2013 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The 2013 winner was Jaeger O'Meara.

Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Wines, OliverOliver Wines	Port Adelaide	^[2]
2	Mullett, AaronAaron Mullett	North Melbourne	^[3]
3	Anderson, JedJed Anderson	Hawthorn	^[4]
4	Horlin-Smith, GeorgeGeorge Horlin-Smith	Geelong	^[5]
5	O'Meara, JaegerJaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	^[6]
6	Hill, BradleyBradley Hill	Hawthorn	^[7]
7	Vlastuin, NickNick Vlastuin	Richmond	^[8]
8	Macrae, JacksonJackson Macrae	Western Bulldogs	^[9]
9	Kerridge, SamSam Kerridge	Adelaide	^[10]
10	Whitfield, LachieLachie Whitfield	Greater Western Sydney	^[11]
11	Mitchell, TomTom Mitchell	Sydney	^[12]
12	Mayes, SamSam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	^[13]
13	Neade, JakeJake Neade	Port Adelaide	^[14]
14	Crouch, BradBrad Crouch	Adelaide	^[15]
15	Talia, MichaelMichael Talia	Western Bulldogs	^[16]
16	Nicholls, TomTom Nicholls	Gold Coast	^[17]
17	Tomlinson, AdamAdam Tomlinson	Greater Western Sydney	^[18]
18	Williams, MarleyMarley Williams	Collingwood	^[19]
19	Williams, ZacharyZachary Williams	Greater Western Sydney	^[20]
20	Laird, RoryRory Laird	Adelaide	^[21]
21	Viney, JackJack Viney	Melbourne	^[22]
22	Grundy, BrodieBrodie Grundy	Collingwood	^[23]
23	Brown, LukeLuke Brown	Adelaide	^[24]

References

2013 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Wines Rd 2: Mullett Rd 3: Anderson Rd 4: Horlin-Smith Rd 5: O'Meara Rd 6: Hill Rd 7: Vlastuin Rd 8: Macrae Rd 9: Kerridge Rd 10: Whitfield Rd 11: Mitchell Rd 12: Mayes Rd 13: Neade Rd 14: Crouch Rd 15: Talia Rd 16: Nicholls Rd 17: Tomlinson Rd 18: M. Williams Rd 19: Z. Williams Rd 20: Laird Rd 21: Viney Rd 22: Grundy Rd 23: Brown

Italics denote winner

AFL Rising Star

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2013 AFL season

Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series

Awards	22under22 team AFLPA Awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star

Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Western Bulldogs West Coast

Player changes	Trades National Draft Pre-season Draft Rookie Draft Debuts Retirements, sackings and delistings

Major events	Melbourne tanking scandal Essendon supplements controversy