WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Jackson Macrae has been rewarded for his efforts against the Gold Coast Suns last weekend with the Round 8 Rising Star nomination. The 18 year old Macrae had 26 possessions and four tackles in the club’s losing perfromance against the Suns. “Jackson is a young person who understands he has talent, and has

RICHMOND’S Nick Vlastuin, the club’s top pick of the 2012 National Draft, has been rewarded for hi efforts in Saturday’s victory over Port Adelaide with the Round 7 Rising Star nomination. Vlastuin’s efforts in the the Tigers’ 41 point win over the Power included 23 disposals, 11 marks and one goal. Vlastuin was the ninth

SLICK Hawthorn small forward Bradley Hill has received the round six AFL NAB Rising Star nomination. The 19 year old impressed in just his 11th match as a pro. He collected 17 disposals and kicked two goals in what was yet another impressive performance from the speedster this year. Hill played the last five games

GOLD Coast prodigy Jaeger O’Meara has taken out the NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for Round 5. O’Meara came into the league upon a wave of expectation and has more then lived up to the hype. Sometimes compared to a young Chris Judd, O’Meara had 25 touches, 4 tackles, 2 goals and a mammoth 11

GEELONG seem to have produced yet another productive youngster in big bodied midfielder George Horlin-Smith who has been awarded Round 4′s AFL NAB Rising Star nomination. Horlin-Smith was everywhere in Geelong’s clash with the Swans amassing 23 disposals and a goal. Perhaps even more impressive were his seven clearances and four inside 50′s. Horlin-Smith was

HAWTHORN youngster Jed Anderson has been selected as Round 3′s AFL Rising Star nominee. Anderson played a pivotal role in Hawthorn’s massive win on Sunday against Collingwood at the MCG. In front of nearly 73,000 people, the young midfielder didn’t shy away from the big stage like most youngsters, in fact he was exceptional against

THE AFL has announced that North Melbourne defender Aaron Mullet is the AFL’s second round NAB rising star nominee in 2013 Mullet, 21,  has had an impressive start to this season averaging 21.5 disposals at a high efficiency rate and his 20 disposals and 6 tackles against the Cats in the nail biter at Etihad

MELBOURNE’S Sam Blease has continued his rise to redemption with the Round 20 AFL Rising Star nomination. After the first round of the 2012 season Blease, 21, was unceremoniously dropped from the seniors list before making his way back in Round 8. His return was completed with his five goal performance Round 20 performance against

JUST last week Richmond great Matthew Richardson said it was only a matter of time before Brandon Ellis receives an AFL Rising Star nomination this season

IT’S been a good week for the beleaguered Gold Coast Suns, winning their first game of the season in thrilling fashion on the weekend over Richmond and now with youngster Josh Caddy getting the nod for the Round 16 NAB AFL Rising Star. Caddy kicked a goal and had 15 disposals in the win over the

IT’S been a good week for the Saints, soundly trouncing Essendon on Saturday night and now backing that up with youngster Arryn Siposs taking out the Round 15 NAB Rising Star nomination. Siposs, 19, had a big game against Essendon with 17 possessions, including six marks, and kicking two goals in St Kilda’s 71-point demolition of the highly

GREATER Western Sydney scored a record fifth Rising Star Nomination for one season with 18 year old Toby Greene taking the honours after his performance against Sydney in Round 14. Greene was channelling his inner Ablett in recording 31 disposals (16 kicks and 15 handpasses)  for the Giants on Saturday night and is a just reward for a

AFTER a shocking run to start the season, and even with the injury to Mitch Clark, things are on the upswing at the Melbourne Football Club. Now, on the back of a two-game win streak, Melbourne received more good news as young Demon Tom McDonald  has received the NAB Rising Star nomination for Round 13. McDonald, 19, was

DEFENDER Daniel Talia had a great game against St Kilda on Friday night and has been rewarded with the NAB Rising Star nomination for Round 12. Talia, Adelaide’s first pick in the 2009 Draft (#13 overall), had modest stats on the night with only seven touches but was a key player in the Crows defence as

THINGS appear to be going Collingwood’s way of late (injuries notwithstanding). The club has won eight games in a row, is sitting on top of the ladder and now youngster Ben Sinclair has been nominated as the NAB Rising Star for Round 11. Sinclair, the 62nd pick of the 2009 Draft, had a big day for

THE GWS Giants have their fourth different AFL Rising Star of the year nominee after Dylan Shiel took out the award for Round 10. Shiel, 19, joins team mates Jeremy Cameron (nominee for Round 2), Thomas Bugg (Round 5) and Stephen Coniglio (Round 7) as a winner of the weekly award after collecting 21 possessions, five

ESSENDON’S Jake Carlisle has earned the Rising Star nomination for Round 9 of the 2012 season after a seven mark and 13 possession performance against the GWS Giants last Saturday night. Carlisle, 20, was the 24th pick of the 2009 Draft and had played 10 games for the Bombers heading into this season. Working initially as

Mature-bodied West Australian Daniel Rich is given maximum votes by all nine Rising Star award judges

Emerging Carlton tagger Aaron Joseph has been given the Round 12 NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for his 19-possession effort on St Kilda’s Stephen Milne two weeks ago

Young Adelaide forward Taylor ‘Tex’ Walker is giving Crows fans something to get excited about, again proving his ability as a match winner with five first half goals against the Hawks

Brisbane Lions debutant Daniel Rich has been named the NAB AFL Rising Star nominee from the first round