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Aaron Sandilands (born 6 December 1982) is a former professional
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er who played for the
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in the
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(AFL). At 211cm/6'11" tall, and with a peak weight of , he is the second heaviest (behind Mick Nolan) and equal tallest player to ever play in the AFL. Originally from
Mount Barker, Western Australia Mount Barker is a town on Albany Highway and the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Barker had a population of 2,855. The town was named after the nea ...
, Sandilands played with the
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in the
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(WAFL), before being
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ed by Fremantle in the 2002 Rookie Draft. Upgraded from the rookie list at the end of the 2002 season, he made his senior debut for the club in round one of the
2003 season 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
. Due to his height, Sandilands played almost exclusively as a ruckman, occasionally resting in the forward line. He was named in the
All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perf ...
for three consecutive years between 2008 and 2010, and again in 2014. He is also a dual
Doig Medal The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL. It was renamed in 2000 after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who ...
list as Fremantle's
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player, won in 2009 and 2015.


Early career

Originally from the small town of Mount Barker in the
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, Sandilands originally played at Under 17s level for the Mount Barker Football Club. He moved to
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, joined Willetton Junior Football Club and was selected by Fremantle in the rookie draft prior to the 2002 season. He spent the entire 2002 year playing for
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in the WAFL, before being elevated to the senior list prior to the 2003 season.


AFL Career

Playing in 19 games in his first season, the highlights were being nominated for the
AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buc ...
and earning a
Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...
vote for a dominant display against the reigning premiers,
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in Round 14 and playing in Fremantle's first ever finals match. Despite
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being convincing winners, Sandilands was one of the few to perform well, with 41 hitouts. As ruckmen are generally considered to peak in their late 20s, Sandilands had impressed many to rank 6th or 5th in total hitouts in each of his first three seasons in the AFL, improving to 2nd (with the highest average) in 2006. Despite this dominance in hitouts, it did not always result in Fremantle winning the clearances. In 2006 Sandilands suffered a broken jaw in the round 6
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in a clash with then
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ruckman
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. Following an investigation by the AFL, no charges were laid over the incident. Sandilands has been named in the
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four times: on the interchange bench in 2008, as the only ruckman in the 2009 team, and as the key ruckman in 2010 and 2014. In 2010, Sandilands polled a team-high 20 votes in the Brownlow Medal, placing equal sixth overall alongside Matthew Boyd. This represents one of the highest vote tallies and best finishes by a ruckman in the recent history of the medal, which has been dominated by midfielders. Sandilands suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung after being kneed in the back by
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in the Western Derby in round 3, 2016. He did not return to football until round 20, playing two of the final three games of the season. Sandilands retired at the end of the
2019 AFL season The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...
. Following his retirement, Sandilands was appointed as Fremantle's specialist ruck coach for the
2020 AFL season The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...
. During the
2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...
, there were brief rumours that either
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or would attempt to draft Sandilands in the mid-season draft, but Sandilands stated that he had no interest in becoming a player again.


Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *
Doig Medal The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL. It was renamed in 2000 after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who ...
(Fremantle F.C. Best & Fairest Award): 2009, 2015 *
All-Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perf ...
:
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,
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,
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,
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
* Geoff Christian Medal: 2009 *
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:
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(
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),
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
(
Round 18 Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number ...
) * AFL Rising Star Nominee:
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)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandilands, Aaron 1982 births Living people East Fremantle Football Club players Fremantle Football Club players Doig Medal winners All-Australians (AFL) Australian rules footballers from Western Australia People from Mount Barker, Western Australia