The winger used to be the worst and least important player on the team. The player that wasn't quite good enough to be a half or fullback and wasn't strong enough to play centre.
There's a reason there are a million footy jokes about wingers. That age is well and truly over.
While it might still technically be the least important, wingers are crucial to a team's success. These days, they take all the hard runs off the line when their team is in trouble and score most of the tries. Metre-making and try-scoring.
Both are pretty important aspects of rugby league.
With players seemingly getting younger and younger, and their talent getting higher and higher, there is a huge pool of players who are scoring tries on the wing only a few years into their career.
Here are the five best wingers aged 22 and under.
2. Ronaldo Mulitalo - 22
Only 22 and having played 45 games already, Mulitalo is one of the best finishers the game has. With only the slightest space, Mulitalo will find a way to get the ball on the ground, whatever gymnastics it requires.
With ten line breaks, 21 tackle breaks and four tries while averaging 154m in five games this year, Mulitalo is cementing himself as one of the game's best wingers.
Outside the likes of Jesse Ramien and Nicho Hynes, expect plenty more tries this year.
