2023 AFL Women's Rising Star

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2023 AFL Women's Rising Star
Sponsored by National Australia Bank
Date27 November 2023
Venue Crown Melbourne
Hosted bySarah Jones
Winner Zarlie Goldsworthy (Greater Western Sydney)
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox Footy
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The 2023 AFL Women's Rising Star award was presented to the player adjudged the best young player during the 2023 AFL Women's season. Greater Western Sydney's Zarlie Goldsworthy won the award with 41 votes. [1]

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Eligibility

To be eligible for nomination, players must be under 21 years of age on 31 December, have not previously been nominated for the award (unless they have played ten or less matches at the beginning of the season) and have not previously won the award. [2]

Nominations

Table of nominees
RoundPlayerClubRef.
1 Ally Morphett Sydney [3]
Ella Roberts West Coast
2 Zarlie Goldsworthy Greater Western Sydney [4]
Matilda Scholz Port Adelaide
3 Jasmine Fleming Hawthorn [5]
Keeley Skepper Carlton
4 Steph Wales Essendon [6]
Rylie Wilcox Western Bulldogs
5 Ella Heads Sydney [7]
Lauren Wakfer West Coast
6 Charlotte Baskaran Hawthorn [8]
Amber Clarke Essendon
7 Kiera Mueller Adelaide [9]
Emelia Yassir Richmond
8 Mia Austin Carlton [10]
Sofia Hurley Sydney
9 Charlotte Mullins Brisbane [11]
Lucy Wales Hawthorn
10 Darcie Davies Gold Coast [12]
Zali Friswell Geelong
Table of nominations by club
NumberClubPlayerRd.
3 Hawthorn Jasmine Fleming 3
Charlotte Baskaran 6
Lucy Wales 9
Sydney Ally Morphett 1
Ella Heads 5
Sofia Hurley 8
2 Carlton Keeley Skepper 3
Mia Austin 8
Essendon Steph Wales 4
Amber Clarke 6
West Coast Ella Roberts 1
Lauren Wakfer 5
1 Adelaide Kiera Mueller 7
Brisbane Charlotte Mullins 9
Geelong Zali Friswell 10
Gold Coast Darcie Davies 10
Greater Western Sydney Zarlie Goldsworthy 2
Port Adelaide Matilda Scholz 2
Richmond Emelia Yassir 7
Western Bulldogs Rylie Wilcox 4

Final voting

Table of votes [1]
PlacingPlayerClubNom.Votes
1 Zarlie Goldsworthy Greater Western Sydney 241
2 Ally Morphett Sydney 140
3 Ella Roberts West Coast 123
4 Matilda Scholz Port Adelaide 213
5 Jasmine Fleming Hawthorn 37

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  2. ↑ "League names AFLW AA selection panel, confirms changes to Rising Star criteria". afl.com.au. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Welsh, Sophie (4 September 2023). "High-flying Eagle, breakout Swan nab Rising Star noms". afl.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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