Richmond’s ‘bookend’ stars Jack Riewoldt and Alex Rance received votes in the AFL Coaches Association’s Player of the Year award on their milestone day, against Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium last Sunday.

Riewoldt, who was playing his 150^th game, was awarded five votes for his influential three-goal display up forward by respective coaches Damien Hardwick (Richmond) and Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide), while Rance, in his 100^th appearance, picked up two votes for his sterling job in the key defensive post, restricting Port’s Coleman Medal leader Jay Schulz to just two goals.

The top vote-getter for Richmond in its 20-point, Round 17 victory over Port Adelaide was tenacious, young inside midfielder Anthony Miles, with six.

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Miles has now polled in three of the six games he’s played in his debut season with the Tigers.  He previously snared six votes in the Round 13 loss to Fremantle and four votes in the Round 15 win against St Kilda.

The other Richmond players to collect votes in Round 17 were captain Trent Cotchin (four) and dynamic midfielder Dustin Martin (three).

Top vote-getter in the match was Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak, with nine.