Prediciton for 2011 - Best Rookie

[Scottey]

Glen Fisiiahi. Been on fire in the trials for the Warriors. Hohaia's a handy fullback, but Glen looks to have some serious X Factor.

 

[Didgi]

Michael Bani. Watching him makes you think he's never played rugby league before, let alone in tue NRL.

Otherwise T Sims, KFFL, our smokies Moses Pangai and Taumalolo.

On Gareth Widdop, is it 4 NRL games or 4 senior games Inc. Internationals? Otherwise someone from England could come over and win ROTY?

 

[grouch]

Obviously big George "Big Man" Burgess is the next big thing. I've seen his big height and weight measurements and he is one big kid, big time. Could be bigger than Greg big game Inglis. That's big in a big way

 

[hitman82]

Where would Fish fit in? he's got Manu, Locke, Tupou, Hohaia in front of him

As a winger he could very easily get game time this season.

Neither Locke nor Tupou have a particularly firm grasp on their positions

 

[aqua_duck]

Michael Bani. Watching him makes you think he's never played rugby league before, let alone in tue NRL.

Otherwise T Sims, KFFL, our smokies Moses Pangai and Taumalolo.

On Gareth Widdop, is it 4 NRL games or 4 senior games Inc. Internationals? Otherwise someone from England could come over and win ROTY?

That's a good point, I'm pretty sure there was a reason why Burgess didn't win it last year

 

[Dazraider]

Think it may be out of Cherry-evens, Tariq Sims, Bosden who looked good in the charity shield game.

 

[Liddell]

Michael Bani. Watching him makes you think he's never played rugby league before, let alone in tue NRL.

Otherwise T Sims, KFFL, our smokies Moses Pangai and Taumalolo.

On Gareth Widdop, is it 4 NRL games or 4 senior games Inc. Internationals? Otherwise someone from England could come over and win ROTY?

EDIT Never mind

 

[Didgi]

The rules for ROY are as listed below...
A player’s Rookie season will be judged to be one in which he has participated in more than three NRL Premiership matches (or English Super League matches) as either a starting player or one of the four official replacement players.
Regardless of the number of games played, a player may only be eligible for the Rookie of the Year Award either in the season of his first NRL match, or the season immediately following that match.
Voting for the Award shall be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as the Positional Awards.
While voting is at the discretion of the judges, a guideline is given that where two players are judged to be of a similar standard but where one may have made his ‘debut’ the previous year, that preference would be given to the player who first competed at NRL level in the current year.
Points deductions for suspension will not have any bearing on the voting process but players who have been suspended twice in a season will be ineligible for an award

You would assume that also includes full international matches.

 

[Didgi]

The rules for ROY are as listed below...
A player’s Rookie season will be judged to be one in which he has participated in more than three NRL Premiership matches (or English Super League matches) as either a starting player or one of the four official replacement players.
Regardless of the number of games played, a player may only be eligible for the Rookie of the Year Award either in the season of his first NRL match, or the season immediately following that match.
Voting for the Award shall be conducted in the same manner and at the same time as the Positional Awards.
While voting is at the discretion of the judges, a guideline is given that where two players are judged to be of a similar standard but where one may have made his ‘debut’ the previous year, that preference would be given to the player who first competed at NRL level in the current year.
Points deductions for suspension will not have any bearing on the voting process but players who have been suspended twice in a season will be ineligible for an award

You would assume that also includes full international matches.

 

[IPAlarms]

I'm going for the new Burgess kid at the Souths. Not that it'll do the team any good though.

 

[aqua_duck]

Burgess will be lucky to get even 5 games under his belt and I'll be absolutely shocked if he makes their starting side. Quite simply if his name wasn't Burgess no one would have heard of him

 

[Vic Mackey]

Did you see burgess in the charity shield? He was truley horrible. I know it's a trial but he was so far off the pace it wasn't funny. Just because his brother is good doesn't mean he will be. If he is in souffs top 17 they are in much bigger trouble then I thought.

 

[MacDougall]

Ben Murdoch-Masila