Captain Andrew Swallow was one of the few shining lights in North Melbourne’s loss to Fremantle, and was been rewarded with five votes from Brad Scott and Ross Lyon.

Bouncing back from a quiet game against the Gold Coast, Swallow collected 33 possessions (17 contested), 8 clearances, 8 tackles and 5 rebound 50’s in just 79 per cent of game time.

After polling votes four times in the first six rounds of the season, the captain’s five votes are his first since the victory over Port Adelaide.

He retains a narrow seven vote lead among the Kangaroos’ players from Jack Ziebell in second place.

The votes

10 - Nathan Fyfe (Frem)
7 - Michael Barlow (Frem)
5 - Garrick Ibbotson (Frem)
5 - Andrew Swallow (North)
2 - Michael Johnson (Frem)
1 - Lee Spurr (Frem)

North Melbourne leaderboard

28 – Andrew Swallow
21 – Jack Ziebell
15 – Ryan Bastinac
14 – Scott Thompson
13 – Daniel Wells