Rookie Team of the Year

[Puntastic]

Stoked to see Moylan even get a mention, let alone so highly. Docker is a workhorse, a Nigel Plum Mini-Me and well deserves the praise after coming out of a bashing and a coma to be one of the toughest bastards on the field at any given time.

For mine, I think George Burgess has to be the runaway winner this year. While some of the guys there have spark, GB seems to have consistency and staying power that a lot of juniors don't, and that's worth something in my book.

Discuss.

 

[BranVan3000]

George Burgess. Tom Burgess a bit hard done by, he is going great as well. Most rookies averaging over 100m per game off the bench like he is would be straight on this list

 

[Son of Minto]

The 3 games or less the previous year rule is bullshit. The award should go to someone who made actually made their debut in 2013.

 

[BranVan3000]

The 3 games or less the previous year rule is bullshit. The award should go to someone who made actually made their debut in 2013.

What player is going to be nominated off of 1-3 games?

 

[Ray Parlour]

I take it Stockwell isn't eligible?

He has been better than all the forwards named bar burgess and Harris

 

[Paullyboy]

George burgess for sure.

I don't get the love for moylan.

 

[Danish]

Didn't George burgess play last year? How is he a rookie that being the case?

 

[BranVan3000]

Didn't George burgess play last year? How is he a rookie that being the case?

George only played in round 13, 18 and 19 last year. So he is still eligible for this year's rookie award

 

[watatank]

I take it Stockwell isn't eligible?

He has been better than all the forwards named bar burgess and Harris

Should be eligible, only played 3 games last season

 

[Hutty1986]

George B for sure. Docker's an incredible story as well

 

[Marshall_magic]

How many games did RTS play in 2012? He is the only guy who could possibly take the rookie of the year award off big George.

Three from the group of Tom Burgess, Nofoaluma, Milford, Moylan and Harris will probably round out the nominees.

 

[Misanthrope]

Not a single Knight.

Remember when we were a boom junior nursery only getting buy on our locally developed talent?

 

[DC_fan]

George only played in round 13, 18 and 19 last year. So he is still eligible for this year's rookie award

Which is wrong. To be eligible for the Rookie of the Year you must have played your first game in that season.

 

[BranVan3000]

Which is wrong. To be eligible for the Rookie of the Year you must have played your first game in that season.

The rule is you play no more than three games the previous season.

Which makes sense, plenty of coaches - especially in the bottom 8 sides, will blood new players in the last couple of games when its clear finals are out of the picture. That should not make them ineligible for Rookie of the year

 

[Noname36]

Not a single Knight.

Remember when we were a boom junior nursery only getting buy on our locally developed talent?

Remember when we had Andrew Johns on the books who (along with a couple of others) made that "locally developed talent" look like world beaters?

 

[Danish]

George only played in round 13, 18 and 19 last year. So he is still eligible for this year's rookie award

Did he start in any of those games?

If you start, even if only 1 game, that is your rookie year as far as I am concerned

 

[natheel]

Although we have had a crap year we have some young guys coming through that have me thinking things will be OK in the future. Good to see Peni to be recognised and if he didn't get injured I'd say Kelepi Tanginoa would've been there

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Not sure how Isaac Liu couldn't make the team

 

[TheVelourFog]

Did he start in any of those games?

If you start, even if only 1 game, that is your rookie year as far as I am concerned

i agree

a truly talented rookie would soon force themselves into the first team and be worthy of the rookie of the year tag

 

[The Elephant In The room]

Any reason this "team of the year" has been named so early? Can't help but think that Keary would be the 5/8 if named after round 26. Hiku, as good hs he's been filling in at fullback for Stewart, is hardly a star half.

Gurgess is a certainty to take out the top gong IMO. Surprised Harris's name hasn't been thrown up as a ROTY contender along side Gurgess, Moylan and Milford though. Has been very good.

Thought Buchanan was hard done by not to snag a "starting" position. Tanginoa was close to the Eels best forward in the majority of his games this year (not saying much I know) so I expected him to make this list despite only playing 9 games.