With just three regular season games to state their case, the Dally M rookie race is set to go down to the wire. Travis Meyn looks at this year’s candidates. Vote here.
Wests Tigers debutant Jahream Bula was a basketball phenom in high school.
Katoa and Bula will go head-to-head at Commbank Stadium on Saturday afternoon in a high-stakes clash between the NRL cellar dwellers.
The Tigers will be looking to snap a 10-game losing streak against the undermanned Dolphins, who have lost eight of their past nine matches to plummet into the bottom four.
A win for Wests will give them some hope of avoiding back-to-back wooden spoons while the Dolphins are looking to end their foundation NRL season with some momentum.
But there could be individual bragging rights on the line as the race to be crowned the NRL’s top rookie of 2023 heats up heading into the final three rounds of the regular season.
Katoa and Bula are two of the leading candidates for the individual honour along with the…