2025 AFL Women's Rising Star

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2025 AFL Women's Rising Star
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  2024  · AFL Women's Rising Star

The 2025 AFL Women's Rising Star award will be presented to the player adjudged the best young player during the 2025 AFL Women's season.

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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 fewer matches at the beginning of the season) and have not previously won the award. [1]

Nominations

Table of nominees
WeekPlayerClubRef.
1 Lucia Painter West Coast [2]
2 Zippy Fish Sydney [3]
3 Havana Harris Gold Coast [4]
4 Sophie McKay Carlton [5]
5 Ash Centra Collingwood [6]
6 Poppy Scholz Carlton [7]
Table of nominations by club
NumberClubPlayerWeek
2 Carlton Sophie McKay 4
Poppy Scholz 6
1 West Coast Lucia Painter 1
1 Sydney Zippy Fish 2
1 Gold Coast Havana Harris 3
1 Collingwood Ash Centra 5


See also

References

  1. "League names AFLW AA selection panel, confirms changes to Rising Star criteria". AFL Women's. 18 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  2. McWilliams, Phoebe (18 August 2025). "'Just out there to have fun': Eagle rewarded for thrilling burst with Rising Star nom". AFL Women's . Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  3. McWilliams, Phoebe (25 August 2025). "Ball-winning Swan earns well-deserved Rising Star nod". AFL Women's . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. "Footy unicorn nabs Rising Star nom, applauds Shaw's 'fun' approach". AFL Women's. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. McWilliams, Phoebe (8 September 2025). "Father-daughter Blue earns Rising Star nod after impressive start". AFL Women's . Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  6. McWilliams, Phoebe (15 September 2025). "Take Centra stage: Pies young gun earns Rising Star nom". AFL Women's . Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  7. McWilliams, Phoebe (22 September 2025). "The pre-game shot that sparked Blue's Rising Star performance". AFL Women's . Retrieved 23 September 2025.