Sydney Roosters fullback James Tedesco has won it all in 2019 and there is much to suggest that heading into Sunday’s NRL grand final he’ll be adding a couple more gongs to his already heaving mantle.
To go with the NSW Blues inscription on the State of Origin shield, Tedesco has collected awards named after Wally Lewis, Brad Fittler and Dally Messenger. He is favourite to wear the medal honouring Clive Churchill for best player afield in a grand final, and to slip on another chunky premier’s ring.
And as the Roosters seek to be the first club to win back-to-back premierships since Brisbane Broncos last century, their brilliant No 1 is in rare and dare one suggest it, Churchill-esque form. A medal with the Immortal’s name would cap the greatest one-man winning season ever.
