AFL Toyota Premiership 2011

The AFL Rising Star Award was instituted in 1993 to recognise and encourage talented young players in the AFL. The winner receives the Ron Evans Medal, in memory of the respected and loved former AFL Commission chairman. It has quickly become one of the League’s most sought-after and respected medals, not least because of the notable careers enjoyed by the Rising Stars, starting with inaugural winner Nathan Buckley.

One young player is nominated for the award after each round of home-and-away matches, with a panel of experts choosing the winner at the end of the season. To qualify for the NAB AFL Rising Star nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age as at January 1 of that year, must not have played more than 10 games to the start of that season and must not have been suspended by the AFL or State League tribunals during the season.

NAB Club Recognition Award eligibility rules