FULL COUNT | 2020 Sandover Medal review – Fisher voted WAFL’s best
News September 30, 2020
2020 Sandover Medalist Sam Fisher | Source: (Retrieved from) @WAFLOfficial via Twitter
ACE VFL recruit Samuel Fisher was awarded the 2020 Sandover Medal after a stunning debut season for Swan Districts. The midfielder became Swan Districts’ 10th Sandover Medallist, and its first since Andrew Krakouer won the award in 2010.
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The 22-year-old former Sydney rookie averaged 27 possessions, four tackles, four inside 50s and three marks across eight WAFL League games this season.
He produced dominant performances against West Perth in Round 1 (29 possessions, five tackles, four inside 50s), Claremont in Round 2 (25 possessions, five tackles, four inside 50s), South Fremantle in Round 5 (27 possessions, four tackles), Peel Thunder in Round 6 (25 possessions), East Perth in Round 7 (37 possessions, seven marks, seven tackles, four inside 50s), Perth in Round 8 (23 possessions, five inside 50s, four tackles), and East Fremantle in Round 9 (28 possessions, six tackles, six inside 50s, four marks, one goal).
Fisher polled 13 votes in six of a possible eight games to edge out West Perth’s Aaron Black (11 votes) and East Perth’s Jackson Ramsay (10).
He joins Haydn Bunton Snr (1938, 1939, 1941), and Jye Bolton (2016, 2018) as Sandover Medal winners in their first season.
Fisher was also named on the interchange in the WAFL Team of the Year.
FULL LEADERBOARD:
RANK | PLAYER | WAFL CLUB | VOTES |
1 | Samuel Fisher | Swan Districts | 13 |
2 | Aaron Black | West Perth | 11 |
3 | Jackson Ramsay | East Perth | 10 |
4 | Chris Masten | Perth Demons | 9 |
Jake Florenca | South Fremantle | 9 | |
5 | Jye Bolton | Claremont | 8 |
Kade Stewart | South Fremantle | 8 | |
6 | Alec Waterman | Claremont | 7 |
Tyler Keitel | West Perth | 7 | |
7 | Kane Mitchell | Claremont | 6 |
Bailey Rogers | Claremont | 6 | |
Aidan Lynch | East Perth | 6 | |
Angus Scott | East Perth | 6 | |
Kyal Horsley | Subiaco | 6 | |
Jesse Turner | Swan Districts | 6 | |
8 | Cameron Eardley | East Fremantle | 5 |
Haiden Schloithe | South Fremantle | 5 | |
Leigh Kitchin | Subiaco | 5 | |
9 | Declan Mountford | Claremont | 4 |
Ben Howlett | Peel Thunder | 4 | |
Lachlan Delahunty | Subiaco | 4 | |
Corey Gault | Swan Districts | 4 | |
Luke Meadows | West Perth | 4 | |
Shane Nelson | West Perth | 4 | |
10 | Jared Hardisty | Claremont | 3 |
Thomas Bennett | East Fremantle | 3 | |
Jordan Snadden | East Fremantle | 3 | |
Andrew Fisher | Perth Demons | 3 | |
Brady Grey | Perth Demons | 3 | |
Frank Anderson | Swan Districts | 3 | |
Trent Manzone | West Perth | 3 | |
11 | Anton Hamp | Claremont | 2 |
Cody Leggett | East Fremantle | 2 | |
Rohan Kerr | East Perth | 2 | |
Nicholas Robertson | East Perth | 2 | |
Jackson Merrett | Peel Thunder | 2 | |
Matthew Taylor | Perth Demons | 2 | |
Jacob Dragovich | South Fremantle | 2 | |
Brock Higgins | South Fremantle | 2 | |
Mason Shaw | South Fremantle | 2 | |
Gregory Clark | Subiaco | 2 | |
Benjamin Newton | Subiaco | 2 | |
Max Walters | Subiaco | 2 | |
Michael Lourey | West Perth | 2 | |
12 | Callan England | Claremont | 1 |
Kody Manning | East Fremantle | 1 | |
Brant Colledge | Perth Demons | 1 | |
Logan McDonald | Perth Demons | 1 | |
Matthew Rogers | Perth Demons | 1 | |
Michael Sinclair | Perth Demons | 1 | |
Caleb Datson | South Fremantle | 1 | |
Chad Pearson | South Fremantle | 1 | |
Zachary Strom | South Fremantle | 1 | |
Jakob Atkinson | Subiaco | 1 | |
Hayden Kennedy | Subiaco | 1 | |
Connor West | West Perth | 1 |
Featured Image: 2020 Sandover Medalist Sam Fisher | Source: (Retrieved from) @WAFLOfficial via Twitter
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