NRL stars before and after: Youngsters who became stars

Back by popular demand is the second instalment of our ‘NRL stars before they were famous’ – can you guess who’s who?

It will surprise nobody to hear that our current crop of NRL stars were pretty handy junior footy players but a search of our picture archive has unearthed more than one beach sprint champion, some big names in little athletics and more than a few awkward shots that only a mum could love.

A MONSTER IN THE UNDER NINES

UNDEFEATED UNDER 10 CHAMPIONS!

WADE MADE THE GRADE

WOW IT’S KAPOW

FOLLOWING IN YOUR FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

HE’S HAD EYES ON HIM FROM A YOUNG AGE

TIPS FROM YOUR UNCLE THE KIWI LEGEND

HAVE YOU HEARD HE WAS A BEACH SPRINT CHAMPION?

THE EVOLUTION OF A LETHAL LEFT SIDE PASS

FROM AWKWARD TO AWESOME

I’LL MAKE IT MY OWN WAY THANKS DAD

JT WAS THE KING TO THESE KIDS

CHERRY HAS THE NEED FOR SPEED

NO SHOCK BRADMAN WAS ABOVE AVERAGE

A FUTURE DOLPHINS ‘BEST AND FAIREST’ WINNER?

NFL TRYOUT WHO CAME ‘HOLMES’ TO THE NRL

WILL THIS JUNIOR STAR MAKE THE MOST OF HIS TALENT?

A FEW YEARS LATER BUT THE SMILE IS THE SAME

PART ONE

TURBO’S ALWAYS GIVEN GREAT ‘FACE’

ONE OF THESE IS A COWBOYS LEGEND

BOY OR MAN, HE LOOKS GOOD IN BLUE

A YOUNG BULL ALWAYS ON THE CHARGE

FROM ‘HALF TEAPOT’ TO FULL

THE LADIES MAN

THE ‘ROOSTERS’ JUNIOR’ THAT GOT AWAY

OLYMPIC STANDARD SNOOZING (Homebush 2000)

A BIG UNIT WHO LOVES TO PUT A SHOT ON

WE HAD TO GET A PROM NIGHT PIC …

COOL TRICK CLIFFY

THAT’S A LOT OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO OUT RUN

WITH THE LITTLE BRO – BEFORE THE MO

COMING THE FULL FAMILY CIRCLE

SOCCER’S LOSS IS OUR GAIN

SAME VIBE – WORSE HAIRCUT

BIG RED HAS BARELY AGED

HE’S COME A LONG WAY SINCE PSSA

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR THIS GUY

HE’S HAPPIER IN MAROON THAN BLUE

LOOKED LIKE A FUTURE BRONCOS CAPTAIN EVEN THEN