Constable takes out Sandover
In a night of high drama, a best on ground performance in the final game of the home and away season clinched the 2025 Sandover Medal for Perth midfielder Charlie Constable.
The star Demon is the first player from the club to win the WAFL’S highest individual award since Aidan Tropiano in 2015, finishing on 29 votes, two clear of South Fremantle’s Matthew Parker.
Constable picked up three votes from the umpires in the Round 20 match against Subiaco, while Parker, who led the count by one vote heading into the final round, didn’t play for the Bulldogs against the West Coast Eagles due to soreness.
Constable was honoured to etch his name into WAFL folklore.
The Perth midfielder produced a dominant start to the season, polling in nine of the first 10 rounds, including four best of ground performances to lead the count with 20 votes at the halfway mark.
Constable averaged more than 30 disposals during the season in a year when Perth qualified for the finals for only the second time this century.
“It means a lot, I’m obviously pretty proud of the season I had,” Constable said.
“In the second half of the year, I definitely had a lot more attention and I had to find a way through but overall I’m proud of the season, both individually and as a club.”
Parker emerged as the leading challenger to Constable in the back half of the year, collecting four best on grounds between Rounds 13 to 19.
The Bulldogs goalkicking midfielder led by one vote with one round remaining but missed the final game of home and away season.
Constable, who spent six years in the AFL system with Geelong and Gold Coast, joined the Demons in 2024 and recently re-signed with the club until 2027.
As well as the Sandover, the Demons’ very own Brodie Gray took out the Prendergast Medal in the Reserves.
Sandover Medal leaderboard
29 – Charlie Constable (P)
27 – Matt Parker (SF)
23 – Milan Murdock (EF)
21 – Hamish Brayshaw (EP), Tom North (EP), Tom Blechynden (SF)
18 – Jye Bolton (C)
17 – Jake Florenca (SF)
16 – Jye Chalcraft (SD), Brandan Parfitt (P)
14 – Bailey Rogers (C)
– Jordan McArdle
The star Demon is the first player from the club to win the WAFL’S highest individual award since Aidan Tropiano in 2015, finishing on 29 votes, two clear of South Fremantle’s Matthew Parker.
Constable picked up three votes from the umpires in the Round 20 match against Subiaco, while Parker, who led the count by one vote heading into the final round, didn’t play for the Bulldogs against the West Coast Eagles due to soreness.
Constable was honoured to etch his name into WAFL folklore.
The Perth midfielder produced a dominant start to the season, polling in nine of the first 10 rounds, including four best of ground performances to lead the count with 20 votes at the halfway mark.
Constable averaged more than 30 disposals during the season in a year when Perth qualified for the finals for only the second time this century.
“It means a lot, I’m obviously pretty proud of the season I had,” Constable said.
“In the second half of the year, I definitely had a lot more attention and I had to find a way through but overall I’m proud of the season, both individually and as a club.”
Parker emerged as the leading challenger to Constable in the back half of the year, collecting four best on grounds between Rounds 13 to 19.
The Bulldogs goalkicking midfielder led by one vote with one round remaining but missed the final game of home and away season.
Constable, who spent six years in the AFL system with Geelong and Gold Coast, joined the Demons in 2024 and recently re-signed with the club until 2027.
As well as the Sandover, the Demons’ very own Brodie Gray took out the Prendergast Medal in the Reserves.
Sandover Medal leaderboard
29 – Charlie Constable (P)
27 – Matt Parker (SF)
23 – Milan Murdock (EF)
21 – Hamish Brayshaw (EP), Tom North (EP), Tom Blechynden (SF)
18 – Jye Bolton (C)
17 – Jake Florenca (SF)
16 – Jye Chalcraft (SD), Brandan Parfitt (P)
14 – Bailey Rogers (C)
– Jordan McArdle