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The NRL Rookie
Genre
Presented byErin Molan
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locations
Running time60 mins
Production companyMcGuire Media
Original release
Network9Go!
ReleaseMay 31 (2016-05-31) –
August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)

The NRL Rookie is an Australian National Rugby League reality television series that aired on 9Go!.[1] The Rookies were coached by rugby league greats Brad "Freddy" Fittler, Mark Geyer and Adrian Lam. The winner of the show will be drafted to one of the 16 Australian National Rugby League (NRL) club's rookie list.[2][3] The series was won by Lou Goodwin, who chose to be drafted to Canberra Raiders over the Gold Coast Titans.[4][5]

Format

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Captain Challenge

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The Captain Challenges involves the rookies competing against each other in physical challenge of speed, endurance & strength each week. The rookie that comes first in the challenge will become weekly captain, they also cannot be cut from the competition during that week.

Ep City/State Location
Ep 2Sydney, NSWOlympic Park's
Australia Tower
Run up the tower to the roof, Jump off the roof (75 metres) in a harness, when they reach the ground, do 100 Military grade push ups or sit ups
Ep–3Queensland, AustraliaMoreton Island
Kayak around the Tangalooma Shipwreck, then dive down underwater to retrieve a flag. With the flag in hand, complete kayaking to the shore, then get to the very top of a steep sand dune
Ep–4Abbotsbury, NSWCalmsley Hill City Farm
Shepherd a flock of sheep into the pen in the quickest time
Ep–5Waiheke Island, Auckland NZEcozip Adventures (Ziplining)
Climb across the zipline, on the other side they grab a bag of footballs, with the footballs on them, they go back down the zipline and must try to hit 3 targets with the footballs, every target hit knocks 30 seconds off their time
Ep–6Sydney, NSWCockatoo Island
Power & Pain (individual challenge): Round 1 - Do as many squats as they can in 1 minute, the 3 rookies who do the least are out of the challenge. Round 2 - hold up ice weights for as long as possible, the 3 rookies who let go first are out of the challenge. Round 3 - move a 100kg sled over 200m in the fastest time, fastest rookie to do so becomes captain.
Ep–7Londonderry, NSWFire & Rescue Brigade
Enter a building with a real simulated fire & rescue, find the fire and put it out, then find the casualty (dummy) stuck inside the building and pull them out, all to be completed in a 15 min time limit
Ep–8Sydney, NSWParsley Bay
Each rookie get locked in a single steel cage in the ocean, they must hold onto the under side of the cage and wait for the tide to come in and they must try and breathe whilst the water washes over their faces, last rookie left in their cage becomes captain
Ep–9Moore Park, NSWMount Steele
Each rookie had to carry a pyramid of 9 besser blocks (one at a time) from the bottom of the hill to the top and remake the pyramid, the first rookie to do so becomes captain

Game Day

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All the rookies play as a football team to play a game of football each week. As they play the game, the 3 coaches will watch each rookie to assess the weakest from the strongest rookies and any improvements from previous weeks.

The Shed/The War Room

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In The Shed, the rookies have a peer-to-peer session with psychologist Kate Baecher, as well as a group feedback session, this is where the rookies call out who they believe was weakest for the week & then vote for the bottom 3 rookies for The Cut.

In The War Room, the 3 coaches watch the session in The Shed on a television, this is where the give their final weekly assessment of each rookie.

The Cut

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Every week, the rookies all stand on the field of Allianz Stadium as Freddy calls out the 3 weakest rookies of the week. The Captain Challenge winner has the option to swap a rookie for another or keep the 3 same rookies, one of the rookies will be chosen as the weakest of the 3 and be cut from the competition.

