AFL recruiters don’t seem to like Sandover medallists, with South Fremantle’s Haiden Schloithe the fifth consecutive WAFL best and fairest to miss out on getting picked up.

Here are unluckiest of the WA-based players who didn’t realise their AFL dreams.

Haiden Schloithe (South Fremantle)

Despite interest from at least a couple of clubs, including Essendon, the former Dockers rookie didn’t receive a second AFL chance in Monday’s rookie draft.

Schloithe absolutely dominated the WAFL competition this year for the Bulldogs, averaging 28 disposals in 22 games this season to go with 30 goals to win the Sandover Medal by seven votes.

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He joins Jye Bolton (Claremont), Aidan Tropiano (Perth), Aaron Black (West Perth) and Rory O’Brien (East Fremantle/Peel Thunder) as recent Sandover medallists to not get picked up.

Chris Scott (East Fremantle)

The 192cm defender was interviewed by five AFL clubs including Geelong.

The Geraldton product, 18, impressed for East Fremantle’s colts this year, earning a spot in WA’s under-18s side where he played the final two games against the Allies and Vic Country.

He also won Mel Whinnen Medal for best-afield in the Sharks’ first colts premiership since 2010.

Aaron Redhead (East Perth)

The 203cm ruckman-forward went from complete unknown playing on the NSW Central Coast before moving to Perth this year to pursue his dream of playing AFL.

Redhead joined East Perth’s colts where he pressed his case for a WA under-18s berth at the national championships.

The 19-year-old defied his size to record a 7.91sec agility test and 2.94sec in the 20m sprint at the state combine, where he was interviewed by six AFL clubs.

Sam Collins (Peel Thunder/Fremantle)

Collins couldn’t have done much more to press his case after an impressive final year on the Dockers’ list.

But the dual WAFL premiership defender was axed the same day he won Peel Thunder’s best and fairest, becoming the third Dudley Tuckey medallist in a row to get cut after Jacob Ballard (2015) and Matt de Boer (2016).

Camera Icon Sam Collins was delisted by Fremantle, despite winning Peel Thunder’s WAFL best and fairest. Credit: The Sunday Times

The 23-year-old, who played 14 games in two seasons at the Dockers, attracted interest from several AFL clubs, both in Victoria and elsewhere.

He trained with St Kilda in a bid to earn a rookie gig, but was unsuccessful.

Tom Lamb (East Perth/West Coast)

Lamb wasn’t seen again at AFL level after making his West Coast debut in round one of 2015.

The athletic 193cm forward put him some exciting WAFL performances for East Perth this season, including a five-goal haul against West Perth in round two and a 30-possession effort against East Fremantle in round 15.

Like Collins, Lamb joined pre-season training at St Kilda after getting delisted by the Eagles

The 21-year-old spent three seasons on West Coast’s list.