Bomber midfielder Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds has been crowned the 2016 NEAFL Rising Star at the competitions night of nights staged at Daltone House in Sydney last Sunday night.
Hayden beat a crack field of up and coming NEAFL talent to win the award via his Round 1 nomination against the Canberra Demons at Gunghalin.
In winning the award Hayden followed in the footsteps of former AFL listed team mates in Paul Hunter (2014) and Matt Uebergang (2015).