It's been a really good year for Demons defender Neville Jetta.

Richmond dominated Essendon and Alex Rance was back to his best.

West Coast captain Shannon Hurn racked up a lot of football and used it well, while Hawthorn's backline, led by James Siciliy, was the difference in its tight win against Port Adelaide.

Tom Stewart continued an excellent season for Geelong while the improvement of Tom Phillips has been amazing.

In the first half of Geelong's win over Gold Coast, Mitch Duncan was easily best on ground and helped set up the win. 

Clayton Oliver started slowly for Melbourne but worked into the game.

After winning last year's best and fairest, he's gone to another level.

North Melbourne's Shaun Higgins is in contention for a spot in the Virgin Australia All Australian team.

It was a good all-round game for West Coast big man Nic Naitanui. 

In the second half of a tight game, Dylan Shiel was the difference for Greater Western Sydney.

I copped grief for not picking Dayne Beams last week but his 32-disposal and five-goal game against the Roos was hard to ignore.

Returning against his former side, Geelong gun Gary Ablett was all class on the outside. 

Tom McDonald is a jet while the player of the round was Shaun Edwards, who was outstanding for Richmond.

It was hard to ignore Tim Membrey, who finally started kicking straight and booted six goals, while Josh Kennedy did the same for West Coast. The pressure and tackling of Zac Langdon was exceptional. 

At 35, Shaun Burgoyne was the best in Hawthorn's win. 

Jesse Hogan was doing it all for Melbourne, Luke McDonald impressed me for North Melbourne.

 Bryce Gibbs nearly won the match for Adelaide. With the Crows' midfield decimated by injury, he's been crucial for them.