WXVs Rising Star and Team of the Week 2018

[Holz]

The most underwhelming TOTW ever? In terms of perceived regular premos?

Including the coach. Not sure if I've ever taken out top coach award. I remember Moscow scored 178 or something in the finals but TOTW wasn't a thing then and we only had to best 3 other scores so that doesn't count.

Ablett with just 55 this week. We're just warming up and I don't expect that I'll be dethroned for the rest of the season.

You wont last a week

[upthemaidens]

Well done Wittsy, he's a bit of a yo-yo at the moment.  Wouldn't be that surprised if he makes another Team of the Week.

[Nige]

Round 11

Rising Star

At this point, Buenos Aires are racking up rising star nominations for fun! Cameron Rayner is the nominee for Round 11 thanks to a very respectable 89 which is a sign of things to come for the talented youngster.

Team of the Week

Tom McDonald and Tom Bellchambers (and Tom Mitchell) prove it's a good week to be named Tom. The unrelated McDonald in Luke from Cape Town also makes an appearance. Speaking of, a lot of different faces to the usual ones we may have become accustomed to, but yet again Max Gawn and Brodie Grundy make the team, filling out the interchange, marking yet another occasion where three rucks have made it in.

D: Tom McDonald [c] (Dubin), Luke McDonald (Cape Town), Brayden Maynard (Rio), Shannon Hurn (New York)
M: Mitch Duncan (Cape Town), Tom Mitchell (Pacific), Sam Kerridge (Cairo), Joel Selwood (Dublin)
R: Tom Bellchambers [vc] (Toronto)
F: Shane Edwards (Buenos Aires), Jesse Hogan (Toronto), Josh J Kennedy (New York), Tim Membrey (London)
I: Max Gawn (Berlin), Brodie Grundy (Beijing)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)



Round 10 RS and TOTW to come after Purps posts the results.

[Nige]

Round 10

Rising Star

You could make a case this lad is the beneficiary of a few injuries, but when that gives you a chance then you should make the most of it. That's exactly what Jack Henry did with a 99 to win the nomination for the round.

Team of the Week

Highlighting the big week that Cairo had is Mitch Robinson as captain, while teammates Dayne Beams and Tom Stewart also find their place. Two old heads lead the defenders while Brodie Grundy continues to remind everyone he's one of the top rucks in 2018. The hybrid mid/forward types rule the forward line and another ruck in Moscow's Matthew Kreuzer finds himself on the interchange.

D: Heath Shaw (Christchurch), Kade Simpson (Toronto), Luke Ryan (PNL), Tom Stewart (Cairo)
M: Nat Fyfe [vc] (Berlin), Ollie Wines (Beijing), Dayne Beams (Cairo), Stephen Coniglio (Moscow)
R: Brodie Grundy (Beijing)
F: Mitch Robinson [c] (Cairo), Josh Caddy (Beijing), Michael Walters (Berlin), Isaac Heeney (New York)
I: Matthew Kreuzer (Moscow), Andrew Gaff (Pacific)

Coach: Nige & MajorLazer (Cairo)

[Purple 77]

Great to see so many different coaches of the week this year!

And Fyfe and Gawn (Round 11) as usual  8)

[Holz]

Nice work jack

Turning into a decent player.

[Nige]

Finally got the OP up to date for anyone interested.

[Purple 77]

9 different coaches (or pairs of co-coaches) of the week in the past 9 rounds!

That's nuts!

[Nige]

9 different coaches (or pairs of co-coaches) of the week in the past 9 rounds!

That's nuts!

Wow, I didn't actually notice that.

Super cool stat.

[Nige]

TOTW Appearances

Beijing: Brodie Grundy (6) Ollie Wines (2) Luke Breust (2) Lachie Neale Dayne Zorko Josh Caddy	Berlin: Max Gawn (5) Nat Fyfe (4) Michael Walters (2) Lance Franklin Josh P Kennedy	Buenos Aires: Jimmy Webster (3) Ed Curnow (2) Riley Bonner Jamie MacMillan Shane Edwards	Cairo: Jeremy McGovern (2) Ben Brown (2) Mitch Robinson (2) David Zaharakis Jeff Garlett Shane Savage Tom Stewart Dayne Beams Sam Kerridge	Cape Town: Ben Cunnington (2) Touk Miller Luke McDonald Mitch Duncan	Christchurch: Aaron Sandilands (3) Jarrad Waite (2) Luke Parker Harris Andrews Toby McLean Jarrad McVeigh Heath Shaw
Dublin: Dustin Martin (3) Justin Westhoff (2) Tom McDonald (2) Brett Deledio Nick Holman Joel Selwood	London: Sam Gray (2) Callum Sinclair Tom T Lynch Tim Membrey	Mexico City: Jarryn Geary Lachie Hunter James Sicily James Harmes	Moscow: Dyson Heppell Blake Acres Jack Crisp Adam Treloar Jordan De Goey Matt Scharenberg Stephen Coniglio Matthew Kreuzer	New Delhi: Sam Menegola (3) Robbie Gray (3) Jack Darling (3) Jake Lloyd (2) Jeremy Howe (2) Jack Steven Stefan Martin Steele Sidebottom Jack Ziebell	New York: Shannon Hurn (4) Isaac Heeney (2) Josh J Kennedy
Pacific: Tom Mitchell (5) Rory Laird (4) Jarryd Lyons (2) Andrew Gaff (2) Bailey Williams Matt Suckling Marcus Bontempelli Jarrod Witts	PNL: Luke Ryan (2) Jack Billings Jonathon Patton Jarrod Harbrow	Rio: Patrick Cripps (3) Elliot Yeo (2) Jaeger O'Meara Luke Brown Aaron Hall Brayden Maynard	Seoul: Clayton Oliver (2) Tom J Lynch Brandan Parfitt Patrick Dangerfield Isaac Smith	Tokyo: Seb Ross Trent Cotchin	Toronto: Jack Macrae (4) Kade Simpson (3) Jesse Hogan (3) Alex Witherden Scott Thompson Travis Boak Tom Bellchambers

[Purple 77]

That's a lot of work there nige, really appreciate it  :)

Gawn 5 v Grundy 6. I need this to change tomorrow

And Cairo with the most representations huh? Cool! New York with just the 3 is interesting.

[Toga]

Big Brodes! Setting the pace for TOTW appearances 8)

[RaisyDaisy]

Yeah it's no surprise we don't have many players who pump out the really big scores to make TOTW, but we have a pretty even contribution and good depth, so we don't rely on 2-3 players like other teams might - good and bad I know, but we're going along nicely :)

[Nige]

Round 12

Rising Star

You know, it's pretty impressive that Buenos Aires have now racked up their 5th nomination for the season. It's also scary that a fairly young team is posting some solid scores and getting some wins here and there. The young fella getting rewarded for his efforts this round is Adam Cerra with a 114 that stands out as a good effort for any player.

Team of the Week

D: Harris Andrews (Christchurch), Elliot Yeo (Rio), Tom McDonald (Dublin), Kade Simpson (Toronto)
M: Ollie Wines [vc] (Beijing), Callan Ward (Beijing), Gary Ablett (Christchurch), Josh Kelly (Seoul)
R: Patrick Ryder (New York)
F: Jeremy Cameron [c] (Rio), Jordan De Goey (Moscow), Isaac Heeney (New York), Matt de Boer (Pacific)
I: Tom Mitchell (Pacific), Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific)

Coach: Toga (Beijing)

[Toga]

Them boys!