They're the young guns of the NRL; the next wave of stars set to grace the field for many years to come after entertaining us greatly throughout the 2022 season so far.
Each week, NRL.com asked fans to pick which young gun impressed them most during the round, and have compiled the best of that group into the annual NRL young gun team of the year for 2022.
Two Gold Coast Titans have made this year's list, with electrifying fullback Jayden Campbell and consistent edge forward Beau Fermor impressing in this year's season.
Both starting the year with less than 25 career games to their name have been judged the best of the best in their position as voted by the public, and all look set to feature in the NRL Telstra Premiership for many, many years to come.
Bounce of the ball favours Beau
Titans in the NRL Young Gun Team of the Year
Jayden Campbell
The 22-year-old Titans fullback built on his impressive rookie campaign in 2021 with his first full year in the top grade showing plenty of promise for the future. After overcoming injury earlier in the year, Campbell returned with aplomb and helped the Titans finish the year on a positive note, with an average of 174 metres per game across the last five weeks of the regular season.
Beau Fermor
Beau Fermor played in all but one game for the Titans this year and delivered each and every week — scoring 11 tries and adding three try assists on top of his tireless efforts in attack and defence, where he averaged 32 tackles and 116 running metres per week. The Dalby Devils junior featured as part of the wider Queensland Origin squad this year and it might not be long before we see him take on a more prominent role at the representative level if he carries this form on.