The Rookies

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Daniel Caprice had previously represented England in rugby sevens while Lou Goodwin, Jesse Shearer and Jordan Martin had fathers who played first grade (Matt Goodwin, Dale Shearer and Paul Martin respectively).[6]

Following the filming of the show, Luke Frixou, who had previously represented Cyprus in rugby union, was signed on a trial contract by the Salford Red Devils.[7]

Name Age Born Living Hometeam Status
Lou Goodwin 24 Australia NSW Mount Pritchard Mounties RLFC The NRL Rookie[8]
Jordan Martin 21 Australia ACT Woden Valley Rams RLFC Runner-up[8]
Chris Hyde 27 Australia NSW Macquarie Scorpions RLC Cut from squad
in the finale[8]
Reece Joyce 24 New Zealand Waikato Bombay Rugby Cut from squad
in week 9[9]
Gary-John Hill 27 New Zealand WA West Scarborough Rugby Cut from squad
in week 8[10]
Roydon Gillett2 24 New Zealand WA North Beach Sea Eagles RLFC Cut from squad
in week 8[11]
Peter Lee 23 Australia QLD Sunnybank Rugby Cut from squad
in week 7[12]
Elias Power 25 Australia QLD Easts Tigers Rugby Union Cut from squad
in week 7[13]
Matt Johnstone1 27 Australia NSW Cronulla Sharks, NSW Police League Cut from squad
in week 6[14]
Luke Frixou3 21 UK UK Derby RFC Cut from squad
in week 6[15]
David Andjelic 21 Serbia NSW St Patricks JRLFC Cut from squad
in week 5[16]
Karo Kauna Junior 25 Papua New Guinea PNG Port Moresby Vipers RLFC Cut from squad
in week 5[17]
Matthew Gorman 23 Australia QLD Bilambil Jets RLFC Cut from squad
in week 4[18]
Daniel Caprice 25 UK NSW Picton Magpies RLFC Cut from squad
in week 3[19]
Jesse Shearer 24 Australia QLD Maroochydore Swans JRLFC Cut from squad
in week 2[20]
Notes
  • ^1 Matthew Johnstone was originally in the top 28 but didn't make it through to the top 14. After Matthew Gorman was injured prior to week 2's game, Johnstone was given a second chance in order to even out the teams for the match.
  • ^2 Roydon was cut before the Captain's Challenge due to breaking curfew after a night out.
  • ^3 Luke was cut at the end of the first half of Game Day due to his lack of proficient rugby league playing skills

Results Chart

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Rookie Elimination Chart
Wk 1[21] Wk 2[22] Wk 3[23] Wk 4[24] Wk 5[25] Wk 6[26] Wk 7[27] Wk 8[28] Wk 9[9] Grand Final[8]
Lou Top 14 CCW CCW CCW IN IN IN IN Btm 4 Winner
Jordan Top 14 IN IN IN IN IN Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 4 Runner-up
Chris Top 14 IN IN IN IN IN IN Btm 3 Btm 44 CFS in the finale
Reece Top 14 IN IN IN IN Btm 3 IN CCW Btm 4 CFS in week 9
Garry-John Top 14 IN IN IN IN IN IN Btm 3 CFS in week 8
Roydon Top 14 IN IN IN IN IN CCW CUT
Peter Top 14 IN IN IN IN Btm 3 Btm 3 CFS in week 7
Elias Top 14 IN Btm 3 Btm 3 CCW CCW Btm 3
Matt J Top 28 IN IN IN Btm 3 Btm 3 CFS in week 6
Luke Top 14 IN IN IN Saved CUT
David Top 14 Btm 3 IN Btm 3 Btm 3 CFS in week 5
Karo Top 14 IN Saved IN Btm 3
Matthew Top 14 Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 CFS in week 4
Daniel Top 14 IN Btm 3 CFS in week 3
Jesse Top 14 Btm 3 CFS in week 2
Cut From Squad None Jesse Daniel Matthew David
Karo 		Luke
Matt J 		Elias
Peter 		Roydon
Garry-John 		Reece
Safe David
Matthew 		Elias
Matthew 		David
Elias 		Matt J Peter
Reece 		Jordan Jordan
Chris 		Lou
Chris
Jordan
Notes
  • ^4 Chris won the Captain Challenge for this week but since he was in the top four all of the rookies were up to be cut from the squad.
  Rookie was Captain Challenge Winner and had immunity for the week
  Rookie made Captain's Call
  Rookie returned to competition
  Rookie was placed in bottom three or four
  Rookie was put in bottom three or four by Captain
  Rookie was put in bottom three or four by Captain and Cut From Squad
  Rookie was Saved by Captain's Call
  Rookie was Cut From Squad
  Rookie was Cut before the Final Cut
  Third Place
  Runner-up
  The NRL Rookie winner

