Photo: 2025 Women’s Rising Star, Heidi de Saxe, North Shore Bombers with Jason McCartney, General Manager for Football, GWS Giants. September 15, 2025. Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia. Photo: Narelle Spangher, AFL NSW/ACT
AFL SYDNEY WOMEN’S RISING STAR
| YEAR | NAME | CLUB |
| 2025 | Heidi de Saxe | North Shore Bombers |
| 2024 | Aoife Berry | UTS Bats |
| 2023 | Ella Parker | UTS Bats |
| 2022 | Marnie Robinson | UTS Bats |
| 2020 | Not Awarded | |
| 2019 | Alexa Cardassilaris | Southern Power |
| 2018 | Jemima Wrigley | Southern Power |
| 2017 | Zoe Devlin | UNSW Eastern Suburbs |
| 2016 | Angela Priftis | Auburn Giants |
| 2015 | Nicola Barr | Sydney University |
| 2014 | Catherine Stanton | Wollongong Saints |
| 2013 | Stephanie Walker | Sydney University |
| 2012 | Stephanie Kostic | Penrith Ramettes |
Click here to see the AFL Sydney Women’s Rising Star honour roll which dates back to the award’s inception in 2012.