Hall wins his second Tony Gillies Medal
Matthew Hall from the Tamworth Kangaroos is the winner of the 2025 Tony Gillies Medal.
TAMWORTH Kangaroos utility Matthew Hall has joined AFL North West royalty after winning his second Tony Gillies Medal.
The 26 year-old won the Medal for the first time in 2023 and tonight won the copunt by just one vote from last year’s winner Nick Fisher from the Tamworth Swans.
Hall’s win means he now joins Adam White (Muswellbrook Cats), Andrew George (Gunnedah), Damien Wendt, Lachlan Rowling and Edward George from the Tamworth Swans and fellow Tamworth Kangaroo Matthew Hodge as a two-time winner of the prestigious prize.
The win has capped off a big year for Hall who was also the captain of the North West Blue Heelers representative team and named as that team’s best player when it played in Gunnedah at the end of June.
With three rounds of the season remaining, Fisher led Hall by one vote in the count but the Kangaroo polled two votes in the match at Varley Oval to retake the lead he held earlier after a hot start to the season.
Other award winners on the night were Lachlan Bennetts-Inkster from the Tamworth Swans who won the Gerry Griffiths Medal for the second consecutive year as the League’s leading goalkicker, fellow Swan Lachlan Hunt who won the Rising Star Award while Aidan Barry from the New England Nomads was announced as the Coaches Award winer for 2025.
FINAL LEADER BOARD
10 – Matthew Hall (Tamworth Kangaroos)
9 – Nick Fisher (Tamworth Swans)
7 – Rob Stainforth (Tamworth Swans), Nash Tome (Inverell)
6 – Nick Buckland (Tamworth Kangaroos), Charlie Keiller (New England Nomads), Darcy Hill (Gunnedah), Lachlan Hunt (Tamworth Swans)
5 – Ryan Lewis (Inverell)
4 – Angus Croft (Inverell), Hunter Greene (New England Nomads), Seb Blair (Inverell), Ned Hagon (Tamworth Kangaroos), Zac Collier (Tamworth Swans)
OTHER 2025 AWARD WINNERS
Gerry Griffiths Medal – Leading goal kicker: Lachlan Bennetts-Inkster – 40 goals (Tamworth Swans)
Rising Star: Lachlan Hunt (Tamworth Swans)
Coaches Award: Aidan Barry (New England Nomads)
PREVIOUS TONY GILLIES MEDAL WINNERS
2024 – Nick Fisher (Tamworth Swans)
2023 – Matthew Hall (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2022 – Josh Jones (Tamworth Swans)
2021 – Liam Dunn (Tamworth Swans)
2020 – Joshua Chiavaroli (Gunnedah)
2019 – Andrew George (Gunnedah) and Edward George (Tamworth Swans)
2018 – Edward George (Tamworth Swans)
2017 – Jason Spackman (Gunnedah)
2016 – Jed Ellis-Cluff (New England Nomads) and Daniel Leon (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2015 – Hayden Chappel (Inverell)
2014 – Andrew George (Gunnedah)
2013 – Matthew Hodge (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2012 – Alex Hudson (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2011- Paul Brown (Gunnedah) and Matthew Hodge (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2010 – Corey Wheeler (Inverell)
2009 – Peter Heath (Inverell), Sam Naismith (Gunnedah) and Damien Wendt (Tamworth Swans)
2008 – Tim Cotter (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2007 – Lachlan Rowling (Tamworth Swans)
2006 – Cameron Douglas (Tamworth Kangaroos)
2005 – Lachlan Rowling (Tamworth Swans)
2004 – Adam White (Muswellbrook Cats)
2003 – Adam White (Muswellbrook Cats)
2002 – Mick Day (Tamworth Kangaroos) and Stacey Gogas (Gunnedah)
2001 – Matthew Sadlier (David Mitchell Swans)
2000 – Stephen Fisher (New England Nomads) and Damien Wendt (Prime Magpies)
1999 – Matthew Cattle (Cargill Kangaroos)
1998 – Justin ??? (Courthouse Eagles)
1997 – Damien Hickey (David Mitchell Swans)
