WXV: Cape Town Cobras

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The Cobras Best and Fairest award runs with a 5-4-3-2-1 polling system, with the highest scoring player for each round polling 5 votes, 2nd highest polling 4 votes, etc etc. If players are tied equal 2nd (for example), then the votes will be split, and they would (in this example) receive 3.5 votes each.

Other awards to be presented will be the Best New Player, the Best Individual Performance, the Coaches Award, the Karen award, and the prestigious Kate Upton award.

The count will begin shortly. Who will win? Will anyone surprise high up the votes tally?

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Round 1:

5 - Josh P Kennedy
4 - Touk Miller
3 - Dion Prestia
2 - Toby Nankervis
1 - Lachie Hunter

Round 2:

5 - Toby Nankervis
4 - Josh P Kennedy
3 - Touk Miller
2 - Dion Prestia
1 - Lachie Hunter

Round 3:

5 - Touk Miller
3.5 - Josh P Kennedy
3.5 - Toby Nankervis
1.5 - Blake Acres
1.5 - Dean Kent

JPK, Touk, and Nank all polling in each of the first 3 games, with Dion and Hunter polling in the first two as well. Blacres gets on the board, and some Dees Kent manages to poll as well.

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Best New Player 2017

There were a couple of players new to the club who performed well this year, but there was one young small forward who delivered well beyond expectations, averaging a tick over 90 for the season a few games after returning from injury that delayed his Cobras debut.

Congratulations to Tommy Papley!



Papley was originally brought in as a depth forward in case of injury, but quickly became our #1 forward picked each week at the selection table. Get around the Papsmear!

[meow meow]

Gun

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Round 4:

5 - Josh P Kennedy
4 - Dion Prestia
3 - Jasper Pittard
2 - Toby Nankervis
1 - Blake Acres

Round 5:

5 - Toby Nankervis
4 - Mark Blicavs
2.5 - Blake Acres
2.5 - Callum Mills
1 - Josh P Kennedy

Round 6:

4.5 - Taylor Garner
4.5 - Josh P Kennedy
3 - Jasper Pittard
2 - Luke McDonald
1 - Touk Miller

JPK continues to poll in every single game, and Nank fails to poll for the first time in Round 6. Garner has a huge game in Round 6, showing some of the potential that the Cobras coaching staff sees in him.

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Leaderboard after Round 6:

23 - Josh P Kennedy
17.5 - Toby Nankervis
13 - Touk Miller
9 - Dion Prestia
6 - Jasper Pittard
5 - Blake Acres
4.5 - Taylor Garner
4 - Mark Blicavs
2.5 - Callum Mills
2 - Lachie Hunter, Luke McDonald
1.5 - Dean Kent

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Best Individual Performance 2017

This award goes to the player who posted the highest individual score in the WXVs Home and Away season for 2017. They must have been selected to play that week as well.

With a score of 137 in Round 14, congratulations Mark Blicavs!



A bit of a slow start to the season, but Blicavs really got going eventually, becoming one of the more reliable midfielders in our lineup. Unfortunately got injured towards the end of the year though.

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Round 7:

5 - Lachie Hunter
4 - Blake Acres
3 - Luke McDonald
2 - Kayne Turner
1 - Touk Miller

Round 8:

5 - Josh P Kennedy
4 - Jasper Pittard
3 - Toby Nankervis
2 - Callum Mills
1 - Lachie Hunter

Round 9:

5 - Josh P Kennedy
4 - Toby Nankervis
3 - Blake Acres
2 - Tom Papley
1 - Callum Mills

Turner and the Papsmear get on the board, while JPK and Nank continue to dominate. Blacres also coming along nicely.

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Coaches Award 2017

There were a number of players who put their hand up to receive this award. Luke McDonald stepped up in defence when Pittard and Mills didn't meet expectations early on. Papley, Garner, and Blacres all performed well up forward. Ainsworth was very impressive as one of our top draftees in the off-season, but missed a number of games due to injury. But there was one player who was kept on our list just because he made up our ruck set. He became the #1 ruck, and absolutely killed it throughout the majority of the year, exceeding expectations dramatically. He is the man, the myth, the legend. He is Toby Nankervis!



The power of Nank!

[Jroo]

Pap  :'(

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Round 10:

5 - Josh P Kennedy
4 - Luke McDonald
3 - Mark Blicavs
2 - Tom Papley
1 - Darcy Lang

Round 11:

5 - Tom Papley
4 - Dion Prestia
3 - Josh P Kennedy
2 - Toby Nankervis
1 - Lachie Hunter

Round 12:

5 - Mark Blicavs
4 - Josh P Kennedy
3 - Lachie Hunter
2 - Callum Mills
1 - Touk Miller

Blicavs and Papley really started to hit some form here. But again, JPK just showing his dominance and is streets ahead of everyone else now.

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Leaderboard after Round 12:

45 - Josh P Kennedy
26.5 - Toby Nankervis
15 - Touk Miller
13 - Dion Prestia
12 - Mark Blicavs, Lachie Hunter, Blake Acres
10 - Jasper Pittard
9 - Tom Papley, Luke McDonald
7.5 - Callum Mills
4.5 - Taylor Garner
2 - Kayne Turner
1.5 - Dean Kent
1 - Darcy Lang

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Karen Award 2017

What is the Karen award, I hear some of you ask. Well, my dear friends, colleagues, associates, and Nige, the Karen award is presented to the most disappointing player for the year.

Unfortunately, there were a couple players who dropped off a bit this season. And it hurts me that the winner this year is someone who I think has so much potential to be an elite midfielder of the competition. That player, of course, is the human meatball himself, Dion Prestia!



Congratulations?

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Round 13:

5 - Kieren Jack
4 - Toby Nankervis
3 - Josh P Kennedy
2 - Lachie Hunter
1 - Ben Ainsworth

Round 14:

5 - Mark Blicavs
4 - Kieren Jack
3 - Tom Papley
1.5 - Luke McDonald
1.5 - Jasper Pittard

Round 15:

5 - Kieren Jack
4 - Tom Papley
3 - Jake Carlisle
2 - Josh P Kennedy
1 - Toby Nankervis

Kieren Jack suddenly hits form shortly after returning from injury, polling 14/15 votes in these 3 games, clear evidence of his ability to be a top 2 forward next season alongside the Papsmear. Benny Ainsworth gets his first B&F vote in a Rising Star nomination performance. D/F utility Jakey Carlisle also gets his first votes for the club.

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Kate Upton Award 2017



The Kate Upton award is presented to the best looking player.

After thorough research of going through the right pic of Kate to use here, I'd like to announce that the winner of this highly prestigious award is Griffin Logue!



What a sexy beast.