Rising Star - 2018

[bornadog]

Lol at Ben Long, Hunter Clark, Sam Taylor and Tom Cole nominations.

EXactly

[bornadog]

How the *!*!*!*! does Aaron Francis get a nomination, when guys like Lipinski and Naughton have missed.

[Twodogs]

I'm suprised Tom DeKoning didn't get it.

[bornadog]

AAron Naughton Stats:

Ranked 10th among rising stars in Total Marks	Ranked 10th among rising stars in Total Hitouts
Ranked 2nd among rising stars in Total Contested Marks	Ranked 7th among rising stars in Total Rebound 50s
Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Total One Percenters	Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Total Intercepts
Ranked 5th among rising stars in Contested Marks Per Game	Ranked 8th among rising stars in Rebound 50s Per Game
Ranked 3rd among rising stars in One Percenters Per Game	Ranked 6th among rising stars in Time On Ground % Per Game
Ranked 3rd among rising stars in Intercepts Per Game

[Mantis]

How the *!*!*!*! does Aaron Francis get a nomination, when guys like Lipinski and Naughton have missed.

Francis took 6 intercept marks + he plays for Essendon.

No doubt Naughton deserves a nomination due to his body of work, but the AFL generally make a mess of these types of things so no surprise they have missed him.

[Sedat]

Caddy kicked 4 goals on Francis.

[Grantysghost]

Criminal if Naughton misses out. Would he still be eligible next season ?

[ratsmac]

How the *!*!*!*! does Aaron Francis get a nomination, when guys like Lipinski and Naughton have missed.

It is nice to see our lads recognised but I stopped caring about this award when 1. Libba never got a nomination 2. Bontempelli was robbed by a bloke who isn't worthy to carry Bonts boots and 3. Caleb Daniel was robbed (even though Mills is at least a decent player).
The non nomination of Naughton is an absolute joke. He's good enough to be in the top 5.

Oh and 4. McGrath winning in a landslide last year. Voted by Essendon sympathisers because they think they were dealt with harshly for giving their players banned substances. Give me Charlie Curnow, Burton or Powell-pepper before McGrath any day.

[ratsmac]

Caddy kicked 4 goals on Francis.

I think Riewoldt kick some on him too. If he didn't he should have.

[Axe Man]

Criminal if Naughton misses out. Would he still be eligible next season ?

No he's played more than 10 games this season.

The biggest disgrace was the week Taylor (who?) from GWS was nominated with inferior stats to Naughton.

Read Mick Warner in the Herald Sun say if he had to pick any of the Rising Stars he would take Richards, even over Stephenson.

[Mantis]

Caddy kicked 4 goals on Francis.

I didn't watch much of the game so can't back it up, but it's been reported that Caddy kicked 3 on Dea and 1 on Francis.

[Doc26]

Criminal if Naughton misses out. Would he still be eligible next season ?

Should be, Francis was bloody drafted in 2015 Francis is now magically a rising star when his currency wouldn't have been worth a bag of peanuts at the end of 2017 when Aaron hadn't even been drafted yet. He's more of a mature ager by now than a rising star. Joke of an award.

[Topdog]

Should be, Francis was bloody drafted in 2015 Francis is now magically a rising star when his currency wouldn't have been worth a bag of peanuts at the end of 2017 when Aaron hadn't even been drafted yet. He's more of a mature ager by now than a rising star. Joke of an award.

At the same age Bont was lifting the premiership

[Sedat]

I didn't watch much of the game so can't back it up, but it's been reported that Caddy kicked 3 on Dea and 1 on Francis.

I heard that too but every time Caddy was in the vicinity of the ball Francis seemed to be on him. Much easier for the Essendon sycophants in the media to pin those goals on the spud of the team.

[EasternWest]

Naughton gets the Rd 23 nod.