2025 Charles Sutton Medal

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TOP 10 - CHARLES SUTTON MEDAL

1. Ed Richards – 299 votes
2. Marcus Bontempelli – 286
3. Tom Liberatore – 279
4. Aaron Naughton – 252
5. Bailey Dale – 228
6. Matthew Kennedy – 227
7. Sam Darcy – 222
8. Rory Lobb – 212
9. Joel Freijah – 192
10. Rhylee West – 189

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...s-sutton-medal

Impressive Bont got so close given how much footy he missed. Likewise Naughton after a slow start and Joel getting a top 10 finish

[Eastdog]

Congrats Ed Richards. Great season. His first Charles Sutton Medal.

[Eastdog]

TOP 10 - CHARLES SUTTON MEDAL

1. Ed Richards – 299 votes
2. Marcus Bontempelli – 286
3. Tom Liberatore – 279
4. Aaron Naughton – 252
5. Bailey Dale – 228
6. Matthew Kennedy – 227
7. Sam Darcy – 222
8. Rory Lobb – 212
9. Joel Freijah – 192
10. Rhylee West – 189

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...s-sutton-medal

Impressive Bont got so close given how much footy he missed. Likewise Naughton after a slow start and Joel getting a top 10 finish

Yeah huge effort from Bont. Did not miss a beat when he came back from that injury.

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[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Not a great endorsement for Sanders when he played 20 odd games.

On the other hand, Kennedy franked his recruitment.

[Willow18]

Not a great endorsement for Sanders when he played 20 odd games.

On the other hand, Kennedy franked his recruitment.

Still only a 2nd year player, I think people are a bit too quick to judge kids coming straight into the AFL system. The Sheezel/Daicos types are a rare breed and we have our own in Freijah.

if Hynes next season, had half as successful a year as Sanders did this year, I feel like we’d all be glowing about him

[Axe Man]

Did a little exercise to re-rank the leaderboard by votes per game. No surprise with Bont. Darcy & Croft the other big winners. Croft obviously from a very small sample size but the coaches were clearly very impressed by his 2 games. Doesn't take into account sub affected games that will clearly hurt some players more than others in the bottom half particularly. Cleary and Harmes also rated highly.

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[Grantysghost]

The one that really stands out for me is O'Donnell. He clearly gets a lot of love from the coaches.

For some reason English the opposite. I was really surprised with his ranking. I thought it was one of his better years.

[Axe Man]

The one that really stands out for me is O'Donnell. He clearly gets a lot of love from the coaches.

For some reason English the opposite. I was really surprised with his ranking. I thought it was one of his better years.

English never seems to attract big votes from the coaches - this year is almost identical in terms of votes to his All Australian year - 160 votes (7th) in 2023 v 155 votes (11th) in 2025.

[jazzadogs]

It was an interesting tidbit that in all the years of Pannam's and Richards' playing VFL/AFL, Ed is only the second to win a best and fairest.

[Pedro Sanchez]

Great winner - what a season he had and seems like such a ripping bloke too. Refreshing given the headlines that a small few often create!

So did anyone attend and glean any inside info on player ins and outs?