2020 AFL Rising Star

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2020 NAB AFL Rising Star
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Ron Evans medallist Caleb Serong
(Fremantle)

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1]

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Eligibility

Every round, a nomination is given to a standout young player who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played ten 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. [1]

Nominations

2020 AFL Rising Star nominees
RoundPlayerClubRef.
1 Sam Sturt Fremantle [2]
2 Matt Rowell Gold Coast [3]
3 Connor Budarick Gold Coast [4]
4 Tom Green Greater Western Sydney [5]
5 Curtis Taylor North Melbourne [6]
6 Izak Rankine Gold Coast [7]
7 Noah Anderson Gold Coast [8]
8 Caleb Serong Fremantle [9]
9 Mitch Georgiades Port Adelaide [10]
10 Luke Jackson Melbourne [11]
11 Kysaiah Pickett Melbourne [12]
12 Max King St Kilda [13]
13 Brandon Starcevich Brisbane Lions [14]
14 Jake Riccardi Greater Western Sydney [15]
15 Justin McInerney Sydney [16]
16 Will Day Hawthorn [17]
17 Isaac Quaynor Collingwood [18]
18 Lachlan Sholl Adelaide [19]

Final voting

PlayerClubVotes [20]
1 Caleb Serong Fremantle 48
2 Noah Anderson Gold Coast 39
3 Max King St Kilda 28
4 Izak Rankine Gold Coast 16
5 Will Day Hawthorn 12
6 Brandon Starcevich Brisbane Lions 6
7 Kysaiah Pickett Melbourne 1

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