Adelaide has secured a top-two spot on the AFL Premiership Ladder after a 43-point win over Essendon on Saturday night.

Brodie Smith was at his damaging best against the Bombers, finishing the game with 23 disposals, nine marks, a game-high 575 metres gained and 10 running bounces to go with two important goals. 

10 of Smith’s touches came in the third quarter with the home side were surging, combining with Rory Atkins (12 third-quarter disposals, 27 total at an elite 93% efficiency) to provide a much-needed spark. Rory Laird also collected 27 disposals at 93% and 10 marks.

Matt Crouch continued his stellar season with another 35 touches (20 contested) and seven clearances, Richard Douglas had 23 disposals and a couple of goals while Rory Sloane put in a standard tireless performance to finish with 21 disposals, nine tackles and seven inside 50s.

Up forward, Josh Jenkins put his stamp on the contest with 21 touches, 11 marks (five marks inside 50), five inside 50s and three goals, with Mitch McGovern (three goals) and Taylor Walker (two goals) also hitting the scoreboard.

Fans can login or register here for free to vote for their three top Crows after every game of the 2017 season.

One lucky participant after each round will claim a signed Hertz Crows football, courtesy of the Club’s official match ball partner, simply by voting. Don’t forget members of the Adelaide Football Club are also entitled to 20% off car rentals through Hertz

Polls opens immediately after every Crows game. Users assign three votes to the player they deem Adelaide’s best contributor, two to the second-best and one vote for their third most valuable Crow in each match.

Polling closes on Tuesday at 4.30pm (SA time) after each round when the final votes are collated using a points system.

A maximum of 100 points per game can be awarded to the entire team. Each player is given a percentage of the total votes received to go towards their season tally (For example, if 1,200 votes were placed in Round One and Taylor Walker receives 600 then that is the equivalent of 50 per cent of all votes for that round and he would receive 50 points towards his season tally. If the second best player received 120 votes from 1,200 then that is the equivalent of 10 per cent and he will get 10 votes towards the season tally).

This process is repeated each round and players accumulate points towards their season tally. The player at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the season is crowned the Crows Fans’ MVP.