Joe & Johnny, about to get bills like Sonny

As Roger Tuivasa-Sheck returned to Auckland from Sydney, it made sense that his younger brother Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck would take over from Mr Hot-Stepper. While Johnny enjoyed a break-out season, starring in the Roosters' Under-20's Premiership winning team, Tokoroa's Joseph Manu did his best RTS impersonation in making his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Warriors on the wing and now both are looking at establishing themselves in the Roosters NRL squad this summer.

Manu scored a double in that epic Holden Cup final win, while Tuivasa-Sheck scored the clincher with Manu playing at centre and Tuivasa-Sheck on his outside. This game and the 2016 season officially announced Tuivasa-Sheck as a genuine NRL prospect for the Roosters and there's plenty of excitement surrounding the younger Tuivasa-Sheck bro, while Manu is a few steps ahead of his right-edge partner in crime.

In his three NRL games this season (Round 15 vs Warriors, Round 18 vs Eels, Round 26 vs Broncos), Manu played the first two on the wing before moving to centre for the Roosters' last game of the season. Centre is Manu's best position and his footwork will give opposition centres in the NRL nightmares for years to come, he's also big enough and fast enough to put this footwork to good use and the way that Manu gains power with a side-step is scarily similar to RTS.

The two games on the wing showcased Manu's running ability and he didn't brush aside any responsibility to do his job, taking 14 carries for 129m against the Warriors and 16 carries for 162m against the Eels. Across his three NRL games, Manu averaged 9.57m/per-carry which is super handy for an outside back and these kind of numbers are what make RTS a lethal fullback as he has as much impact carrying the footy as a big bopper.

What's tricky for Johnny and Joe is that the Roosters are stacked for outside backs depth, even if that depth doesn't quite offer as much of a threat as these two could. Manu is the ideal strike-centre to fill the spot left vacant by Michael Jennings, however Manu won't be selected over Shaun Kenny-Dowall and if Latrell Mitchell is given more opportunities at fullback, it will mean that Blake Ferguson could be used at centre.

Dale Copley is also ahead of Manu in the centre rankings and Ryan Matterson is a useful utility who played centre this season. A centre pairing of SKD and Ferguson would be dangerous for the Roosters and this could open the door for Manu to get game time on the wing, with the ability to play centre and wing very handy in the NRL these days.

Johnny will offer wing depth, sitting behind Manu and both will need a bit of luck if they are to get game time on the wing as Michael Gordon joins the Roosters for this season and Daniel Tupou is still lurking. Gordon could interchange with Mitchell during games to give Mitchell time at fullback on attack to suss out subtle tricks that the fullback needs to master, while Gordon plays fullback to return kicks and organise the defence.

This would be the best option for the Roosters moving forward; Mitchell, Gordon, SKD, Ferguson, Tupou. Copley and Manu would be the next best options to cover wing/centre, while Tuivasa-Sheck will have to make the jump up to reserve grade for Wyong Roos - which Manu did this year despite also playing Under-20's.

Tuivasa-Sheck will need to put his best foot forward next season as he's only contracted until the end of 2017, Manu has a bit more security with his contract running until the end of 2018. Both are eligible for Aotearoa as Tuivasa-Sheck hails from South Auckland and ventured over to Australia with his brother and Manu was plucked from Tokoroa after impressing with Tokoroa High School at the national schools tournament.

I've got Manu as being the hottest young kiwi centre/wing in the NRL, so don't sleep on him having a huge season and getting into the Kiwis mix for next year's World Cup. That's unlikely, I wouldn't put it past Tuivasa-Sheck working himself into the frame for the Samoan squad though.

The Roosters have had to rebuild their roster after stacking it with quality, winning a Premiership in the process. Along with Kiwis Sio Siua Taukeiaho, Isaac Liu, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, it's highly possible that Tuivasa-Sheck and Manu become key figures in a developing Roosters squad. How much game time they get in 2017 will be a low key funky storyline to follow as plenty of minutes would have to come via some rotten luck to an established NRL trooper like Kenny-Dowall or Tupou.