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Aaron Sandilands

Aaron Sandilands

Fremantle
Ruck Retired
Career games
271
Debut
2003
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Player Information

Height 211 cm
Date of Birth 6-Dec-1982
AFL Debut 2003

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Aaron Sandilands made his AFL debut for Fremantle in 2003 and played 271 games for the club. His last recorded season was 2019.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2019 was ruck. Across his recorded games, he averaged 31.4 hitouts and 3.2 clearances per game. He played 19 games in his debut season, averaging 18.6 hitouts per game. His highest recorded season total was 998 hitouts, from 23 games in 2015 at an average of 43.4 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 17.40 per game in 2009. The largest total in those seasons is 348 disposals, recorded in 2009.

His honours include 5 All-Australian selections.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20092034817.40
20181112411.27
201967312.17
About these season figures

Compared 17 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.

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Career and season figures include finals where played.

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Recent Games

-- Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.

Year Round Team Opponent Result Score Venue POS APOS
# D K HB M G B T HO I50 R50 CL CP UP CG FF FA CM M50 IM 1% BO GA TOG EFF MIN SC DT MG GBG CC SCL TO HTA HOW% HTA% SP CD1 CDL% CO1 COW% INT CBA% SOG SHACC% GACC% SI PA CBA KI KIPO KI% RC EK KE% MOL T50 APR D50P DMP AMP A50P Tagged
2019 22
Fremantle FRE
Essendon vs ESS
L
55-87
Optus Stadium RUC RUC 31 16 4 12 3 0 1 2 36 2 1 7 9 8 2 0 0 2 1 2 6 0 0 82% 69% 101 106 90 29 4 1 6 0 13 70.6 36.1 3 2 0 1 100 2 -- 1 100% 0% 5 9 -- -- -- -- -- 0 0% 0 0 13.4 -- -- -- -- —
2019 21
Fremantle FRE
St Kilda @ STK
L
69-72
Marvel Stadium RUC RUC 31 12 4 8 3 0 0 6 32 0 1 6 9 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 84% 67% 100 107 92 117 3 1 5 3 9 62.7 28.1 5 0 0 5 20 1 -- 0 0% 0% 4 11 -- -- -- -- -- 3 75% 0 1 11.4 1 5 7 1 —
2019 20
Fremantle FRE
Geelong vs GEE
W
95-61
Optus Stadium RUC RUC 31 15 3 12 2 0 0 1 39 6 0 2 9 6 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 80% 47% 97 80 76 56 7 0 2 3 11 60 28.2 3 0 0 0 0 1 -- 0 0% 0% 5 4 -- -- -- -- -- 0 0% 0 0 8.9 2 2 9 2 —
2019 19
Fremantle FRE
Western Bulldogs @ WBD
L
66-113
Marvel Stadium RUC RUC 31 8 0 8 2 0 0 4 35 1 0 3 6 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 79% 75% 97 87 75 1 2 1 2 1 13 71.4 37.1 3 1 0 4 0 0 -- 0 0% 0% 4 8 -- -- -- -- -- 0 0% 0 0 7.4 0 6 2 0 —
2019 18
Fremantle FRE
Sydney vs SYD
W
52-51
Optus Stadium RUC RUC 31 14 6 8 2 0 0 1 17 1 1 5 12 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 76% 50% 87 96 63 78 7 0 5 5 7 73.9 41.2 3 0 0 5 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 5 10 -- -- -- -- -- 2 33.3% 0 0 12.2 1 7 4 3 —
Latest 5 of 271 career games

Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
People First Stadium
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