The AFL will today announce the 2015 NAB AFL Rising Star at a ceremony at Crown Palladium in Melbourne, with the winner presented the Ron Evans medal.
The Western Bulldogs have two players nominated for the award, Mitch Honeychurch and Tom Boyd, after their respective nominations in rounds two and 12.
The Bulldogs will have had seven rising star nominees in the past three years – Honeychurch, Boyd (2015), Nathan Hrovat, Jake Stringer, Marcus Bontempelli (2014), Jack Macrae and Michael Talia (2013).
The event will be broadcast national on Fox Footy at 9:30pm on Wednesday 9 September.
Mitch Honeychurch
Age: 20
Total games: 13
2015 games: 10
Round nominated: Round 2 v Richmond
2015 stats:
- Average 12 disposals
- Average four tackles
- Ranks 7th in league among rising stars in tackles per game
Tom Boyd
Age: 20
Total games: 23
2015 games: 14
Round nominated: Round 12 v Brisbane
2015 stats:
- Average eight disposals
- Total 16 goals
- Ranks 2nd in league among rising stars in total hitouts
- Ranks 3rd in league among rising stars in contested marks per game
- Ranks 4th in league among rising stars in total contested marks
- Ranks 4th in league among rising stars in total marks inside 50
