Congratulations Jaeger O'Meara

[valkorum]

Congratulations to Jaeger for winning the NAB AFL Rising Star - well deserved.

[LF]

Congratulation to him well deserved to win this

[Ricochet]

Polled a possible 44 out of 45 votes

Rising Star final leader board:

Jaeger O'Meara 44
Brad Crouch 31
Ollie Wines 26
Aaron Mullett 11
Tom Mitchell 11
Nick Vlastuin 7
Lachie Whitfield 3
Brodie Grundy 1
Sam Mayes 1

[Rusty00]

For some reason I thought this was announced tonight.

Expected result and a well deserved accolade for the young man.

[Rusty00]

Would have been interesting if Crouch had played the full year I reckon.

[ossie85]

Only 11 votes for Tommy Mitchell a bit of a surprise (averaging only 1.2 votes per judge!).

Jaeger was always going to win!

I'm betting Brodie Grundy will have a lot more than 1 vote next year!

[strikes91]

1 vote for mayes is a bit stiff, he was better than vlaustin through out the season

[ossie85]

I reckon 10 years is a good time to reflect how accurate the rising star judges were!

10 years ago, the Rising Star winner was....

Sam Mitchell and although some might argue he's not a superstar, he's pretty darn close at worst. Premiership captain, and prolific ball getter!

(I can't find the other vote getters, but the other nominees were...)

Luke Ball --> Again, not a superstar, but darn close and a perenially underrated star.
Trent Sporn --> whoops
Jared Brennan --> meh
Adam Schneider --> Solid!
Michael Osborne --> Solid
Brendon Goddard --> In hindsight, could rival Mitchell
Ashley Sampi --> faded badly
Graham Polak --> Solid
Jarrad Waite --> Lots of injuries
Daniel Wells --> Had probably his best year this year! Solid
Brad Fisher --> meh
Byron Schammer --> meh
Aaron Sandilands --> Another superstar!
Ted Richards --> Crucial part of the Swans now
Daniel Motlop --> Meh
Richard Cole --> whoops
Lewis Roberts-Thomson --> Solid
Marc Bullen --> Whoops
Leigh Montagna --> Another player close to superstar!
Andrew McDougall --> Whoops
Ashley McGrath --> very solid
Mathhew Lokan --> Whoops


My top 5, with 10 years of hindsight, would be...

1. Aaron Sandilands
2. Brendon Goddard
3. Sam Mitchell
4. Leigh Montagna
5. Luke Ball

[tbagrocks]

Where the frog Is Rory Lairds votes >:(  Cheats!

[Rusty00]

I reckon 10 years is a good time to reflect how accurate the rising star judges were!

10 years ago, the Rising Star winner was....

Sam Mitchell and although some might argue he's not a superstar, he's pretty darn close at worst. Premiership captain, and prolific ball getter!

(I can't find the other vote getters, but the other nominees were...)

Luke Ball --> Again, not a superstar, but darn close and a perenially underrated star.
Trent Sporn --> whoops
Jared Brennan --> meh
Adam Schneider --> Solid!
Michael Osborne --> Solid
Brendon Goddard --> In hindsight, could rival Mitchell
Ashley Sampi --> faded badly
Graham Polak --> Solid
Jarrad Waite --> Lots of injuries
Daniel Wells --> Had probably his best year this year! Solid
Brad Fisher --> meh
Byron Schammer --> meh
Aaron Sandilands --> Another superstar!
Ted Richards --> Crucial part of the Swans now
Daniel Motlop --> Meh
Richard Cole --> whoops
Lewis Roberts-Thomson --> Solid
Marc Bullen --> Whoops
Leigh Montagna --> Another player close to superstar!
Andrew McDougall --> Whoops
Ashley McGrath --> very solid
Mathhew Lokan --> Whoops


My top 5, with 10 years of hindsight, would be...

1. Aaron Sandilands
2. Brendon Goddard
3. Sam Mitchell
4. Leigh Montagna
5. Luke Ball

Interesting list. I can't even remember a couple of the names  :o

[Toga]

Congrats JOM, superstar!

[Vinny]

What a machine!

Was always going to win it. Go Jaegar! #Brownlow2017

[Justin Bieber]

I wonder who didn't vote for him...

[Scrads]

I wonder who didn't vote for him...

Mark Ricciuto, wonder who he gave his max votes to ::)

Also TBAG that means not even Roo could give Laird a vote either ;)