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    2021 AFL Women's Rising Star    
Tyla Hanks, 2021 winner
Sponsored byNational Australia Bank
Date20 April 2021
Venue
2021 W Awards venues
Hosted bySarah Jones
WinnerTyla Hanks (Template:AFLW Mel)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFox Footy
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The 2021 NAB AFL Women's Rising Star award was presented to the player adjudged the best young player during the 2021 AFL Women's season.[1] Tyla Hanks of the Melbourne Football Club won the award with 48 votes.[2]

Eligibility

Every round, two nominations will be given to standout young players who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, players must have been under 21 years of age on 1 January 2021 and not suspended during the season.[1]

Nominations

Table of nominees
Round Player Club Ref.
1 Belle Dawes Template:AFLW BL [3]
Tarni White Template:AFLW StK
2 Jess Fitzgerald Template:AFLW WB [4]
Tyla Hanks Template:AFLW Mel
3 Nat Grider Template:AFLW BL [5]
Abbie McKay Template:AFLW Car
4 Tyanna Smith Template:AFLW StK [6]
Rebecca Webster Template:AFLW Gee
5 Mikayla Bowen Template:AFLW WC [7]
Ellie McKenzie Template:AFLW Ric
6 Daisy Bateman Template:AFLW NM [8]
Tarni Brown Template:AFLW Col
7 Lauren Bella Template:AFLW GC [9]
Eliza McNamara Template:AFLW Mel
8 Courtney Hodder Template:AFLW BL [10]
Isabella Lewis Template:AFLW WC
9 Eleanor Brown Template:AFLW WB [11]
Tahlia Hickie Template:AFLW BL
Table of nominations by club
Number Club Player Nom.
4 Template:AFLW BL Belle Dawes 1
Nat Grider 3
Courtney Hodder 8
Tahlia Hickie 9
2 Template:AFLW Mel Tyla Hanks 2
Eliza McNamara 7
Template:AFLW StK Tarni White 1
Tyanna Smith 4
Template:AFLW WC Mikayla Bowen 5
Isabella Lewis 8
Template:AFLW WB Jess Fitzgerald 2
Eleanor Brown 9
1 Template:AFLW Car Abbie McKay 3
Template:AFLW Col Tarni Brown 6
Template:AFLW Gee Rebecca Webster 4
Template:AFLW GC Lauren Bella 7
Template:AFLW NM Daisy Bateman 6
Template:AFLW Ric Ellie McKenzie 5

Final voting

Table of votes[2]
Placing Player Club Nom. Votes
1 Tyla Hanks Template:AFLW Mel 2 48
2 Ellie McKenzie Template:AFLW Ric 5 32
3 Mikayla Bowen Template:AFLW WC 5 22
4 Tyanna Smith Template:AFLW StK 4 19
5 Nat Grider Template:AFLW BL 3 10

References

  1. ^ a b "NAB AFL Women's Rising Star". womens.afl. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Black, Sarah (20 April 2021). "This rise is official: 157cm Demon Tyla Hanks is the NAB AFLW Rising Star". womens.afl. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. ^ Black, Sarah (2 February 2021). "Lions midfielder, comeback Saint share R1 Rising Star honours". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Black, Sarah (8 February 2021). "Dog, Dee ball-winning mids named R2 Rising Stars". womens.afl. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ Black, Sarah (16 February 2021). "AFLW Rising Star, R3: Father-daughter gets nod, Lions do it again". womens.afl. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ Black, Sarah (22 February 2021). "Rising Star, R4: Cat, Saint shine under Friday night lights". womens.afl. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ Black, Sarah (1 March 2021). "Rising Star, R5: Eagles' matchwinner, No.1 gun fire". womens.afl. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ Black, Sarah (8 March 2021). "Rising Star, R6: Historic Pie, Roo get the nod". womens.afl. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. ^ Black, Sarah (16 March 2021). "Rising Star, R7: Running Demon, Suns ruck make the grade". womens.afl. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  10. ^ Black, Sarah (22 March 2021). "Rising Star, R8: Tough Eagle, electric Lion the latest nominees". womens.afl. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  11. ^ Black, Sarah (29 March 2021). "Rising Star, R9: Dogs defender, Lions ruck claim final nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 29 March 2021.