Dane Swan for Brownlow

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Dane Swan for Brownlow

Syndicated on Mon, 06/09.2010

MVP... Dane Swan gets the players' vote. Darren Tindale

Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan wins AFL players' association MVP award

Midfielder Dane Swan has begun what Collingwood hope will be a September of silverware by winning the AFL players' association's most valuable player (MVP) award.

The prolific ball-winner and Brownlow Medal favourite ended the three-year reign of Geelong's Gary Ablett, who also took home last year's Brownlow, to become the first Magpie named MVP since Darren Millane, in 1990.

In a good sign for flag favourite Collingwood, that was also the club's most recent premiership year.

The winner of the MVP award has proved a good guide to premiership success in recent seasons.

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