As the year's first Team List Tuesday dawns upon us, Round 1 every year brings forth shock selections, stars benched, and like every season - a host of rookies.

While many look at the young crop for the SuperCoach potential, the majority of us watch in anticipation to see what the next generation can deliver.

There's been some amazing rookies over the past few seasons, with the likes of Stephen Crichton and Harry Grant going from virtual unknowns to making the Origin squads in 2020. Every player on this list is yet to make their NRL debut, but you'll know their names soon enough.

7. Sam Walker

The early tip for Rookie of the Year, Walker won't start the season for the Roosters but he'll finish the year there. Luke Keary will move to halfback, with Lachlan Lam the five-eighth, but Sam Walker isn't just knocking on the door, he's kicking it down.

Mentored by Cooper Cronk, Walker was close to earning a debut last year but the lack of reserve grade hurt his chances. Set to re-sign long term with the club in the coming weeks, similarly to Suaalii, this is a name we'll be hearing for a long time in rugby league.

But look away Blues fans, this kid is a Queenslander through and through.

2 COMMENTS

  1. Can anyone say “Trbojevic” ? All but everybody calls these boys Trbojevich. It is “vic” not “vich”

  2. Correct pronunciation would sound like Tr (roll the R)-boy-ev-its, unless they have an accent on the c, like ฤ‡ (tj) or ฤ (ch).

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