In my opinion, the Rising Star award is obviously a two horse race between Luke Shuey and Dyson Heppell. Sure there are great talents who'se names will come up such as Zac Smith, Jack Darling, Jack Steven, David Swallow and Allen Christensen, but none of these players have had the same infleunce as Shuey and Heppell. There has also been a huge outcry, of whether the rules should be changed. This is because Shuey is a third year player, who has been crippled by injuries, and personaly problems, and and Heppell is a first year player.Eligibility criteria aside, anyone who thinks Heppell should win hasn't seen Shuey play enough. He is directly influencing results far more than Heppell. On the flipside it's also unfair to have a potential superstar ineligible to win the award because he was unlucky with injury in his first two seasons. An interesting point is that a Victorian judge for the rising star commented that he thought Heppell would win, simply becuase he hasnt seen Shuey play much as compared to Heppell. As a one eyed eagles fan, this does make me a little angry, as this clearly is not fair. As the award is called Rising star not rookie of the year award i think its unfair that because Shuey was unlucky and was injured and had personal trauma he should of never rised and become a star? The award is about break out seasons by players under 21 that havent been exposed to many afl senior games experience. My gut feeling is that Heppell will win it. Still, its not the be all and end all of existance, and I am sure Eagles fans have many good years to look forward to from the Shuperman.
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