Ranking the Rising Star Contenders for the 2024 season

[ledge]

Isn?t Sheahan the main man in picking the RS ?
The bloke thinks everyone is a star.
Have we ever had a winner ?

[Grantysghost]

Sanders without Baz is a lock.

[Mantis]

Isn?t Sheahan the main man in picking the RS ?
The bloke thinks everyone is a star.
Have we ever had a winner ?

No.. there is a 11-person panel who all vote 5-4-3-2-1. The winner is the player who gets the most votes, maximum is obviously 55. (Sheezel got 54 last year)

In 2023 the panel was Gillon McLachlan (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Cameron Ling, Matthew Pavlich and Kevin Sheehan.

No winners for us... closest to winning were Bont who came 2nd to Lewis Taylor, Caleb Daniel came 2nd to Callum Mills and Bailey Smith came 4th in 2019 to Sam Walsh.

[bornadog]

Isn?t Sheahan the main man in picking the RS ?
The bloke thinks everyone is a star.
Have we ever had a winner ?

It is a panel that selects the winner. The year Bont lost was because Barlett didn't vote for him.

We haven't had a winner at all

[hujsh]

No.. there is a 11-person panel who all vote 5-4-3-2-1. The winner is the player who gets the most votes, maximum is obviously 55. (Sheezel got 54 last year)

In 2023 the panel was Gillon McLachlan (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Cameron Ling, Matthew Pavlich and Kevin Sheehan.

No winners for us... closest to winning were Bont who came 2nd to Lewis Taylor, Caleb Daniel came 2nd to Callum Mills and Bailey Smith came 4th in 2019 to Sam Walsh.

If we want to go back into ancient history there was a bloke named something like Rine Greefen who also came second one year.

[Vred]

Sanders without Baz is a lock.

This is my feel as well.
Sanders should get a ton of minutes at AFL level this year, I can see him making an immediate impact and taking out the rising star very quickly.

[doggiesin08]

No.. there is a 11-person panel who all vote 5-4-3-2-1. The winner is the player who gets the most votes, maximum is obviously 55. (Sheezel got 54 last year)

In 2023 the panel was Gillon McLachlan (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Andrew Dillon, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Cameron Ling, Matthew Pavlich and Kevin Sheehan.

No winners for us... closest to winning were Bont who came 2nd to Lewis Taylor, Caleb Daniel came 2nd to Callum Mills and Bailey Smith came 4th in 2019 to Sam Walsh.

I think Griffen was runner up to Deledio going even further back.

[Bulldog Joe]

It is a panel that selects the winner. The year Bont lost was because Barlett didn't vote for him.

We haven't had a winner at all

It was Griffen who missed out to Deledio because Bartlett left him out of the votes completely.

[GVGjr]

It was Griffen who missed out to Deledio because Bartlett left him out of the votes completely.

I thought it was the Taylor v Bontempelli vote that KB wrecked. At least Deledio could play. On his best day Taylor was bog average

[bornadog]

I thought it was the Taylor v Bontempelli vote that KB wrecked. At least Deledio could play. On his best day Taylor was bog average

Yes it was

[Axe Man]

Yes it was

No it wasn't....

Lewis Taylor wins 2014 NAB AFL Rising Star Award

2014 Voting

Lewis Taylor 39 Brisbane Lions

Marcus Bontempelli 38 Western Bulldogs

Luke McDonald 32 North Melbourne

James Aish 19 Brisbane Lions

Kade Kolodjashnij 7 Gold Coast Suns

Luke Dunstan 5 St Kilda

Tom Langdon 5 Collingwood

Harry Cunningham 3 Sydney Swans

Josh Kelly 1 GWS Giants

Jarman Impey 1 Port Adelaide



The selectors? votes were as follows:

Gillon McLachlan

5 ? Lewis Taylor

4 ? Marcus Bontempelli

3 ? Luke McDonald

2 ? James Aish

1 ? Harry Cunningham



Mark Evans

5 ? Lewis Taylor

4 ? Marcus Bontempelli

3 ? James Aish

2 ? Luke Dunstan

1 ? Harry Cunningham



Danny Frawley

5 ? Lewis Taylor

4 ? Marcus Bontempelli

3 ? Luke McDonald

2 ? Kade Kolodjashnij

1 ? Harry Cunningham



Warren Tredrea

5 ? Luke McDonald

4 ? Marcus Bontempelli

3 ? Lewis Taylor

2 ? Kade Kolodjashnij

1 ? Jarman Impey



Glen Jakovich

5 ? Lewis Taylor

4 ? James Aish

3 ? Marcus Bontempelli

2 ? Luke McDonald

1 ? Luke Dunstan



Cameron Ling

5 ? James Aish

4 ? Luke McDonald

3 ? Tom Langdon

2 ? Marcus Bontempelli

1 ? Luke Dunstan



Luke Darcy

5 ? Marcus Bontempelli

4 ? Luke McDonald

3 ? Lewis Taylor

2 ? Kade Kolodjashnij

1 ? James Aish



Matthew Richardson

5 ? Lewis Taylor

4 ? Marcus Bontempelli

3 ? Luke McDonald

2 ? James Aish

1 ? Josh Kelly



Kevin Bartlett

5 ? Luke McDonald

4 ? Lewis Taylor

3 ? Marcus Bontempelli

2 ? James Aish

1 ? Luke Dunstan



Kevin Sheehan

5 ? Marcus Bontempelli

4 ? Lewis Taylor

3 ? Luke McDonald

2 ? Tom Langdon

1 ? Kade Kolodjasnij

[Grantysghost]

Cameron Ling proves his astute judgement.

[Happy Days]

KB fixed the Deledio one by not giving Griffen any votes at all, when every other judge had given him at least 4. Think Deledio would’ve won anyway but was weird stuff.

[bornadog]

Gallagher recognised as Rising Star

Harvey Gallagher has been nominated for the 2024 Rising Star award following an impressive performance in the round three win over West Coast.


Gallagher registered 16 disposals, seven marks, four tackles and two goals in his third game at AFL level, contributing to the Bulldogs? 76-point triumph on Sunday afternoon.


The 20-year-old has been solid since his debut, averaging 12 disposals, five marks and four tackles.

He was taken with pick 39 in the 2022 National Draft - after being overlooked the year prior - from the Bendigo Pioneers and played junior football at Sandhurst.


Gallagher becomes the Bulldogs? first AFL Rising Star nominee since round 19, 2022.


To be eligible for the AFL Rising Star Award, each year's nominated players must be under the age of 21 at 1 January, and have played no more than 10 AFL games to the start of that season.

One nominee is chosen each week during the home-and-away season, with a panel of experts to vote for the overall winner at the end of the season.

[Twodogs]

Who was the Bulldogs player who got our last nomination in R19 2022? Was it Marra?