New AFL South Coast Rising Star Awards
In 2019, AFL South Coast will be introducing a Men’s and Women’s Rising Star Award to recognise the increasing number of talented junior players within the senior league.
Each week we will announce the previous weekends Rising Star nominee’s with the AFL South Coast Men’s and Women’s Rising Star winner announced at Tunbridge & Maddy Collier Medal Night later in the year.
The criteria for each of these awards will be as below:
AFL South Coast Men’s Rising Star
The Men’s Rising Star Award will be awarded to an AFL South Coast Men’s Premier Division player based on the following criteria:
- Must be Under 21 years of age as at 1 January in the year of the award;
- Must have played no more than ten (10) senior matches in either the AFL South Coast Premier Division competition or equivalent league (in 1st Grade) prior to the season in question;
- Must play a minimum of five (5) senior matches in AFL South Coast Men’s Premier Division during the year to be eligible to win the award
AFL South Coast Women’s Rising Star
The Women’s Rising Star Award will be awarded to an AFL South Coast Women’s player (Premier Division or Division One) based on the following criteria:
- Must be Under 21 years of age as at 1 January in the year of the award;
- Must have played less than fifteen (15) senior matches in either the AFL South Coast Women’s competition or equivalent league prior to the season in question;
- Must play a minimum of five (5) senior matches in either of the AFL South Coast’s Women’s competitions during the year to be eligible to win the award
Eligible players can be nominated by their club, with a weekly winner to be announced. Only weekly winners are eligible to win the award.
The AFL South Coast Men’s and Women’s Premier Division Coaches (who cannot vote for players from their own club) and other person(s) as appointed by the Competition Management Committee will vote on 5-4-3-2-1 basis from the list of weekly award winners. The nominee who receives the most votes will be declared the winner.
