{"id":289432,"date":"2023-08-30T09:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=289432"},"modified":"2023-08-30T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:49:38","slug":"new-breed-of-players-vying-for-all-australian-selection-sheezel-recognised-as-top-young-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/rugby-league\/new-breed-of-players-vying-for-all-australian-selection-sheezel-recognised-as-top-young-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"New breed of players vying for All-Australian selection; Sheezel recognised as top young gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>This year\u2019s Rising Star winner is &#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Winner:<\/strong> Harry Sheezel<\/p>\n<p>2nd: Will Ashcroft<\/p>\n<p>3rd: Mitch Owens<\/p>\n<h2>The coaches\u2019 award goes to &#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p>And, yes, it is one of the AFL\u2019s \u2018new breed\u2019&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h2>Photos from the night<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.14%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_26%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d9024126a4fc5534d06496de7ca444d388173d8a\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Christian Petracca is interviewed by Dylan Buckley at the AFL Awards night.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>AFL Photos \/ Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.162%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_13%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/1912b2c22a75a548dd298e41dd58a207f1fb4a1d\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>AFL CEO-elect Andrew Dillon.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>AFL Photos \/ Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Tonight\u2019s first award goes to &#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p>The AFL Coaches\u2019 Association best young player is &#8230;.. none other than <strong>Nick Daicos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Vote: Have your say<\/h2>\n<h2>What else is happening tonight?<\/h2>\n<p>On the official AFL Awards night, the Rising Star will also be revealed.<\/p>\n<h2>New breed among contenders<\/h2>\n<p>The AFL\u2019s new breed dominates the squad of 44 players in contention to be All-Australians this year.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven of the 44 players have never earned All-Australian selection, including young stars Nick and Josh Daicos (Collingwood), Zak Butters (Port Adelaide), Oscar Allen (West Coast), Tom Green (GWS), Noah Anderson (Gold Coast), Caleb Serong (Fremantle), Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn) and Nick Blakey and Errol Gulden (Sydney).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.344%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_3%2C$y_14\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/8e60b83a0e461eb6e9bc45bae6226290f24c1174\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Hawthorn\u2019s James Sicily is among those named in the squad.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Demon-turned-Docker Luke Jackson is another player trying to make it for the first time and will compete with Tim English and Rowan Marshall for the ruck spot after a career-best season that vindicated Fremantle\u2019s interest in him.<\/p>\n<p>Usual suspects Marcus Bontempelli, Christian Petracca, Dustin Martin, Patrick Cripps, Toby Greene and Tom Stewart headline the squad, while Hawthorn veteran Luke Breust returns to this company after a 47-goal season.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/afl\/afl-awards-2023-live-coverage-of-all-australian-team-annoucement-20230830-p5e0pp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 1 of 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New breed of players vying for All-Australian selection; 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