North didn’t get the result on Saturday night, but that didn’t stop the coaches from recognising some of the team’s strongest performers.

Ben Cunnington, Trent Dumont, Jamie Macmillan and Marley Williams all received votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year for their efforts in defeat.

Cunnington was voted North’s best for the second consecutive week, with his 29-disposal, 10 clearance haul earning him three votes.

Dumont has had a great start to the year, registering 20 possessions or more on three occasions.

On Saturday night the midfielder gathered 24 touches and 8 clearances, while getting the ball inside 50 five times.

Dumont received two votes, as did Jamie Macmillan and Marley Williams.

Macmillan was influential both coming out of defence and going into attack, finishing with 26 touches, five rebound 50s and five inside 50s.

Williams had 24 possessions, his highest tally since 2015, and had an impressive 10 rebound 50s.

Shaun Higgins still leads the way on the North leaderboard, with 13 votes, while Cunnington has 11.

North Melbourne v Fremantle votes

10 – David Mundy (Fremantle)
4 – Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
4 – Michael Johnson (Fremantle)
3 – Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne)
3 – Stephen Hill (Fremantle)
2 – Trent Dumont (North Melbourne)
2 – Jamie Macmillan (North Melbourne)
2 – Marley Williams (North Melbourne)

North Melbourne leaderboard

13 – Shaun Higgins
11 – Ben Cunnington
7 – Jack Ziebell
4 – Ben Brown
2 – Jamie Macmillan
2 – Trent Dumont
2 – Marley Williams

AFL leaderboard

33 – Rory Sloane (Adelaide)
31 – Joel Selwood (Geelong)
29 – Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide)
25 – Dustin Martin (Richmond)
23 – Clayton Oliver (Melbourne)