Sydney’s individual accolades were handed out at a club dinner on Thursday night at The Star casino in Pyrmont,where the pain from that grand final defeat was still palpably raw.

Warner,who was one of just a handful of Swans players who held their own on the day,took home the Adam Goodes Trophy for second place as recognition of his breakout AFL campaign. He also won the Paul Kelly Player’s Player award,voted by his teammates,and the Dennis Carroll award as their most improved player. The 21-year-old featured in every game bar the opening round,with an average of 23 disposals and just under one goal per game,and earned selection in the wider 40-man All-Australian squad in just his third year at AFL level.

In other gongs given out on the night,versatile forward Will Hayward,who kicked a career-high 34 goals this year,took out the Barry Round Best Clubman Award,and defender Will Gould - who is yet to get a taste of the top level after three years on Sydney’s AFL list - was named their VFL Player of Year,in a good sign his toil in the reserves is not going unnoticed by coach John Longmire and his staff.

Young forward Logan McDonald also claimed Sydney’s Rising Star award. McDonald was brutally axed from Longmire’s 22 for the grand final in favour of Hayden McLean,despite kicking 15 goals across 17 games for the Swans this year. He earned an AFL Rising Star nomination with a three-goal,16-disposal game against Melbourne in round 12.

Lance Franklin,meanwhile,did not manage to crack the top 10 of Sydney’s club champion award despite a 52-goal season. The veteran forward re-signed with the Swans for another year in grand final week but has been criticised for his uncharacteristically quiet finals series,as some pundits question whether he has the legs for another full year in the AFL.

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