WXV Awards Week 2019

[Purple 77]

After Round 15

Toronto defeated New Delhi this day, in what would be a grand final preview. Can they win again today?

Crucial votes won by Grundy & Gawn, with the latter halting any charge from Cunnington.

Pacific Islanders (20.8.128) lost to Seoul Magpies (25.6.156)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Patrick Dangerfield	163	18
2	Jarryd Lyons	139	6
1	Marc Murphy	117	2

New Delhi Tigers (23.11.149) lost to Toronto Wolves (25.6.156)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Travis Boak	122	13
2	Jack Macrae	120	16
1	Steele Sidebottom	119	4

Dublin Destroyers (22.7.139) lost to Beijing Thunder (24.7.151)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Toby Greene	138	3
2	Brodie Grundy	137	19
1	Todd Goldstein	132	14

Tokyo Samurai (26.8.164) def Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (21.7.133)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Josh Dunkley	202	15
2	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	135	2
1	Rory Atkins	126	2

Moscow Spetsnaz (20.9.129) def New York Revolution (20.8.128)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Taylor Duryea	143	3
2	Adam Treloar	125	14
1	Jack Crisp	122	3

Berlin Brewers (23.9.147) def Cape Town Cobras (17.9.111)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Nat Fyfe	154	15
2	Jack Viney	118	2
1	Max Gawn	117	21

Buenos Aires Armadillos (18.10.118) lost to Cairo Sands (23.10.148)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Ben Brown	143	3
2	Mitch Robinson	127	5
1	Ricky Henderson	126	9

Christchurch Saints (19.7.121) lost to Mexico City Suns (25.7.157)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Robbie Tarrant	160	3
2	Lachie Hunter	156	5
1	Nic Newman	147	3

PNL Reindeers (17.7.109) lost to London Royals (19.6.120)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Adam Saad	109	4
2	Zach Merrett	109	13
1	Sam Gray	102	1

[Purple 77]

Round 15 Leaderboard

With two rounds to go, the following are the only ones able to win it! Hand on heart, I don't know who yet, I haven't tallied up the votes - I'm very nervous  :-X

Full Name	WXV Club	TOTAL
Lachie Neale	Beijing Thunder	21
Max Gawn	Berlin Brewers	21
Brodie Grundy	Beijing Thunder	19
Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul Magpies	18
Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific Islanders	17
Ben Cunnington	Cape Town Cobras	17
Jack Macrae	Toronto Wolves	16
Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	16

[GoLions]

Ahahahahaha

[Purple 77]

It's now time to announce the WXV Rising Star!

As you all know, I asked everyone to vote on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis out of the weekly Rising star nominations. Well, the votes are in, and the 2019 WXV Rising Star Award goes to...

SAM WALSH (MEXICO CITY)



In what was probably an obvious result, Sam Walsh produced one of the all time best first-seasons by a teenager, playing all 17 senior games for Mexico City at an whopping average of 91! A steal at Pick 3 of the draft, congratulations to both Walsh and Mexico City!

Walsh edged out almost equally impressive Connor Rozee (Moscow), who may turn out to be the bigger steal of last years draft at Pick 11.

WXV Rising Star Votes

Player	Team	Votes
Sam Walsh	Mexico City Suns	76
Connor Rozee	Moscow Spetsnaz	61
Xavier Duursma	New York Revolution	45
Bailey Smith	PNL Reindeers	44
Gryan Miers	Cape Town Cobras	14
Shai Bolton	Mexico City Suns	13
Zak Butters	Dublin Destroyers	6
Josh Battle	Cape Town Cobras	5
Willem Drew	London Royals	2
Jack Ross	Pacific Islanders	2
James Rowbottom	Christchurch Saints	2

[GoLions]

Gryan top 5, biggest steal suuuurely <3

[Purple 77]

Round 16

Jarryd Lyons you magnificent b*stard.

Max Gawn takes a Jim Stynes medal winning 3 votes!!! Ah, what a bloody pleasure! What would be even better? Not having to share it with that scrub Grundy. Come on Maxy, one more game.

Josh Dunkley though is certainly one to watch out for in future years, who has put together a fantastic 2nd half of the year.

