Tarryn Aiken, who started her stellar football career with Wyong Roos, has been awarded the 2024 Golden Boot – the international rugby league Player of the Year award.
The award caps a season in which Aiken helped Australia to victory in the Pacific Cup, Queensland to an historic State of Origin series win and Sydney Roosters to NRLW premiership glory.
The 25-year-old playmaker was also awarded the Karyn Murphy Medal as grand final Player of the Match and won the Player of the Match in the Pacific Cup final defeat of New Zealand.
Aiken is the first Australian player to win the Golden Boot since 2019.
International Rugby League Chair Troy Grant and the IRL Board have congratulated Aiken for adding the 2024 IRL Golden Boot to the collection of awards and accolades she had received this season.
“Tarryn has enjoyed a season which most players can only dream of, and she shone on the biggest stage at every level of the game, including internationally in the Pacific Cup,” Grant said.
Aiken made her NRLW debut in 2019 and has since won three premierships – two with the Brisbane Broncos (2019 and 2020) and one with Sydney Roosters this season.
“I played my first rugby league with the Wyong Roos as a youngster and then for the CC Roosters as a senior player,” Aiken said.
“My family also has a long association with the Wyong Club, so I feel I have a close affinity with Wyong.
“Winning the NRLW grand final and being awarded the Golden Boot Female International Player of the Year has capped off a memorable 2024”.
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