Friday night saw Dane Swan cap off a magnificent month in football, picking up his 4th consecutive BOG after single-handedly getting the Pies back in the game in the second quarter.  Pendlebury and Rodan both played fantastic games of their own, and will fight out the minor votes.  Over the last month, Swan has averaged 37 possessions, 141 DreamTeam points, 141 SuperCoach points and 7.5 coaches votes per game.  He now opens up a 4 vote lead - the biggest of the year - over Luke Hodge, and a massive 10 vote lead over Barlow and Goddard in equal third.  A top two place is now all but guaranteed.

The Cats-Hawks rivalry just keeps getting better, and there was no shortage of great individual performances with Bartel, Selwood, Stokes, Chapman, Franklin & Rioli all in the mix for the votes - Bartel should get the 3 here, but throw a blanket over the rest.  Jimmy now joins GAJ on 14 votes, and Chappy and Selwood arent far behind either....Centrebet still has Ablett at ridiculously short odds for most Cats votes, meaning you can get very nice odds on their other guns.

Scott Thompson backed up last weeks BOG with another over at Subiaco.  Goodwin, Henderson, Tippett & Stevens are all a chance to poll too.

Keeping within the consecutive theme, Joey Montagna also collected another BOG up at the Gabba, meaning the race for most St Kilda votes is as tight as the Cats.  I have Lenny and Rich with the minor votes, but Gwilt, Black and Ray are a chance also.

The Richmond train continues to roll on, with young guns Daniel Connors and Dustin Martin two of the big reasons they managed to get over the top of top 4 fancy Freo.  Chris Newman picks up his 4th single vote for the year.

Over to Sunday and Adam Goodes picks up his first BOG for the year, moving along to 6 votes.  Malceski was his consistent self and should pick up the 2, bringing him to 9 - the most of any Swan.  Kennelly and Roberts-Thomson are also a chance.

Brad Green and Colin Sylvia were Melbournes best two players on the weekend, and Im tipping the umps will agree.  Jamar should edge out Winderlich for the one.

The final game of the round was a beauty for the dogs fans, with their big guns in Lake, Boyd, Cooney, Griffen and Hall all firing.  As with a lot of Dogs games, the votes are a real toss-up here, Im tipping Griffen and Hall to be the unlucky ones on this occassion.

Over to the odds, and Ablett remains a clear favourite on $4, Hodge second favourite at $7, and Swan has moved into a clear third at $8.  If he hadnt polled so poorly last year, I reckon he would of been equal favourite right now.

Full votes and updated leaderboard over the page:

<!--more-->Pies v Power
3. D. Swan (25)
2. S. Pendlebury (11)
1. D. Rodan (4)
...H. Shaw, D. Beams, A. Didak

Cats v Hawks
3. J. Bartel (14)
2. J. Selwood (11)
1. M. Stokes (1)
...P. Chapman, L. Franklin, C. Rioli

Crows v Eagles
3. S. Thompson (9)
2. S. Goodwin (8)
1. R. Henderson (1)
...K. Tippett, S. Stevens, M. LeCras

Saints v Lions
3. L. Montagna (13) - Guaranteed 3 of the week
2. L. Hayes (14)
1. D. Rich (2)
...J. Gwilt, S. Black, F. Ray

Tigers v Dockers
3. D. Connors (3)
2. D. Martin (2)
1. C. Newman (4)
...A. Sandilands, A. McPhee, S. Edwards

Swans v Roos
3. A. Goodes (6)
2. N. Malceski (9)
1. T. Kennelly (1)
...L. Roberts-Thomson, B. Harvey, S. Mumford

Demons v Dons
3. B. Green (5)
2. C. Sylvia (2)
1. M. Jamar (2)
...J. Winderlich, B. Moloney, L. Dunn

Dogs v Blues
3. B. Lake (10)
2. M. Boyd (8)
1. A. Cooney (9)
...R. Griffen, B. Hall, C. Judd

