Richmond young gun midfielder Brandon Ellis has scored a perfect 10 in the Round 2 voting for the AFL Coaches Association’s Player of the Year award.

Ellis was awarded 10 out of 10 by respective coaches Damien Hardwick (Richmond) and Mick Malthouse (Carlton).

The 20-year-old, in his 44^th game of league football, was assigned a run-with role on talented Blues midfielder Bryce Gibbs, and he rose to the challenge in first-class fashion.

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He restricted Gibbs to just 12 disposals and picked up 18 himself, including two terrific, team-lifting goals.

The other Richmond players to poll coaches votes in Round 2 were Ricky Petterd (six), Matt Thomas (two) and Trent Cotchin (one).

The full list of AFLCA votes for the Round 2 Richmond v Carlton match are:

10 – Brandon Ellis (Richmond)

7 – Chris Yarran (Carlton)

6 – Ricky Petterd (Richmond)

3 – Andrejs Everitt (Carlton)

2 – Matt Thomas (Richmond)

1 – Trent Cotchin (Richmond)

1 – Marc Murphy (Carlton)