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

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

. The 2008 Ron Evans medal was given to Rhys Palmer

Rhys Palmer

Rhys Palmer is an Australian rules footballer who is currently contracted to in the Australian Football League. He previously played for , and won the AFL Rising Star award in 2008.-Early life:...

 from the Fremantle Football Club

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...

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Eligibility and Nominations

Every round, an Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 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	Team
1	Bachar Houli Bachar Houli Bachar Houli is an Australian rules footballer for Richmond in the Australian Football League . Houli plays as a midfielder. He is the first devout Muslim to play in the AFL.- Early career :...
2	Josh Hill Josh Hill Josh Hill is an Australian rules footballer, currently listed with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the Western Bulldogs.-Career:...
3	Rhys Palmer Rhys Palmer Rhys Palmer is an Australian rules footballer who is currently contracted to in the Australian Football League. He previously played for , and won the AFL Rising Star award in 2008.-Early life:...
4	Kieran Jack
5	Ben McKinley Ben McKinley Benjamin "Ben" McKinley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the West Coast Eagles.-Early life:...
6	Cyril Rioli Cyril Rioli Cyril Rioli is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
7	Austin Wonaeamirri Austin Wonaeamirri Austin Wonaeamirri is a professional Australian rules football player of indigenous origin. He previously played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...
8	Kurt Tippett Kurt Tippett Kurt Tippett is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Adelaide Crows and wears the number 4 on the back of his jumper. He has represented his state at under 18 level in basketball before converting to Australian rules football and playing for...
9	Garrick Ibbotson Garrick Ibbotson Garrick Ibbotson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Club.Ibbotson mainly played soccer as a junior and only converted to Australian rules football at school at the age of 14...
10	Nathan J. Brown Nathan J. Brown Nathan J. Brown is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL....
11	Matthew Kreuzer Matthew Kreuzer Matthew Kreuzer is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club. He was selected with the first pick overall in the 2007 AFL National Draft....
12	Trent Cotchin Trent Cotchin Trent William Cotchin is an Australian rules football player who was recruited at pick 2 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club. He was recruited from the Northern Knights under 18 football club, which made the preliminary finals of the 2007 TAC Cup competition...
13	Jarryd Morton Jarryd Morton Jarryd Morton is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, currently with the Hawthorn Football Club.Morton plays across the half-back flanks and wears the number 19 guernsey. His two brothers also play in the AFL...
14	Colin Garland Colin Garland Colin Garland is a professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, currently with the Melbourne Football Club....
15	Jack Riewoldt Jack Riewoldt Jack Riewoldt is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for Richmond in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Riewoldt was born in Hobart, Tasmania to parents Chris and Lesley Riewoldt. He has two younger brothers, Harry and Charlie Riewoldt. He is the cousin of Nick...
16	Kyle Reimers Kyle Reimers Kyle Reimers is an Australian rules footballer who plays with Essendon in the AFL, debuting in 2007. Reimers was pick number 47 in the 2006 AFL Draft, having played with Peel Thunder...
17	Brad Ebert Brad Ebert Bradley "Brad" Ebert is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with in the Australian Football League .-Career:...
18	Gavin Urquhart Gavin Urquhart Gavin Urquhart is an Australian rules football player, who currently plays for North Melbourne Football Club.Urquhart was the 21st pick in the 2006 AFL Draft, and made his senior debut on 31 May 2008, in round 10. Urquhart received a Rising Star nomination after his round 18 performance against...
19	Shaun Grigg Shaun Grigg Shaun Grigg is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Tigers in the Australian Football League . He was drafted by in the 2006 AFL Draft and played 43 games for them over four seasons before being traded to during the 2010 Trade Week.-Football career:Prior to AFL selection,...
20	Cale Morton Cale Morton Cale Morton is an Australian rules football player, recruited at pick 4 in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Melbourne Football Club....
21	Bradd Dalziell Bradd Dalziell Bradd Dalziell is an Australian Rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League . He was drafted to the Brisbane Lions with selection 52 of 2007 AFL National Draft from the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.-WAFL:Bradd Dalziell...
22	Alipate Carlile Alipate Carlile Alipate Carlile is an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...