Dan Butler, Jason Castagna and Trent Cotchin all received AFL Rising Star nominations during their time at Richmond.

In the wake of Sam Lalor winning the Round 1 AFL Rising Star nomination, we list the Tiger players who have received nominations since the prestigious award’s inception in 1993. 

1993
Round 10 – Matthew Richardson
Round 15 – Duncan Kellaway

1994
Round 11 – Matthew Rogers
Round 15 – Jamie Tape
Round 24 – Duncan Kellaway

1995
Round 5 – David Bourke
Round 21 – Stephen Jurica

1996
Nil

1997
Round 2 – Joel Bowden

1998
Round 15 – Justin Plapp

1999
Round 16 – Marc Dragicevic

2000
Nil

2001
Round 18 – Aaron Fiora

2002
Round 8 – David Rodan
Round 14 – Mark Coughlan
Round 20 – Ty Zantuck

2003
Nil

2004
Round 14 – Jay Schulz
Round 22 – Brent Hartigan

2005
Round 8 – Brett Deledio (winner)

2006
Round 4 – Andrew Raines
Round 6 – Dean Polo
Round 19 – Nathan Foley

2007
Round 22 – Will Thursfield

2008
Round 12 – Trent Cotchin
Round 15 – Jack Riewoldt

2009
Nil

2010
Round 10 – Dustin Martin

2011
Round 9 – Reece Conca
Round 16 – Jake Batchelor

2012
Round 3 – Dylan Grimes
Round 17 – Brandon Ellis

2013
Round 7 – Nick Vlastuin

2014
Nil

2015
Round 1 – Kamdyn McIntosh
Round 22 – Ben Lennon

2016
Round 22 – Daniel Rioli

2017
Round 11 – Dan Butler
Round 19 – Jason Castagna

2018
Round 18 – Jack Higgins

2019
Round 10 – Liam Baker
Round 11 – Sydney Stack
Round 17 – Shai Bolton

2020

Nil

2021

Nil

2022

Round 20 – Noah Cumberland

2023

Nil

2024

Nil

2025

Round 1 – Sam Lalor

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