AFL Rising Star

AFL Rising Star
Country	Australia
First awarded	1993
Television coverage
Network	Seven Network (1993-2001) Network Ten (2002-2009) One HD (2010-present)

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal and was first awarded in 1993.^[1] It was previously known as the Norwich Rising Star award.^{[citation needed]}

Eligibility and nominations

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible to be nominated for the award, a player must be younger than 21 years of age on January 1 of the award year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season. A player who is suspended^{[notes 1]} during the season is not eligible to win the award, however is still eligible for nomination.^[2]

At the end of the season, nine AFL personalities (typically administrators and All-Australian team selectors) vote for five of the twenty-two nominees, with their top selections earning five votes, their second selection earning four votes, etc. The player who receives the most votes is the winner.

Past winners

The past winners of the AFL Rising Star award are:

Year	Winner	Team	Recruited
1993	Nathan Buckley	Brisbane Bears	Northern Territory Zone (1992)
1994	Chris Scott	Brisbane Bears	1993 National Draft, Pick #12
1995	Nick Holland	Hawthorn	1992 National Draft, Pick #14
1996	Ben Cousins	West Coast	Father-Son Rule, 1995
1997	Michael Wilson	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide Zone Selection (1997)
1998	Byron Pickett	North Melbourne	1996 National Draft, Pick #67
1999	Adam Goodes	Sydney	1997 National Draft, Pick #43
2000	Paul Hasleby	Fremantle	1999 National Draft, Pick #2
2001	Justin Koschitzke	St Kilda	2000 National Draft, Pick #2
2002	Nick Riewoldt	St Kilda	2000 National Draft, Pick #1
2003	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn	2001 National Draft, Pick #36
2004	Jared Rivers	Melbourne	2002 National Draft, Pick #26
2005	Brett Deledio	Richmond	2004 National Draft, Pick #1
2006	Danyle Pearce	Port Adelaide	2005 Rookie Draft, 2005 Rookie Elevation
2007	Joel Selwood	Geelong	2006 National Draft, Pick #7
2008	Rhys Palmer	Fremantle	2007 National Draft, Pick #7
2009	Daniel Rich	Brisbane Lions	2008 National Draft, Pick #7
2010	Daniel Hannebery	Sydney	2008 National Draft, Pick #30
2011	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	2010 National Draft, Pick #8

Dual nominees

It is possible for a player to be nominated in multiple years, as long as they still satisfy the age and games played qualification rules in each year. So far eight players have been nominated twice.^[3]

• Duncan Kellaway (Richmond) – 1993 / 1994
• Craig Callaghan (Fremantle) – 1995 / 1996
• Michael Braun (West Coast Eagles) – 1997 / 1998
• Luke Power (Brisbane Lions) – 1998 / 1999
• Nathan Jones (Melbourne) – 2006 / 2007
• Mark LeCras (West Coast Eagles) – 2006 / 2007
• Michael Hurley (Essendon) – 2009 / 2010
• Jordan Gysberts (Melbourne) - 2010 / 2011

Club by Club

Club	Nominations	Winners
Adelaide	17	0
Brisbane Bears	5	2
Brisbane Lions	27	1
Carlton	24	0
Collingwood	27	0
Essendon	32	1
Fitzroy	6	0
Fremantle	27	2
Geelong	23	1
Gold Coast	4	0
Hawthorn	30	2
Melbourne	31	1
North Melbourne/Kangaroos	21	1
Port Adelaide	23	2
Richmond	27	1
St Kilda	19	2
Sydney	19	2
West Coast	34	1
Western Bulldogs/Footscray	23	0

* Correct as of round 20, 2011

Trivia

Rising Star Winners in a Premiership Year

• Joel Selwood (Geelong) - 2007

Career Rising Star/Premiership Double

• Chris Scott - 1994 Rising Star, 2001 & 2002 AFL Premierships
• Ben Cousins - 1996 Rising Star, 2006 AFL Premiership
• Michael Wilson - 1997 Rising Star, 2004 AFL Premiership
• Byron Pickett - 1998 Rising Star, 1999 & 2004 AFL Premierships
• Adam Goodes - 1999 Rising Star, 2005 AFL Premiership
• Sam Mitchell - 2003 Rising Star, 2008 AFL Premiership (captain)
• Joel Selwood - 2007 Rising Star, 2007 & 2009 AFL Premierships

Career Rising Star/Brownlow Medal Double

• Nathan Buckley (Brisbane Bears/Collingwood) - 1993 Rising Star, 2003 Brownlow Medalist
• Adam Goodes (Sydney) - 1999 Rising Star, 2003 & 2006 Brownlow Medalist
• Ben Cousins (West Coast) - 1996 Rising Star, 2005 Brownlow Medalist

See also

• 2011 AFL Rising Star nominations

Notes

1. ^ Technically, a player is ineligible if he is given a base sanction of 100 or more demerit points by the tribunal or match review panel, equivalent to a one week suspension. Under some circumstances, a player may reduce a penalty from a one week suspension (125 demerit points) to a reprimand without suspension (92.75 points) by accepting a 25% reduction with an early guilty plea; as the base points sanction in this case exceeds 100, he would become ineligible for the award, despite not being suspended. This is the same eligibility criterion used in the Brownlow Medal.

References

1. ^ "About". AFL.com.au. http://www.afl.com.au/development/nabaflrisingstarsprogram/nabaflrisingstar/about/tabid/14041/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
2. ^ "NAB AFL Rising Star Award". National Australia Bank. http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/about_us/4/2/8/10/6?WT.mc_id=UGU&WT.mc_ev=click. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
3. ^ "AFL Rising Star Award, 1993-2008". Footystats. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/MWBrising.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 

External links

• Official AFL Rising Star webpage
• NAB Rising Star webpage