Raiders rookie Ethan Sanders, Warriors workhorse Jackson Ford, Sharks playmaker Braydon Trindall and 2023 Dally M Medal winner Kalyn Ponga are setting the early pace in the race for the game’s most prestigious individual honour.<\/p>\n
Ponga set the standard with a superb display in the Knights’ win over the Cowboys in Las Vegas before Ford, Trindall and Sanders produced outstanding performances to also collect the full six votes on offer.<\/p>\n
Ford was mammoth for the Warriors with 218 metres from 22 runs while Trindall scored two tries and laid on four more in Cronulla’s 50-10 thumping of the Titans.<\/p>\n
Playing just his fifth NRL game, Sanders then stepped up to nail a match-winning field goal in golden point as the Raiders edged Manly 29-28 in a thriller at 4 Pines Park.<\/p>\n
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