Parramatta's Blaize Talagi may win NRL rookie award, competing with Sua Fa'alogo and Ethan Strange. Cantidates are strong.
One thing Parramatta are actually a chance of winning this year is the NRL rookie of the year award with Blaize Talagi.
Talagi looks set to go head-to-head with another leading first-year contender, Melbourne's Sua Fa'alogo, on Friday night.
NRL rookie-of-the-year contenders: Sua Fa'alogo, Blaize Talagi and Ethan Strange.Credit: Jamie Brown/SMH
Arguably the only player who stands in the way of Talagi and Fa'alogo is Canberra's Ethan Strange.
Wests Tigers rookie Lachie Galvin would have been favourite for the award, but a two-match suspension in round four ruled him ineligible for the gong.