2005 AFL Rising Star
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The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League
. The award is also known as the Norwich Rising Star due to sponsorship reasons. The 2005 medal was won by Richmond
player Brett Deledio
.
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.
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 award is also known as the Norwich Rising Star due to sponsorship reasons. The 2005 medal was won by Richmond
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,...
player Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...
.
Eligibility and Nominations
Every round, an Australian Football LeagueAustralian 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 | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kepler Bradley Kepler Bradley Kepler Bradley is an Australian rules footballer. In November 2007 he was selected by Fremantle in the 2007 AFL Draft. He previously played with Essendon in the Australian Football League. He was delisted by that club at the end of the 2007 season.Bradley was taken high in the 2003 AFL Draft, with... |
Essendon Bombers Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
| 2 | Shannon Byrnes Shannon Byrnes Shannon Byrnes is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Career:... |
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... |
| 3 | Brock McLean Brock McLean Brock "Chooka" McLean is a professional Australian rules footballer currently with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League... |
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 | Lance Franklin Lance Franklin Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing... |
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... |
| 5 | Jason Laycock Jason Laycock Jason Laycock is an Australian rules football player. He played for the Essendon Football Club as a ruckman in the Australian Football League from 2004 to 2010... |
Essendon Bombers Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
| 6 | Justin Sherman Justin Sherman Justin Sherman is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Western Bulldogs.He was recruited as the number 45 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from Clarence... |
Brisbane Lions |
| 7 | Will Minson Will Minson William Gerald Minson is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... |
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... |
| 8 | Brett Deledio Brett Deledio Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/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,... |
| 9 | Colin Sylvia Colin Sylvia Colin Sylvia is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:... |
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.... |
| 10 | Travis Cloke Travis Cloke Travis Cloke is a professional Australian rules footballer playing in the Australian Football League. Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule by Collingwood in the 3rd round of the 2004 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 | Jordan Lewis Jordan Lewis Jordan Michael Lewis is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. His nicknames are "Taz" and "Chief".Lewis was voted Hawthorn's best first-year player in 2005... |
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... |
| 12 | Jed Adcock Jed Adcock Jed Adcock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in Brisbane, Australia.... |
Brisbane Lions |
| 13 | Ryan Griffen Ryan Griffen Ryan Griffen is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. His explosive run-and-carry and long kicking make him one of the most important members of the team.... |
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... |
| 14 | David Mundy David Mundy David Mundy , in Seymour, Victoria is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club. He plays as a half back flanker or midfielder and began his football career at Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup.-Fremantle career:... |
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... |
| 15 | Troy Selwood Troy Selwood Troy Selwood is a former Australian rules footballer who played 75 games for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League . He is the current co-captain of the Geelong Football Club's team in the Victorian Football League .... |
Brisbane Lions |
| 16 | Adam Selwood Adam Selwood Adam Murray Selwood is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Career:... |
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... |
| 17 | Anthony Corrie Anthony Corrie Anthony Corrie is an Australian rules footballer who has previously played for the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League , and is currently without a team.... |
Brisbane Lions |
| 18 | Kade Simpson Kade Simpson Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.... |
Carlton Blues Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897... |
| 19 | Jarryd Roughead Jarryd Roughead Jarryd Roughead is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Born in Leongatha in southern Gippsland, Roughead played Gippsland Power... |
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... |
| 20 | Adam Bentick Adam Bentick Adam Bentick is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .Bentick played for two years in Victoria's top under-18s competition, the TAC Cup for the Calder Cannons... |
Carlton Blues Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897... |
| 21 | Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett is an Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League... |
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... |
| 22 | Raphael Clarke Raphael Clarke Raphael Clarke is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is the brother of Brisbane utility Xavier Clarke, who was also a St Kilda player from 2002 until 2009.... |
St Kilda Saints |