Player Watch 2026 Rising Star Predictions Thread

[txbyhull]

Jagga is strong favorite cause he racks up the stats and Carlton massively hype their kids.

Don't get me wrong he looks a super player but so does Duursma and if it's close on performance Smith will romp it in on media hype.

The rate they're going it will be Jagga winning just because he touches the ball more. It's the Naicos > Bont logic

 

[Forward Press]

How senior Eagles are guiding young guns as No.1 pick earns Rising Star nom

Willem Duursma's dream start to his AFL career has continued with the round three Telstra AFL Rising Star nomination

www.afl.com.au

 

[Corn Cobbers]

How senior Eagles are guiding young guns as No.1 pick earns Rising Star nom

Willem Duursma's dream start to his AFL career has continued with the round three Telstra AFL Rising Star nomination

www.afl.com.au

He'll be $1.01 by the end of April

 

[Liam Boy]

Trembath with 3 goals, 4 tackles, 6 marks and 11 hitouts, and stood up massively in the last quarter. He'd be a good chance to get the nod this week depending how the other games go

 

[BRider]

Trembath was huge!

 

[shiny_on_top]

Scerri a huge shout after tonight

 

[JHF1870]

I think Duursma will take it out. He looks like the player that's going to get better by the week.

 

[harper2bastinac]

I don’t expect him to win it I wouldn’t be surprised if trembath is top 5 at the end of the year, absolute gun

 

[bzparkes]

Scerri a huge shout after tonight

 

[Liam Boy]

There we go:

Roos rookie gets Rising Star nod following Good Friday heroics

Mid-season draftee Cooper Trembath continues to impress and has gained the round four Telstra AFL Rising Star nod

www.afl.com.au

 

[susurrar]

just a miraculous start to this guys career. it feels too good to be true.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Bummer that Annable got injured or he would have been in the running for sure.

 

[Lingsface]

Is Trembath eligible?

Nice to see!

 

[Liam Boy]

Trembath backing up really well with 3 contested marks and a goal to half time, and some really clean ruck work when he's gone in there

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[Chadwiko]

 

[Liam Boy]

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clunk

 

[Chadwiko]

 

[JHF1870]

I don’t expect him to win it I wouldn’t be surprised if trembath is top 5 at the end of the year, absolute gun

 

[susurrar]

5 contested marks and another couple of goals. freak show. how is he not the favourite.

 

[hawkman]

Trembath or Duursma should be favourites based on what we have seen so far

 

[Quinz]

1. Duursma
2. Trenbath
3. Shanahan
4. Jagga
5. Zeke

From what I've watched this year so far

 

[JHF1870]

My ratings for the nominees so far

 

[Bend_It_Like_Brown]

 

[Frank Thring]

Trembath and Duursma are fighting it out at this early stage.

 

[TheUnicorn]