2010 NAB Rising Star

[The Coon Dog]

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season, and not have been suspended during the season.

At the end of the season, nine AFL personalities (typically administrators and All-Australian team selectors) vote for five of the twenty-two nominees, with their top selections earning five votes, their second selection earning four votes, etc. The player who receives the most votes is the winner.

Chris Yarran from Carlton is the round 1 nominee.



Like last year I'll update this each week.


1. Chris Yarran - Carlton (Swan Districts)
2. Daniel Hannebery - Sydney (Oakleigh Chargers)
3. Ryan Bastinac - North Melbourne (Dandenong Stingrays)
4. Nic Naitanui - West Coast (Swan Districts)
5. Jack Trengove - Melbourne (Sturt)
6. Todd Banfield - Brisbane (Swan Districts)
7. Tom Scully - Melbourne (Dandenong Stingrays)
8. Jake Melksham - Essendon (Calder Cannons)
9. Nathan Fyfe - Fremantle (Claremont)
10. Dustin Martin - Richmond (Bendigo Pioneers)
11. Jordan Gysberts - Melbourne (Eastern Ranges)
12. Ben Reid - Collingwood (Murray Bushrangers)
13. Tom Rockliff - Brisbane (Murray Bushrangers)
14. Ben Stratton - Hawthorn (East Perth)
15. Jack Redden - Brisbane (Glenelg)
16. Phil Davis - Adelaide (North Adelaide)
17. Jarrad Grant - Western Bulldogs (Dandenong Stingrays)
18. Michael Hurley - Essendon (Northern Knights)
19. Jeff Garlett - Carlton (Swan Districts)
20. Jackson Trengove - Port Adelaide (Calder Cannons)
21. Sam Wright - North Melbourne (Murray Bushrangers)
22. Anthony Morabito - Fremantle - Peel Thunder

[Happy Days]

So I'm assuming Barlow is ineligible?

[The Coon Dog]

So I'm assuming Barlow is ineligible?

Yup, age factor. I decided to put the eligibility criteria up so I wouldn't get queries on Barlow.

[Go_Dogs]

Must say I'm a little surprised by Yarran getting the nod as there were a few other pretty good, eligible players on the weekend including Ziebell (would've had my vote), Banner, Shuey and a few others.

[comrade]

Bit of a joke selection. How does 11 touches and 3 cheap goals against Richmond get you the nod?

He's showing his true colours tonight.

[Remi Moses]

Banfield at Brisbane would have to be a smokey. Good game again tonight

[LostDoggy]

Banfield at Brisbane would have to be a smokey. Good game again tonight

Yeah he def. stands out with his hair like fire!

[Swoop]

The obvious names have been bandied around but in terms of performance there weren't too many that put their hand up for the Round 1 nomination.

I would agree that Yarran was a bit of a surprise and I thought Shuey, Banner & Ziebell all put in decent performances that could have earned them the nod ahead of him.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Alex Silvagni has looked solid throughout the pre-season and in the opening round. Might be in the mix to get a nomination if he can keep playing well.

I'm surprised he slipped as far as he did. Already a nice size and we really could of done with a developing FB. Full credit to Freo's recruiting though.

[The Coon Dog]

Alex Silvagni has looked solid throughout the pre-season and in the opening round. Might be in the mix to get a nomination if he can keep playing well.

Except he's too old; born 29/09/1987. Gotta be 21 or under on Jan 1, 2010.

[Topdog]

Except he's too old; born 29/09/1987. Gotta be 21 or under on Jan 1, 2010.

You should put that in the opening post

Yarran was a joke selection. Shuey should have gotten it IMO. I didn't see the North game but someone told me Ziebell only played well in the last qtr.

[Hotdog60]

I thought Todd Banfield for Lions did all right, did a lot of nice things.

Stats round 1

11 kicks, 6 handballs, 6 marks and 3 tackles.

I goal.


Chris Yarran

8 kicks, 2 handballs, 3 marks and 6 tackles.

3 goals.

But look at the opposition.

[soupman]

I thought Todd Banfield for Lions did all right, did a lot of nice things.

I thought Banfield played very well. We were talking about how supercoach and dreamteam didn't really reflect his true value in that match.

For example, there was one bit of play in the last quarter we he tapped the ball along past multiple Carlton players before getting an effective handpass off. It was a fantastic piece of play but for him only worth about 3 points for an effective handball.

[Topdog]

stolen from BF

THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
James Posdialy
Alex Silvagni
Michael Barlow
Brodie Moles
Carl Peterson
Jarrad Kayler-Thompson
David Myers
Steele Sidebottom
Ben Howlett
Rohan Bail

[The Coon Dog]

Sydney's Daniel Hannebery, son of former Bulldog Matt is the round 2 NAB Rising Star nominee. Before anyone asks, Matt only played 32 games for us.