2007 AFL Rising Star

The NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. It was previously known as the Norwich Rising Star award and first awarded in 1993. Beginning in 2007, the Ron Evans Medal, in honour of Ron Evans is awarded to the winner. The 2007 winner was Joel Selwood of the Geelong Football Club.[1]

Eligibility and nominations

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.

Nominations

Round Player Club
1 Patrick Ryder[2] Essendon
2 Cameron Wood[3] Brisbane Lions
3 Tom Hawkins[4] Geelong
4 Scott Pendlebury[5] Collingwood
5 Joel Selwood[1][6] Geelong
6 Ricky Petterd[7] Melbourne
7 Jesse W. Smith[8][9] Kangaroos
8 Shaun Higgins[10] Western Bulldogs
9 Mitchell Clark[11][12] Brisbane Lions
10 Bryce Gibbs[13][14] Carlton
11 Shannon Hurn[15][16] West Coast Eagles
12 Robert Gray[17][18] Port Adelaide
13 Martin Clarke[19][20] Collingwood
14 Scott McMahon[21][22] Kangaroos
15 Justin Westhoff[23] Port Adelaide
16 Sam Gilbert[24][25] St. Kilda
17 Nathan Jones[26] Melbourne
18 Tom Williams[27] Western Bulldogs
19 Travis Boak[28][29] Port Adelaide
20 Mark LeCras[30] West Coast
21 Tyson Goldsack[31] Collingwood
22 Will Thursfield[32] Richmond

References

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