Rising Star - 2018

[Eastdog]

Well deserved

[Bulldog Joe]

Certainly well overdue.

Pretty sure Stephenson will win it overall, but surely Naughton has been top 5 over the eligible players over the year.

[westdog54]

Thank Christ for that.

[bornadog]

Well deserved

[Mofra]

About time!

Round 23 is always the "oh shit who did we miss" selection.

[bulldogtragic]

In the last decade, we've recruited this Rising Star Team:

B: Dunkley Talia Williams
HB: Daniel Naughton Richards
C: Macrae Bontempelli Dahlhaus
HF: Higgins Grant Stringer
F: Hrovat Jones Hill
R: Boyd Ward Wallis
Int: Honeychurch

7 AFL Premiership Players
8 Grand Final Players (Hill at WCE)
Several All Australians
8 Trades/FA/delist out (with this year to go) (the entire forward line above)
1 Retirement

[GVGjr]

Naughton gets the Rd 23 nod.

Overdue given his performances this year

[Twodogs]

About *!*!*!*!ing time.

[bornadog]

2018 NOMINEES

1	PA	Riley Bonner
2	ADEL	Tom Doedee
3	COLL	Sam Murray
4	COLL	Jaidyn Stephenson
5	STK	Ben Long
6	WCE	Jake Waterman
7	GEEL	Jack Henry
8	SYD	Ben Ronke
9	BRIS	Alex Witherden
10	WB	Ed Richards
11	SYD	Oliver Florent
12	FRE	Brennan Cox
13	STK	Hunter Clark
14	CARL	Paddy Dow
15	BRIS	Cam Rayner
16	FRE	Adam Cerra
17	GWS	Sam Taylor
18	RICH	Jack Higgins
19	WCE	Tom Cole
20	HAW	Harry Morrison
21	HAW	James Worpel
22	ESS	Aaron Francis
23	WB	Aaron Naughton

Final nominees with two Doggies players.

[westdog54]

And English will be too old to be eligible next year despite only 9 games.

[Axe Man]

And English will be too old to be eligible next year despite only 9 games.

Didn't realise English had already turned 21. Funny to compare to Bont who is still yet to turn 23.

[westdog54]

Didn't realise English had already turned 21. Funny to compare to Bont who is still yet to turn 23.

August 10th.

[Mantis]

August 10th.

Same date as Francis who just finished his 3rd season and was nominated in Rd 22.

[bornadog]

Next year only Lewis Young and Callum Porter are eligible from the current list.

[Doc26]

I'm glad that he has been recognised, and hopefully he gets some extra spending money out of it, but there's a bigger part of me that would've preferred that Aaron didn't get nominated given the level of disregard I have for this ridiculous award.