Date 6 September Country Australia | Location Crown Palladium Ron Evans medallist Callum Mills (Sydney) | |
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The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. Callum Mills of Sydney was the winner with 49 votes ahead of Western Bulldogs' Caleb Daniel who received 41.
Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.
References
2016 AFL Rising Star Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA