The AFL has announced their selection panels for the AFLW All Australian and Rising Star ahead of the 2024 NAB AFLW season. 

Three-time premiership player and dual-AFLW league best and fairest, Erin Phillips OAM will join the AFLW All-Australian Panel ahead of the 2024 season. 

Joining the three-time All-Australian on the panel are AFLW experts Gemma Bastiani and Eliza Reilly, who are reporters with AFL.com.au and CODE Sports respectively.

The AFLW All-Australian committee selects the All-Australian squad and team, the 2024 AFLW Virgin Australia Mark of the Year, the 2024 NAB AFLW Goal of the Year and the Telstra AFLW Rising Star.

They join Andrew Dillon (Chair), Laura Kane, Emma Moore, Josh Mahoney, Sarah Black, Kelli Underwood, Jason Bennett, Megan Waters, Katie Loynes and Narelle Smith on the panel.

Moore and Mahoney join the panel as part of their roles at the AFL as General Manager of AFLW and General Manager of Football Operations respectively.

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The AFL also confirmed today the weekly Telstra AFLW Rising Star selection panel for the 2024 NAB AFLW Premiership Season.

Laura Kane, Erin Phillips, Gemma Bastiani, Emma Nielson and Kevin Sheehan will nominate one player each week for the 2024 Telstra AFLW Rising Star award.

At the conclusion of the 2024 NAB AFLW Season, the AFLW All-Australian panel will vote on the five best-performed nominees based on their performance throughout the season.

2024 Telstra AFLW Rising Star selection criteria

1. The player must be under 21 years of age as of December 31, 2024 and played 10 or fewer games before Week 1 of the 2024 NAB AFLW Season.

2. Must not be a previous winner of the Telstra AFLW Rising Star award.

3. In general, the player judged to have played the best individual game of the week is to be the basis of the weekly nomination.

4. The priority is to have the best-performed 10 players nominated by the end of the season for consideration for the overall award. Therefore, in later weeks, year-to-date performances will be allocated increasing weight relative to performances in the round.

Geelong will have four players eligible for the Rising Star award this season including Abbey McDonald, Chantal Mason, Brooke Plummer and Bryde O'Rourke.