1996 AFL Rising Star

1996 Norwich AFL Rising Star
Ben Cousins, winner of the 1996 AFL Rising Star award, during 2006
Sponsor	Norwich
Country	Australia
Rising Star	Ben Cousins (West Coast)

The Norwich AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. The 1996 medal was won by West Coast player Ben Cousins.

Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.

Nominations

Round	Player	Club
1	Primus, MatthewMatthew Primus	Fitzroy
2	Bandy, DanielDaniel Bandy	Fremantle
3	Darcy, LukeLuke Darcy	Footscray
4	Harding, GregGreg Harding	Fremantle
5	Simpson, AdamAdam Simpson	North Melbourne
6	Grant, ShannonShannon Grant	Sydney
7	Schauble, AndrewAndrew Schauble	Collingwood
8	Carter, NickNick Carter	Fitzroy
9	Schofield, JarradJarrad Schofield	West Coast
10	Chick, DanielDaniel Chick	Hawthorn
11	Yze, AdemAdem Yze	Melbourne
12	Cousins, BenBen Cousins	West Coast
13	Biddiscombe, CraigCraig Biddiscombe	Geelong
14	Hunter, KingsleyKingsley Hunter	Fremantle
15	King, StevenSteven King	Geelong
16	Morrison, ChadChad Morrison	West Coast
17	Bell, PeterPeter Bell	North Melbourne
18	McPherson, DanielDaniel McPherson	Sydney
19	Lloyd, MatthewMatthew Lloyd	Essendon
20	Toia, LukeLuke Toia	Fremantle
21	Farmer, JeffJeff Farmer	Melbourne
22	Callaghan, CraigCraig Callaghan	Fremantle
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2015[1]

References

1. Lovett, Michael, ed. (February 2015). AFL Record Season Guide 2015. Melbourne, Victoria: AFL Media. p. 604.