Rookie of the Year

[Sunshine Coast Tiger]

I think the season has a long way to go and I would not want to pick the winner of rookie of the year yet.

As for Brooks, for a 19 year old halfback he is going just fine, he will have ups and downs but the guy has a lot of talent.

 

[roofromoz]

I think the season has a long way to go and I would not want to pick the winner of rookie of the year yet.

Exactly. Someone who may not have even made his first grade debut yet may very well be the unanimous choice come Dally M night.

 

[Kiwi]

Exactly. Someone who may not have even made his first grade debut yet may very well be the unanimous choice come Dally M night.

Probably not, they won't let me play with a beer in my hand

 

[DC_fan]

Has had an outstanding rookie year. Should be the third Souths player in three years to win the award.

 

[natheel]

Brooks will get it. The media beat off about him will get him the award

 

[BunniesMan]

Has had an outstanding rookie year. Should be the third Souths player in three years to win the award.

Agreed.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

*edit*

 

[umina panther]

Cartwright will be the one history remembers debuting this year

 

[BranVan3000]

Brooks will get it even if he is rocks and diamonds

 

[some11]

Lote Tuqiri.

 

[maple_69]

Give it to Johnstone. Brooks will go on and be a NSW and Australian half winning all sorts of titles. Johnstone will be a good winger for a team of chokers.

 

[BranVan3000]

Give it to Johnstone. Brooks will go on and be a NSW and Australian half winning all sorts of titles. Johnstone will be a good winger for a team of chokers.

How about he tries being a halfback in a top 8 team first

 

[maple_69]

When they get there it'll be on his back.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Brooks is a 19 year halfback who has come into a low quality young team. He has been given the responsibility of leading the team around the park. The tigers have been raped by injury and controversy yet are 2 wins out of the top 4. He hasn't been as good as the Media have made out but he has been very good for us.

Johnstone undoubtedly looks like a star, however it's a million times easier to be a winger coming into a highly successful team full of internationals then it is to come into a team that's mid table at best at full strength.

Brooks for mine.

 

[BranVan3000]

When they get there it'll be on his back.

The only stat that Luke Brooks is at the top for is missed tackles :lol:

 

[Big Sam]

Has had an outstanding rookie year. Should be the third Souths player in three years to win the award.

And the fourth in six years.

 

[BunniesMan]

Luke Brooks is a huge talent and has a bright future but he is hot and cold and is falling away as the season goes on, normal for a young player. AJ is getting better and better.

 

[Tom Shines]

Forza Alex Johnston

 

[ellskimore]

Brooks is a 19 year halfback who has come into a low quality young team. He has been given the responsibility of leading the team around the park. The tigers have been raped by injury and controversy yet are 2 wins out of the top 4. He hasn't been as good as the Media have made out but he has been very good for us.

Johnstone undoubtedly looks like a star, however it's a million times easier to be a winger coming into a highly successful team full of internationals then it is to come into a team that's mid table at best at full strength.

Brooks for mine.

This. Johnston won't get rookie of the year over Brooks, and rightfully so.

 

[rabbitohs95]

Jumping on the Johnston train.

People mention that Brooks is having a hard time in a struggling team, i'll give him that. But if he stepped up (Like Adam Reynolds in 2012) he might be leading them into the top 8. If Reynolds faltered throughout 2012 we probably wouldn't be in the position we are today.

Johnston is an 19 year old who's really stepping up and showing a game that most wingers in the competition can't play. And the thing is he's a fullback, one of the first times he's played on the wing.

No doubt i think both will be great so long as they continue to rise, but Brooks i feel has underachieved this year, Johnston has come out of nowhere and is killing it.