[span style="text-decoration: underline">Leaderboard
25. D. Swan
21. L. Hodge
15. M. Barlow, B. Goddard
14. L. Hayes, G. Ablett, J. Bartel
13. L. Montagna, N. Dal Santo
12. P. Chapman, A. Sandilands

Adelaide
9. S. Thompson
8. S. Goodwin
6. G. Johncock
3. R. Douglas, N. Van Berlo
2. K. Tippett
1. B. Vince, R. Henderson

Brisbane
6. J. Brown, J. Brennan
5. L. Power, M. Rischitelli
4. T. Johnstone
2. S. Black, A. McGrath, D. Rich, J. Sherman

Carlton
11. C. Judd
8. B. Gibbs
6. A. Carrazzo, A. Walker
5. M. Murphy, E. Betts
2. J. Russell, M. Kreuzer, M. Robinson
1. K. Simpson, H. Scotland, J. Waite, J. Garlett

Collingwood
25. D. Swan
11. S. Pendlebury
6. H. Shaw, D. Thomas
5. D. Beams
3. T. Cloke, S. Sidebottom
2. D. Jolly
1. A. Didak, L. Ball, H. OBrien

Essendon
5. J. Watson
4. D. Hille, L. Jetta
3. J. Winderlich, D. Fletcher, N. Lovett-Murray
2. B. Stanton

Fremantle
15. M. Barlow
12. A. Sandilands
6. M. Pavlich, D. Mundy
3. S. Hill, K. Bradley, P. Duffield
2. R. Palmer
1. R. Crowley, H. Ballantyne, N. Fyfe, G. Ibbotson

Geelong
14. G. Ablett, J. Bartel
12. P. Chapman
11. J. Selwood
4. J. Podsiadly, S. Johnson, J. Kelly
3. S. Byrnes
2. B. Ottens, H. Taylor, C. Enright
1. T. Varcoe, J. Corey, M. Stokes

Hawthorn
21. L. Hodge
5. L. Franklin, J. Lewis
4. C. Rioli, S. Mitchell
2. B. Sewell
1. J. Roughead, M. Osborne

Melbourne
7. J. McDonald
5. B. Moloney, B. Green
3. T. Scully, J. Trengove
2. A. Davey, C. Sylvia, J. Frawley, R. Petterd, M. Jamar, M. Bate
1. J. Grimes, N. Jones

North Melbourne
9. B. Harvey
7. A. Swallow
6. D. Wells
4. B. Rawlings
3. L. Thomas, S. Thompson
1. L. Anthony, L. Hansen

Port Adelaide
7. K. Cornes
4. D. Rodan, T. Boak
3. D. Pearce, T. Chaplin, R. Gray, J. Davenport
2. J. Westhoff, B. Ebert, J. Schulz
1. D. Cassisi, D. Brogan

Richmond
9. B. Deledio
5. J. Riewoldt, S. Tuck
4. C. Newman
3. D. Connors
2. D. Martin, B. Cousins, D. Jackson

St Kilda
15. B. Goddard
14. L. Hayes
13. L. Montagna, N. Dal Santo
6. N. Riewoldt
3. S. Gilbert, S. Milne
2. J. Gram

Sydney
9. N. Malceski
8. J. Bolton
7. J. McVeigh
6. A. Goodes, D. Hannebery
5. R. OKeefe, B. McGlynn, D. Bradshaw
2. S. Mumford, K. Jack, H. Grundy
1. T. Kennelly, M. Seaby

West Coast
6. M. Priddis
4. N. Naitanui
3. J. Kennedy
2. B. Ebert, B. Waters
1. D. Cox, A. Embley

Western Bulldogs
10. B. Lake
9. A. Cooney
8. M. Boyd
7. D. Giansiracusa
6. L. Gilbee
5. B. Hall
4. R. Griffen
3. D. Cross, J. Harbrow
1. B. Hudson, N. Eagleton