WXV Rising Star and Team of the Week 2016

[Nige]

And a backhanded compliment there Nige? :P

Of course!  :-*

[Holz]

R1, M1, and Coach1.

Everything is right in the world again.

And a backhanded compliment there Nige? :P

Balance will restor next week. I cant remember the last time Dublin didnt get a mention in team of the week. We are out for blood, Berlin blood.

[Purple 77]

 :-X

[Nige]

Round 15

Rising Star

BEAAAAAAAAAAAASSTMOOOOODEEEE. Yep, Rhys Mathieson won the nomination this week with an 87 as Cairo get back to back nominees. Might have to give Charlie Curnow a run next week!

Team of the Week
Shaun Burgoyne gets the honour of captain this week, an unlikely candidate, but congratulations nonetheless. A single Christchurch representative despite them top scoring while he coaches at New Delhi have no idea what they're doing as Ben Griffiths was stupidly benched. Coach of the week goes to meow meow who we reckon was overdue for one of these!
 
D: Shaun Burgoyne [c] (Berlin), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Corey Enright (PNL), Kade Simpson (Mexico City)
M: Callan Ward (Beijing), Stephen Hill (New York), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)
R: Max Gawn (Berlin)
F: Dustin Martin [vc] (Dublin), Zach Merrett (PNL), Justin Westhoff (PNL), Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi)
I: Koby Stevens (Christchurch), Stephen Coniglio (New Delhi)

Coach: meow² (Christchurch)

[Purple 77]

Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now  8)

[ossie85]

Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now  8)

Goldstein might have the edge in August though

[Holz]

Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now  8)

Goldstein might have the edge in August though

Goldy never really recovered from the injury, same with North hard to get HTA when your team is struggling. Gawn is made to look good by his contested ball machines he has around him. A fit Goldy at say Dees would be scary.

Ill back Goldy, North and Dublin in though.

best thing is he should be even better next year.

[meow meow]

Our reserves scored the most this week too.

[Nige]

Round 16

Rising Star

This news might cheer the Russians up after hearing they can't compete in the Olympics! Moscow's Ryan Clarke scored a pretty solid 99 to claim the nomination this week. Spare a thought for Tokyo's Josh Dunkley who would have shared the honour had he been named in the seniors.

Team of the Week

Big Stef Martin claims the ruck throne and dons the armband. TOTW regular Tom Rockliff is his vice this week. Sam Day and Sean Dempster both were terrific... for their reserves sides. 7of the 15 players this week come from PNL and Mexico City, the last two teams standing in World Idol. Meanwhile, JROO8 picks up yet another coach of the week honour after Mexico dominated on the scoreboard once again this week.

D: Corey Enright (PNL), Jimmy Bartel (Mexico City), Kade Simpson (Mexico City), Steven May (Moscow)
M: Tom Rockliff [vc] (Mexico City), Brendon Goddard (Mexico City), Jack Steven (Berlin), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch)
R: Stefan Martin [c] (New Delhi)
F: Zach Merrett (PNL), Jack Gunston (Dublin), Tom J Lynch (Seoul), Michael Walters (Berlin)
I: Matt Priddis (PNL), Patrick Cripps (Rio)

Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)

[Jukes]

[Purple 77]

Of the remaining Rising Star eligible players yet to receive a nomination:

Jack Leslie (Buenos Aires) has the highest average (90) from his 1 reserve match, same story with next best Aaron Francis (Rio) with his 86 from his 1 reserve match.

Trent Dumont though (Buenos Aires) has averaged 81 from his 6 reserve matches, and still can't get a gig!

Darcy Moore (Moscow) has played the most senior matches this year (13) without a nom, followed by Darcy Parish's 11 (Cape Town), then Jack Steele's 6 (Christchurch).

But I'd have to say New York's James Harmes has been the unluckiest; playing all bar 2 AFL games this year (2 seniors, 12 reserves), with 7 scores 70+

[RaisyDaisy]

Don't want to be making excuses, but "New York" and "Unluckiest" in the same sentence is something that needs to turn around, and soon!

[Nige]

#rupertwasrobbed

[Purple 77]

#rupertwasrobbed

He was second in line out of the eligible players that played this week :P

[Torpedo10]

Archie?