2017 AFL Women's Rising Star
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The AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have been under 21 at the beginning of the year and cannot have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the year cannot win. After the season's completion, an expert panel votes on the recipient.
Both players nominated in round 5 played for Carlton: Tilly Lucas-Rodd (pictured) and Bella Ayre.
Melbourne's Lily Mithen finished third, accruing 23 votes.
2017 AFL Rising Star
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The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. An eligible player is nominated for the award each round during the AFL's regular season, and a panel of experts votes for the winner at the end of the season.
Ryan Burton finished second in the final voting for the season's award, with 41 votes.
Charlie Curnow was one of five Carlton players to be nominated for the Rising Star in 2017.
Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award in the 2018 season.