NRL 2024 rookie watch revisited: Where this season’s emerging young stars are ahead of 2025
Remember the names Chevy Stewart and Ethan Strange – the Green Machine young guns tipped to take their careers to the next level. TYSON JACKSON looks at where the top rookies from this season are ahead of 2025.
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We saw glimpses of future greatness in the 2024 batch of NRL rookies.
Shellharbour product and 2024 Dally M Rookie of the Year winner, Jack Bostock, crossed for 14 tries for the Dolphins and emerged as one of the league’s leading wingers at just 21.
Some impressed enough to make big moves for 2025, like the versatile Blaize Talagi who moves to Penrith, and Ethan Sanders to Canberra.
Others are the building blocks for the future at their current clubs, like Lachlan Galvin at the Tigers and Lehi Hopoate at the Sea Eagles.
Not every young gun cracked the top flight in 2024, with exciting prospects like Joash Papalii, Robert Toia and Dylan Egan all waiting in the wings for their time.
See where the top rookies from this season are ahead of 2025.
Originally published as NRL 2024 rookie watch revisited: Where this season’s emerging young stars are ahead of 2025
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