The quietly spoken prop had all eyes glued to him on the red carpet.
But while Fonua-Blake played down suggestions of any serious time and effort going into his outfit, he still put more in than Penrith winger Sunia Turuva, who didn’t even own a tuxedo before getting the call up to attend the night.
Turuva has the chance to cap his stellar year with both a premiership ring in the grand final against Brisbane on Sunday, and the rookie of the year award, which he claimed on Wednesday night.On Sunday the NRL announced Turuva as one of three nominees for the honour, alongside Wests Tigers fullback Jahream Bula and Melbourne’s rugby sevens convert Will Warbrick.
Rookie of the year is one of few awards the Panthers have not claimed since their resurgence began in 2020.
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