2017 AFL Rising Star

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2017 AFL Rising Star
Andrew McGrath 2017.1.jpg
Andrew McGrath, 2017 winner [1]
Sponsored by National Australia Bank
Date1 September 2017
Country Australia
Ron Evans medallist Andrew McGrath (Essendon)
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox Footy
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The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. An eligible player is nominated for the award each round during the AFL's regular season, and a panel of experts votes for the winner at the end of the season. [2]

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During the 2017 season, the award was sponsored by National Australia Bank, and the winner announced in a presentation held on 1 September 2017 and broadcast on subscription television by Fox Footy. [3] [4] The voting panel for this season consisted of eleven members, all of whom were AFL officials or former players: Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Andrew Dillon, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Gillon McLachlan, Matthew Richardson, Warren Tredrea and Kevin Sheehan. [5] The winner was Essendon player Andrew McGrath, who polled 51 votes. [1] McGrath became only the third number-one draft pick to win the award, and the second Essendon recipient. [5]

The club that garnered the most individual nominations this season was Carlton with five players nominated for the award. [6] This was a club record and the equal-second most nominations a club has garnered in an individual season, behind Greater Western Sydney's eight nominations in the 2012 season. [7] [8] Brisbane Lions player Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was nominated for the award again in the 2018 season—becoming the eleventh player ever to be nominated twice for a Rising Star award. [9]

Nominations

Ryan Burton finished second in the final voting for the season's award, with 41 votes. Ryan Burton 2018.3.jpg
Ryan Burton finished second in the final voting for the season's award, with 41 votes.
Charlie Curnow was one of five Carlton players to be nominated for the Rising Star in 2017. Charlie Curnow 2017.1.jpg
Charlie Curnow was one of five Carlton players to be nominated for the Rising Star in 2017.
Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award in the 2018 season. Alex Witherden 2017.jpg
Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award in the 2018 season.
Table of nominees
PlayerRoundClubRef.
Sam Powell-Pepper 1 Port Adelaide [10]
Ryan Burton 2 Hawthorn [11]
Brandan Parfitt 3 Geelong [12]
Andrew McGrath 4 Essendon [13]
Eric Hipwood 5 Brisbane Lions [14]
Caleb Marchbank 6 Carlton [15]
Sam Petrevski-Seton 7 Carlton [16]
Tim Taranto 8 Greater Western Sydney [17]
Tom Phillips 9 Collingwood [18]
Wayne Milera 10 Adelaide [19]
Dan Butler 11 Richmond [20]
David Cuningham 12 Carlton [21]
Jack Silvagni 13 Carlton [22]
Hugh McCluggage 14 Brisbane Lions [23]
Blake Hardwick 15 Hawthorn [24]
Charlie Curnow 16 Carlton [25]
Alex Witherden 17 Brisbane Lions [26]
Lewis Melican 18 Sydney [27]
Jason Castagna 19 Richmond [28]
Luke Ryan 20 Fremantle [29]
Dan Houston 21 Port Adelaide [30]
Ben Ainsworth 22 Gold Coast [31]
Will Hayward 23 Sydney [32]

Final voting

Table of votes [5]
PlayerRankClubVotes
Andrew McGrath 1 Essendon 51
Ryan Burton 2 Hawthorn 41
Sam Powell-Pepper 3 Port Adelaide 35
Charlie Curnow 4 Carlton 27
Eric Hipwood 5 Brisbane Lions 6
Sam Petrevski-Seton 6 Carlton 3
Lewis Melican 7 Sydney 1
Tom Phillips Collingwood 1

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