Richmond first-year utility Sydney Stack has finished third in the 2019 NAB Rising Star award, presented on Friday afternoon.

Carlton young gun Sam Walsh took out the award, polling 54 out of a possible 55 votes, while Port Adelaide forward Rozee finished second with 42 votes. Stack racked up 28 votes.

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Stack was one of three Richmond players nominated for the Rising Star this year along with Liam Baker and Shai Bolton.

Having been overlooked in the draft, Stack was outstanding for the Tigers in his debut campaign after being signed in the Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period.

Following a stellar senior debut in Round 3, Stack went on to play 16 consecutive senior games.

Across his 17 senior outings this season, the talented teenager has averaged 17.2 disposals, 4.9 marks and three tackles per game.

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Stack was also last night named as a backman in the AFL Player's Associations' 2019 22Under22 team.

The 19-year-old underwent surgery early last week after suffering a syndesmosis injury while playing in the VFL.

The livewire has resumed running on an anti-gravity treadmill, taking a small step towards an unlikely finals return.

Richmond is yet to put a line through Stack for the finals, although he is only a small chance of recovering in time and won't be unnecessarily risked.

The hope is he could replicate teammate Kane Lambert, who suffered a similar injury a week earlier last year but managed to return for the finals.

"I'll hopefully be back for finals this year but if not, I'll bounce back next year," Stack told AAP at the NAB AFL Rising Star function on Friday.

"I just got out of the moonboot and now I'm walking, which is good. I'll just keep doing my rehab and see what the doc says."

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Baker and Bolton are highly likely to play in next Saturday's qualifying final against Brisbane at the Gabba with the Tigers a good chance to name an unchanged line-up.

"They've been playing pretty good footy," Stack said.

"They play for their roles for the team ... the Richmond club itself is a good environment for the lads."

2019 NAB AFL Rising Star voting

Sam Walsh 54

Connor Rozee 42

Sydney Stack 28

Bailey Smith 20

Gryan Miers 5

Jordan Clark 5

Cameron Zurhaar 4

Nick Blakey 3

Liam Baker 2

Oscar Allen 1

Xavier Duursma 1



Gillon McLachlan

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Bailey Smith

1 – Oscar Allen



Steve Hocking

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Bailey Smith

1 – Jordan Clark



Kevin Bartlett

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Gryan Miers

1 – Cameron Zurhaar



Kevin Sheehan

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Bailey Smith

2 – Nick Blakey

1 – Gryan Miers



Luke Darcy

5 – Connor Rozee

4 – Sam Walsh

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Cameron Zurhaar

1 – Jordan Clark



Cameron Ling

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Gryan Miers

1 – Cameron Zurhaar



Chris Johnson

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Sydney Stack

3 – Bailey Smith

2 – Liam Baker

1 – Connor Rozee



Mathew Richardson

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Bailey Smith

1 – Nick Blakey



Warren Tredrea

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Sydney Stack

2 – Bailey Smith

1 – Xavier Duursma



Danny Frawley

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Bailey Smith

2 – Sydney Stack

1 – Jordan Clark



Glen Jakovich

5 – Sam Walsh

4 – Connor Rozee

3 – Bailey Smith

2 – Jordan Clark

1 – Sydney Stack