Rookie of the Year 2012

[WaznTheGreat]

Ken Sio should be $1.04 to win rookie of the year,playing in a disgrace of a team and yet still shining through and showing his talent

 

[SpaceMonkey]

It Hurrell wins, his speech will need subtitles

Meh, his English is pretty good for a guy who's probably only been speaking it as his main language for 3-4 years. He's a pretty smart guy by all accounts and he seems pretty confident, his interviewing skills will improve pretty quickly even if he does drop the odd bit of Tonglish in there from time to time.

 

[Doga]

I feel sorry for all the outside backs after Edrick Lee plays his first game. The feral Raider fans will get pretty abusive.

 

[hitman82]

Meh, his English is pretty good for a guy who's probably only been speaking it as his main language for 3-4 years. He's a pretty smart guy by all accounts and he seems pretty confident, his interviewing skills will improve pretty quickly even if he does drop the odd bit of Tonglish in there from time to time.

Well he was a national olympic lifting champion in 2010, and that takes some pretty serious attention to detail and technique training.

Also explains his RIDICULOUS legs and explosive power.

 

[isaiah]

justin hunt, son of neil, looks like a talent. set the q cup comp alight last season playing for redcliffe

dimitri pelo would be mid 20's after cronulla lower grades then a couple seasons of english super league

lachlan maranta trained all week with the broncs but dropped out when gillett was fine after limited minutes in the origin game. only a matter of time for he and mitchell frei to debut this year. both still able to play 20's but play q cup.

 

[isaiah]

who is on the list now?

whitchurch debuted last night

 

[Big Pete]

Updated List (alphabetical order of club then appearance)
Lachlan Maranta
Jarrod Wallace
Brendon Gibb
Aaron Whitchurch
Jack Wighton
Jarrad Kennedy
Matt McIlwrick
Edrick Lee
Dale Finucane
Brett Lane
Josh Jackson
Tyson Frizzell
Kayne Lawton
Aidan Sezer
Jamie Dowling
Daniel Harrison
Nick Skinner
Jorge Taufua
Liam Foran
Alex McKinnon
Marvin Filipo
Kevin Naiqama
Moses Pangai
Ken Sio
Cheyse Blair
Matt Ryan
Blake Austin
Ryan Simpkins
Mitch Achurch
Matt Robinson
Josh Mansour
Harry Siejka
Jack De Belin
Nathan Green
Cam King
Jack Stockwell
Adam Reynolds
Andrew Everingham
Josh Starling
Justin Hunt
George Burgess
Tautau Moga
Adam Henry
Ben Henry
Konrad Hurrell
Omar Slaimankhel
James Tedesco
Pat Politoni
Curtis Sironen

Could be missing a few tricky ones who played an obscure game in 2009 (Kayne Lawton was a huge pain in the butt, 1 game every season from 09-11!) or something but that's a general list.

 

[wibble]

Updated List (alphabetical order of club then appearance)
Lachlan Maranta
Jarrod Wallace
Brendon Gibb
Aaron Whitchurch
Jack Wighton
Jarrad Kennedy
Matt McIlwrick
Edrick Lee
Dale Finucane
Brett Lane
Josh Jackson
Tyson Frizzell
Kayne Lawton
Aidan Sezer
Jamie Dowling
Daniel Harrison
Nick Skinner
Jorge Taufua
Liam Foran
Alex McKinnon
Marvin Filipo
Kevin Naiqama
Moses Pangai
Ken Sio
Cheyse Blair
Matt Ryan
Blake Austin
Ryan Simpkins
Mitch Achurch
Matt Robinson
Josh Mansour
Harry Siejka
Jack De Belin
Nathan Green
Cam King
Jack Stockwell
Adam Reynolds
Andrew Everingham
Josh Starling
Justin Hunt
George Burgess
Tautau Moga
Adam Henry
Ben Henry
Konrad Hurrell
Omar Slaimankhel
James Tedesco
Pat Politoni
Curtis Sironen

Could be missing a few tricky ones who played an obscure game in 2009 (Kayne Lawton was a huge pain in the butt, 1 game every season from 09-11!) or something but that's a general list.

Thanks for the list Big Pete.

Gee some of these blokes have had some good games. The future of league looks bright looking at that list.

Reynolds and Hurrell are standouts to me, but Sezer has been great all year too. Sironen and Moga look the goods.

Tedesco, Everingham, King, De Belin, Austin, Blair, Sio, Naiqama, Foran, Frizzell and Wighton all impressed me so far with what I've seen of them. All look like first graders to me.

Maranta was good last night, also. Slaimankhel had a poor start vs us but got better and looks fine.

Can't say I remember much of most the others (I think I saw McKinnon earlier in the year go well, in a bad team, plus I thought he was good last year at centre for the Dragons), but that is a lot of talent so far in one year.

Is it just me (or maybe is it just the Broncos making it look like this) but do more rookies seem more composed and more athletic than in the past? (not necessarily better footballers, but closer to their regular NRL peak when first starting than maybe a few years ago?).

 

[simostorm]

I vote Adam Reynolds.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Has to be Reynolds

 

[Grapple]

Tedesco for mine. Really proved the difference for Tigers this year.

 

[Noa]

Tedesco for mine. Really proved the difference for Tigers this year.

:lol:

Provided he plays the whole year is always going to be Reynolds, anyone who understands the game knows that.

 

[M2D2]

:lol:

Provided he plays the whole year is always going to be Reynolds, anyone who understands the game knows that.

No offence, But Bunniesman would also think this, so the two arent mutually exclusive.

 

[Noa]

No offence, But Bunniesman would also think this, so the two arent mutually exclusive.

Excellent point

Anyone who knows the game AND bonafide dribblers then

 

[WarriorDefence]

Maybe biased but gotta go hurrell- he's one out of the box. Prob play for the kiwis this year

 

[BranVan3000]

Hurrell is superb. His contention depends on Warriors making the finals IMO. Reynolds is at an advantage being a play maker too

 

[andyman9999]

is there usually that many debutants every year? seems like quite a long list...

id have to say adam reynolds followed very closely by konrad hurrell

 

[Cliffhanger]

Hurrell.

 

[MacDougall]

At least Tedesco will be eligible next year...

 

[HowHigh]

Reynolds or Hurrell so far