Round 3 GROUP GATHERS
BEHIND LEADER
A strong group of
young players has clustered together on three votes in the Network Ten Rising
Star Award.
West Perth’s
Jason Salecic and South Fremantle’s Clint Jones each picked up top votes to
figure in the voting, while Shaun Hildebrandt from Peel and Michael Johnson
from Peel picked up minor votes to move up in the voting
The Rising Star
award will be judged each week by a panel of football journalists who
collectively will attend each match before voting on a
3-2-1 basis.
To be eligible
for the award, players must have played eight league games or less at the start
of the 2003 season and must be aged 21 or under at the end of the home-and-away
season.
West Coast and
Fremantle rookie list players are able to win the award unless they are
promoted onto the senior list during 2003. Players who are suspended by the
tribunal during the home-and-away season will also be ineligible.
The presentation
of the award will be conducted at an end of season function hosted by Football
Budget publishers Wright Media.
Voting – Round 3
Claremont v West
Perth – 3: J. Salecic (WP); 2: B. Murray (WP); 1: A. Repacholi (CL).
Peel v Swan
Districts – 3: N/A; 2:
S. Hildebrandt
(Peel); 1: P. Johnson (SD).
Perth v South
Fremantle – 3: C. Jones (SF); 2: J. Graham (SF); 1: M. Johnson (PTH).
East Fremantle v
Subiaco – 3: N/A; 2: N/A; 1: J. Wyllie (SUB).
Progressive votes
after Round 3: 5 – A. Lovett (EP); 3 – J. Salecic (WP), C. Jones (SF), M.
Johnson (SD), S. Hildebrandt (Peel), C. Rudeforth (CL), L. Teakle (EF), Z.
Beeck (EP), B. Schammer (CL); 2 –D. Crawford (CL), H. North (SF), C. Jones
(CL); 1—A. Roberts (CL), B. Staker (EP), C. Wulff (EP). |