The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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. The award is also known as the Norwich Rising Star due to sponsorship reasons.
The 2002 medal was awarded to Nick Riewoldt

Nick Riewoldt

Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...

 of the St Kilda.

Eligibility and Nominations

Every round, an Australian Football League

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 rising star nomination is given to a stand out 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 and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.

Nominations

Round	Player	Club
1	Paul Medhurst Paul Medhurst Paul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....	Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
2	Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
3	Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who is currently without a club. He has played for the Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles....	Melbourne Demons Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
4	Jimmy Bartel Jimmy Bartel James 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the...	Geelong Cats Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
5	Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...	St Kilda Saints
6	Jason Cloke Jason Cloke Jason Cloke is an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Australian Football League with the Collingwood Football Club.-Career:...	Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
7	Xavier Clarke Xavier Clarke Xavier Clarke is an Indigenous Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League . Formerly playing for St Kilda, at the send of the 2009 season he was traded to the Brisbane Lions.-Early life:...	St Kilda Saints
8	David Rodan David Rodan David Rodan is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club.Rodan is the first Fijian-born player to reach 100 AFL games.-Early life:...	Richmond Tigers Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
9	Shane Birss Shane Birss Shane Birss is an Australian rules football player.Birss played for both the St Kilda Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League . He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs from the Gippsland Under 18s in the 2001 AFL Draft. He was unable to play consistently to...	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
10	Mark McGough Mark McGough Mark McGough is an Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood and St Kilda football clubs in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:He was selected by Collingwood in the third round of the 2001 AFL Draft...	Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
11	Ryan Hargrave Ryan Hargrave Ryan Hargrave is a player in the AFL who was drafted with pick 66 in 1999. He is a defender on the field and is quite versatile within the back line. He usually takes the second best opposition forward and usually does a good job restricting him. Hargrave on occasion sneaks forward to kick a few...	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
12	James Kelly	Geelong Cats
13	Shaun Burgoyne Shaun Burgoyne Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Port Adelaide Power
14	Mark Coughlan Mark Coughlan Mark Coughlan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2001 to 2009.-Early career:...	Richmond Tigers Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
15	Luke Hodge Luke Hodge Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
16	Alan Didak Alan Didak Alan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...	Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
17	Nick Ries Nick Ries Nick Ries is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was drafted at pick 21 in the 2000 AFL Draft....	Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
18	Jordan McMahon Jordan McMahon Jordan McMahon is an Australian rules football player. McMahon, a native South Australian, was drafted from the Glenelg Football Club in the 2000 AFL Draft as a first round selection by the Western Bulldogs. Playing as a running defender, McMahon had seven seasons at the Western Bulldogs,...	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
19	Tadhg Kennelly Tadhg Kennelly Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish sportsperson known for his top level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football....	Sydney Swans
20	Ty Zantuck Ty Zantuck Ty Zantuck is an Australian rules footballer.The 188 cm Zantuck is a strong unit, weighing in at 93 kg. He began his career at the Richmond Football Club as a tough, solid defender after being drafted in 2000...	Richmond Tigers Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
21	Jamie Charman Jamie Charman Jamie Charman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.-Overview:He was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Northern Eagles in Queensland...	Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
22	Campbell Brown Campbell Brown (footballer) Campbell Brown is an Australian rules footballer who has previously won a premiership with the Hawthorn Football Club and currently plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...	Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...