AFL Rising Star
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AFL Rising Star | |
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Country | Australia |
First awarded | 1993 |
Website | http://www.afl.com.au/risingstar |
Television/radio 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:
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 seven 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
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 | 0 |
Fitzroy | 6 | 0 |
Fremantle | 26 | 2 |
Geelong | 21 | 1 |
Gold Coast | 1 | 0 |
Hawthorn | 28 | 2 |
Melbourne | 30 | 1 |
North Melbourne/Kangaroos | 21 | 1 |
Port Adelaide | 23 | 2 |
Richmond | 25 | 1 |
St Kilda | 18 | 2 |
Sydney | 18 | 2 |
West Coast | 32 | 1 |
Western Bulldogs/Footscray | 23 | 0 |
* Correct as of round 5, 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
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "About". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ "NAB AFL Rising Star Award". National Australia Bank. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "AFL Rising Star Award, 1993-2008". Footystats. Retrieved 2008-09-06.