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 and fairest young player in the Australian Football League for the year. It was first prese
Nathan Buckley was the inaugural AFL Rising Star in 1993.
Nick Riewoldt was the 2002 AFL Rising Star.
Dan Hannebery polled the maximum votes possible in the 2010 AFL Rising Star.
Jaeger O'Meara was the 2013 AFL Rising Star.
Nick Daicos
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Nicholas Daicos is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays as a midfielder for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.
AFL Rising Star
…have been only four winners who have accumulated the maximum votes in their season: Jared Rivers (2004), Daniel Rich (2009), Dan Hannebery (2010) and Nick Daicos (2022). It is possible for a player to be nominated in multiple seasons, as long as he still satisfies the age and experience criteria in each year…
Daicos in May 2025
Daicos during the round 10, 2025 AFL match between Collingwood and Adelaide at the MCG.