There would be a media outcry if a Melbourne player won the award and I also suggest the judges will take into account our poor finish. I just can't see the award going to Grimes, I dont think the AFL will let this happen.

I doubt it.

The AFL would be ambivalent on this so long as the player represents the right values etc. Grimes and Rich do that very well.

Thanks for the melodrama anyway.

They wont give the Rising Star to a Melbourne player, no matter how well young Jack plays for the rest of the season.

Harsh but its reality.

If you take your hand off it, it plays Jingle Bells too.

Not even if he's best for Melbourne 8 weeks in a row? Give me a break!

If you take your hand off it, it plays Jingle Bells too.

Not even if he's best for Melbourne 8 weeks in a row? Give me a break!

If Grimes happens to win the brownlow they cannot give it to Rich?

If he has 8 BOG performances even if we lose every game he must be a chance to win the rising star award.

Any way the rising star award usually is awarded to midfielders, Buddy Franklin did not win the award Delidio did and look at there performances from that point onwards.

If Grimes happens to win the brownlow they cannot give it to Rich?

If he has 8 BOG performances even if we lose every game he must be a chance to win the rising star award.

Any way the rising star award usually is awarded to midfielders, Buddy Franklin did not win the award Delidio did and look at there performances from that point onwards.

True. Jared Rivers is an exception.

Grimes can play midfield. He's had a go in the middle.

If Grimes happens to win the brownlow they cannot give it to Rich?

If he has 8 BOG performances even if we lose every game he must be a chance to win the rising star award.

Any way the rising star award usually is awarded to midfielders, Buddy Franklin did not win the award Delidio did and look at there performances from that point onwards.

But the award is not for future potential though, is it?

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