (Essendon)
2: Lachie Neale (Fremantle)
1: Orazio Fantasia (Essendon)

Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows

3: Rory Laird (Adelaide)
2: Hugh Greenwood (Adelaide)
1: Alex Witherden (Brisbane)

Geelong Cats v Melbourne Demons

3: Tom Hawkins (Geelong)
2: Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)
1: Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)

Carlton Blues v Hawthorn Hawks

3: Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
2: Paul Puopolo (Hawthorn)
1: Blake Hardwick (Hawthorn)

West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs

3: Elliot Yeo (West Coast)
2: Andrew Gaff (West Coast)
1: Jack Darling (West Coast)

Port Adelaide Power v GWS Giants

3: Stephen Coniglio (GWS)
2: Callan Ward (GWS)
1: Lachie Whitfield (GWS)

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