WXV Rising Star & Team of the Week 2015

[Jroo]

Pity Jacko Thurlow is gonna give him a bath and get his nomination this week ;)

I don't know about that Toges, maybe the other way around  ;)

The real pity is Oxley is 22 and therefore isn't eligible to be nominated.

Don't worry, I know the feel. Jezza McGovern missed out that same way last season.  :(

I thought we were tonight about TOTW haha, but yes that's a shame, same with Ellis-Yolmen :(

[Holz]

This Holz bloke sure is a decent coach ;)

Scharenberg might not get a game to compete for Roy with McDonald and Bruce going insane.

[Nige]

Round 6

Rising Star

Did I say star? I meant stars! Yep, that's right. We have joint-winners. Patrick Cripps finally got the nomination he so desperately desired and Jackson Thurlow is no longer the bridesmaid! They both notched a score of 104 to share the spoils.

Team of the Week

The even distribution continues this week with a few familiar faces popping up as we've come to expect. Fresh faces are also present and we hope to see them again, so we encourage them to put forward consistent and quality performances. The hard luck story of the week is Easton Wood. Despite being named in the best for the Dillos, the lack of a proper ruck for them meant he played OOP. Holz's domination as coach of the week continues while Stef Martin has once again got himself into the ruck spot over Todd Goldstein.

D: S.Burgoyne (Tokyo), C.Enright (PNL), T.McDonald (Dublin), R.Laird (Pacific)
M: M.Duncan (Capt, New York), A.Miles (Vice Capt, Tokyo) J.P.Kennedy (Cape Town), D.Armitage (Moscow)
R: S.Martin (Cape Town)
F: J.Billings (PNL), K.Tippett (New York), R.Gray (Moscow), T.Bell (Beijing)
I: B.Goddard (Mexico City), S.Edwards (London)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

[Toga]

Good on ya Jacko 8) Beijing's third rising star nom after 6 rounds!

[Purple 77]

And London's McStay would be pretty annoyed, had he had played this week, he would have only just edged out Cripps & Thurlow  :o

[Hellopplz]

We have no chance for the Rising Star, but glad to see Billings making an impact once he cracked the PNL team! Enright also doing his best to cover Hodge's absence :D.

[Ringo]

And London's McStay would be pretty annoyed, had he had played this week, he would have only just edged out Cripps & Thurlow  :o

He needed to get his confidence back in the reserves after a couple of disappointing weeks.  Watch him again this week.  ;)

[Nige]

Round 7

Rising Star

The Buenos Aires Armadillos haven't had much to celebrate this year, but they'll love this! The nomination this week heads their way with Jordan De Goey getting 88 to sew up the honour. He played OOP in the ruck, but his raw score was enough.

Team of the Week 

Once again, the somewhat even spread is evident. However, there are fair few Mexico City and Dublin players making up the numbers. Again we see some new faces, who we welcome to return. Most notably, Cairo got their first representative since Round 1 and neither Dublin's nor Cape Town's ruck was amongst the leading candidates for the spot with Mexico City's Ivan Maric stealing the honour from Cairo's Shane Mumford by a point.

D: E.Yeo (Rio), M.Johnson (Mexico City), T.McDonald (Dublin), R.Murphy (Dublin)
M: M.Priddis (Capt, PNL), T.Cotchin (Vice Capt, Cape Town), L.Parker (Tokyo), N.Fyfe (Berlin)
R: I.Maric (Mexico City)
F: J.Roughead (Dublin), R.Gray (Moscow), E.Betts (Beijing), B.Deledio (Mexico City)
I: S.Grigg (Mexico City), D.Beams (Cairo)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

[Purple 77]

And HP was pretty close to being Coach of the round too  :o

Always good to see Fyfe in the team  8)

[Jroo]

Grigga  :o

[Jukes]

Sheed robbed? De Goey should be 44 imho

[Nige]

Sheed robbed? De Goey should be 44 imho

I'd look at it this way. Assuming you'll continue to play Sheed, I think he'll be a leading candidate to earn a nomination in coming weeks.

I thought Sheed would have got it, but I went to Purps and asked. He basically said to look it like this: For example, if Player X scores 105 but had a resting bonus that inflated his score, but Player Y scored 110, you'd give it to Player Y whose raw score was better because he actually did score more for the round.

[Hellopplz]

And HP was pretty close to being Coach of the round too  :o

Always good to see Fyfe in the team  8)

So close yet so far! One of these weeks I'll get there, but happy with Pridda leading the team this week :D.

[Jukes]

Sheed robbed? De Goey should be 44 imho

I'd look at it this way. Assuming you'll continue to play Sheed, I think he'll be a leading candidate to earn a nomination in coming weeks.

I thought Sheed would have got it, but I went to Purps and asked. He basically said to look it like this: For example, if Player X scores 105 but had a resting bonus that inflated his score, but Player Y scored 110, you'd give it to Player Y whose raw score was better because he actually did score more for the round.

Robbeddddddd

inb4 Sheed doesn't get nominated ever

[Holz]

And HP was pretty close to being Coach of the round too  :o

Always good to see Fyfe in the team  8)

So close yet so far! One of these weeks I'll get there, but happy with Pridda leading the team this week :D.

should we change it to the Holz of the week, and the second best coach gets it?