Rising Star - 2016

[bornadog]

The NAB Rising star award for 2016 is a little flawed in the way players are nominated and the final judging, but generally the winners are pretty good footballers.

Eligible from the Dogs are:

Daniel, Dale, Webb, McLean, Prudden, Cordy, Dunkley, Smith, Roarke , Collins, Goetz, Hamilton, Lynch, Williams


NOMINATIONS

Round 1: Clayton Oliver - Melbourne
Round 2: Darcy Parish - Essendon
Round 3: Jacob Weitering - Carton
Round 4: Caleb Daniel - Western Bulldogs
Round 5: Tom Papley - Sydney
Round 6: Blake Acres - Saints
Round 7: James Harmes - Melbourne
Round 8: Jacob Hopper - GWS
Round 9: Christian Petracca - Melbourne
Round 10: Darcy Byrne-Jones - Port Adelaide.
Round 11: Connor Blakely - Freo
Round 12: Lachie Weller - Freo
Round 13: James Sicily - Hawks
Round 14: Jade Gresham - Saints
Round 15: Peter Wright - GC
Round 16: Callum Mills - Sydney
Round 17: Orazio Fantasia - Essendon
Round 18: Ryan Clarke - North
Round 19: Darcy Moore - Collingwood
Round 20: Josh Dunkley - Western Bulldogs
Round 21: Oscar McDonald - Melbourne
Round 22: Daniel Rioli - Richmond
Round 23: Tom Barrass - West Coke

[Remi Moses]

Pretty good choice . Unfortunately Marcus Adams is to old, which at 22 is rediculous

[bornadog]

I thought Mclean was also a good chance this week with an impressive display. Caleb had a good game as well.

[Go_Dogs]

Lots of good young players doing the rounds, and I expect the first year players will receive the early nominations as their form is more likely to taper off as the season progresses.

[comrade]

Any risk that the selection committee have forgotten Caleb is still eligible? I didn't see Oliver's game, but if it was better than Daniel's game, it must have been a ripper.

[Ozza]

Any risk that the selection committee have forgotten Caleb is still eligible? I didn't see Oliver's game, but if it was better than Daniel's game, it must have been a ripper.

Oliver was super. Very impressive kid, and a beast around the footy.

[Mofra]

Oliver deserves it, Parish & Mills will get nods in the next few rounds, Weitering too.
Happy for the pups to fly under the radar for a while.

[bornadog]

Round 2: Darcy Parish - Essendon

Thought McClean had a chance this week.

[Rocco Jones]

Parish would have been my pick.

Daniel and McLean will get their turn.

[bulldogtragic]

Caleb would have to be a good shot this week.

[comrade]

Caleb would have to be a good shot this week.

Pretty sure the powers that be will award it to Weitering, who admittedly, has looked very very good in every game this year.

[Greystache]

Sicily will be a good chance too.

[comrade]

Sicily will be a good chance too.

He's got all the makings of a bloke I'm going to hate for the next 10 years.

[Testekill]

Pretty sure the powers that be will award it to Weitering, who admittedly, has looked very very good in every game this year.

I'd still say that Daniel had the stronger game and he was talked up on AFL.com, he was also crucial in getting us really close to the Hawks and he was beating Mitchell in the third quarter.

[jeemak]

Sicily will likely get it and will deserve it if he does.

I was sitting with two Hawks supporters who I grew up with, and one of them suggested he had Dermie traits and is renowned as to have them amongst Hawks supporters. I gave him a lot of shit for that until the last quarter.