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.
12. James Roumanos
A Lebanese international, Roumanos has risen through the ranks since joining the club in 2019 and will need to fire early to fit into Trent Barrett's side. But if he can get past his fellow contenders, he has the tools to do so.
You've got the likes of Joe Stimson, Corey Waddell and Matt Doorey all fighting for that bench role but looking at how hard he runs the ball, and the amount of work he gets too, he could be a fan favourite as soon as he runs onto the pitch.
Can anyone say “Trbojevic” ? All but everybody calls these boys Trbojevich. It is “vic” not “vich”
Correct pronunciation would sound like Tr (roll the R)-boy-ev-its, unless they have an accent on the c, like ć (tj) or č (ch).