FROM potential football purgatory to one of the brightest young stars in the game, life keeps getting better for Robinvale Euston export Seamus Mitchell.

Less than a week after penning a two-year contract extension with Hawthorn, the 21-year-old earned an AFL Rising Star nod for a strong performance in the Hawks' 13-point loss to GWS.

In just his 11th AFL appearance, Mitchell again impressed as ...