Guests

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Guest Episode Challenge
Adam "Mad Dog" MacDougall Ep 2 Physical Strength & Endurance -
Weights & Boxing session
Ep 6 Captain Challenge
Darren Lockyer Ep 3 Captain Challenge
Wally Lewis Ep 3 Captain Challenge
Billy Slater Ep 4 Game Day
Robbie Kearns Ep 4 Game Day
Ruben Wiki Ep 5 Game Day
Anthony Minichiello Ep 6 Game Day
Danny Green Ep 7 Boxing Session
Paul Gallen Ep 7 Game Day
Jonathan Thurston Ep 8 Game Day

Broadcast

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Premiere Episodes

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Episode Timeslot Airdate
1 "The Big Cut" Tuesday
7:30 pm 		31 May 2016
2 "Dizzy Heights" 7 June 2016
3 "Sunny Queensland" 14 June 2016
4 "Farm Challenge" 21 June 2016
5 "New Zealand Challenge" 28 June 2016
6 "Cockatoo Island Challenge" 5 July 2016
7 "Fire & Rescue Challenge" 12 July 2016
8 "Parsley Bay Challenge" 19 July 2016
9 "The Final Cut" 26 July 2016
10 "Grand Final" 2 August 2016

Encores

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Each episode airs five times during the week on free to air television across the Nine Network and multichannel GO!

Day of Airdate Timeslot Channel Cities
Premiere Episode
Tuesday 7:30 pm 9Go! Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Encores
Wednesday 10:30 pm (After The NRL Footy Show) Nine Network Sydney
Brisbane
Saturday 1:00 pm Brisbane
Sunday 2:30 pm (before Sunday Football Coverage) Sydney
Monday 11:30 pm 9Go! Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth

International

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The series broadcasts internationally on Duke (NZ), Sky Sports (UK), NBCTV (PNG) & FijiTV (Fiji).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Airdate: The NRL Rookie". tvtonight.com.au. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ "NRL Rookie - Coming in 2016 | NRL Rookie". nrlrookie.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Nine Upfronts 2016: Nine goes HD, new lifestyle channel -and Daryl Somers returns – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Lou Goodwin Wins First Ever NRL Rookie". triplem.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ^ "The NRL Rookie Final: Goodwin signs with Raiders". nrl.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Erin Molan soldiers on for NRL Rookie battle". news.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ "The NRL Rookie finalist Luke Frixou has been invited to train with Salford — The Exile Files". foxsports.com.au. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d "Canberra Raiders sign NRL rookie Lou Goodwin after lock wins reality TV show". canberratimes.com.au. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b "The NRL Rookie Episode 9: The top 3 is named". nrl.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Hill bows out of The NRL Rookie". nrl.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Episode 8 - 10th cut". renegadesfs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Episode 7 - 9th cut". renegadesfs.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Expect more from NRL Rookie Power". nrl.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Rookie Johnstone won't die wondering". nrl.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Episode 6 - 6th cut". renegadesfs.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Rookie Andjelic breaking down walls". nrl.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Episode 5 - 4th Cut". renegadesfs.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Rookie Matt Gorman still all heart". nrl.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Rookie Caprice continues his rugby league journey". nrl.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Shearer the first casualty of NRL Rookie". nrl.com. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Episode 1 - The Big Cut". nrl.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  22. ^ "Episode 2 - Dizzy Heights". nrl.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  23. ^ "Episode 3 - Sunny Queensland". nrl.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  24. ^ "The NRL Rookie: Episode 4". nrl.com. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  25. ^ "The NRL Rookie: Episode 5". nrl.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  26. ^ "The NRL Rookie: Episode 6". nrl.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  27. ^ "The NRL Rookie: Episode 7". nrl.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  28. ^ "The NRL Rookie: Episode 8". nrl.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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