2007 AFL Rising Star

The NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. This was the first time the winner was presented with the Ron Evans medal, with it being awarded annually since. The 2007 winner was Joel Selwood of the Geelong Football Club.^[1]

2007 NAB AFL Rising Star
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Country	Australia
Ron Evans medallist	Joel Selwood (Geelong)
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Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on 1 January 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.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Patrick Ryder	Essendon	^[2]
2	Cameron Wood	Brisbane Lions	^[3]
3	Tom Hawkins	Geelong	^[4]
4	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	^[5]
5	Joel Selwood	Geelong	^[6]
6	Ricky Petterd	Melbourne	^[7]
7	Jesse Smith	Kangaroos	^[8]^[9]
8	Shaun Higgins	Western Bulldogs	^[10]
9	Mitch Clark	Brisbane Lions	^[11]^[12]
10	Bryce Gibbs	Carlton	^[13]^[14]
11	Shannon Hurn	West Coast	^[15]
12	Robbie Gray	Port Adelaide	^[16]^[17]
13	Martin Clarke	Collingwood	^[18]
14	Scott McMahon	Kangaroos	^[19]^[20]
15	Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	^[21]
16	Sam Gilbert	St Kilda	^[22]^[23]
17	Nathan Jones	Melbourne	^[24]
18	Tom Williams	Western Bulldogs	^[25]
19	Travis Boak	Port Adelaide	^[26]^[27]
20	Mark LeCras	West Coast	^[28]
21	Tyson Goldsack	Collingwood	^[29]
22	Will Thursfield	Richmond	^[30]

Final voting

	Player	Club	Votes
1	Joel Selwood	Geelong	44
2	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	37
3	Nathan Jones	Melbourne	17
4	Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	10
5	Shannon Hurn	West Coast	9
6	Bryce Gibbs	Carlton	6
7	Patrick Ryder	Essendon	2
	Tom Williams	Western Bulldogs	2
9	Martin Clarke	Collingwood	1
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2015^[31]

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