The Telstra AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The winner also receives the Ron Evans Medal, named for the former AFL chairman.

To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played ten or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award.

[1] The winner was decided by an 11-person panel consisting of Andrew Dillon (chair), Eddie Betts, Jude Bolton, Nathan Buckley, Kane Cornes, Abbey Holmes, Glen Jakovich, Laura Kane, Matthew Pavlich, Josh Mahoney and Kevin Sheehan.

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