New Delhi Tigers (21.6.132) lost to Dublin Destroyers (23.7.145)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Brad Crouch	129	4
2	Jack Darling	125	6
1	Todd Goldstein	124	15

Seoul Magpies (24.10.154) def Toronto Wolves (23.10.148)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Rowan Marshall	142	12
2	Clayton Oliver	140	13
1	Christian Salem	139	6

Pacific Islanders (21.10.136) lost to Beijing Thunder (24.10.154)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Jarryd Lyons	165	9
2	Brodie Grundy	157	21
1	Daniel Howe	121	1

Tokyo Samurai (20.9.129) def New York Revolution (18.9.117)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Brodie Smith	127	5
2	Josh Dunkley	127	17
1	Lachie Whitfield	119	12

Berlin Brewers (21.7.133) def Moscow Spetsnaz (19.9.123)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Max Gawn	132	24
2	Adam Treloar	116	16
1	David Mundy	104	9

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (21.9.135) def Cape Town Cobras (20.7.127)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Jeremy Cameron	134	9
2	Mitch Duncan	123	14
1	Touk Miller	122	1

London Royals (19.6.120) def Cairo Sands (17.11.113)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Dom Sheed	138	6
2	Taylor Adams	97	2
1	Timothy English	92	1

Mexico City Suns (19.7.121) lost to PNL Reindeers (21.11.137)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Jack Lonie	128	3
2	Zach Merrett	120	15
1	Luke Ryan	117	9

Buenos Aires Armadillos (20.7.127) def Christchurch Saints (18.8.116)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Reilly O'Brien	149	5
2	Andrew Brayshaw	116	2
1	Luke Parker	105	10

[Purple 77]

Round 16 Leaderboard

Gawn will be at least 1 Jim Stynes medalist, but will there be two? Or will there be 3 bridesmaids?

Full Name	WXV Club	T
Max Gawn	Berlin Brewers	24
Brodie Grundy	Beijing Thunder	21
Lachie Neale	Beijing Thunder	21
Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul Magpies	18

[Purple 77]

Round 17

Toronto top score for the season, with Macrae only warming up. 22 games with that form will see plenty of Jim Stynes medals for him in the future.

But for now, it's Gawn's turn.

Toronto Wolves (28.11.179) def Dublin Destroyers (24.8.152)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Jack Macrae	153	19
2	Tom Hawkins	152	3
1	Joel Selwood	145	1

New Delhi Tigers (21.9.135) def Pacific Islanders (21.6.132)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Jarrod Witts	148	4
2	Marcus Bontempelli	132	19
1	Andrew Gaff	124	6

Beijing Thunder (23.6.144) lost to Seoul Magpies (23.11.149)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Ben McEvoy	148	6
2	Tom J Lynch	132	2
1	Clayton Oliver	126	14

Berlin Brewers (22.8.140) def Tokyo Samurai (20.8.128)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Sebastian Ross	159	5
2	Max Gawn	133	26
1	Michael Walters	113	8

Cape Town Cobras (17.11.113) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (20.6.126)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Touk Miller	134	4
2	Adam Treloar	123	18
1	Jordan De Goey	118	3

New York Revolution (21.11.137) lost to Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (25.7.157)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Patrick Cripps	152	19
2	Elliot Yeo	128	7
1	Jack Steele	121	4

PNL Reindeers (18.9.117) def Christchurch Saints (16.8.104)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Dylan Shiel	128	6
2	Jake Stringer	113	2
1	Mark Blicavs	104	2

London Royals (20.7.127) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (20.6.126)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Dom Sheed	122	9
2	Jared Polec	117	4
1	Riley Bonner	113	1

Cairo Sands (19.10.124) lost to Mexico City Suns (21.6.132)

Vote	Player	Score	Total Votes
3	Hugh McCluggage	123	7
2	Nick Vlastuin	119	5
1	James Worpel	106	1

[Purple 77]

It is beautifully fitting that Max Gawn is the 2019 Jim Stynes medalist!



The Berlin ruck has been a superstar of the competition for 2 years now, and if for just a little bit of luck, he would have double-tonned his way to a Berlin premiership. With a strong affinity to Jim Stynes himself, Max Gawn does his memory justice as both someone we admire, and just an out-an-out gun.

Final Leaderboard

Full Name	WXV Club	TOTAL
Max Gawn	Berlin Brewers	26
Lachie Neale	Beijing Thunder	21
Brodie Grundy	Beijing Thunder	21
Jack Macrae	Toronto Wolves	19
Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific Islanders	19
Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	19
Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul Magpies	18
Adam Treloar	Moscow Spetsnaz	18
Josh Dunkley	Tokyo Samurai	17
Ben Cunnington	Cape Town Cobras	17

[Purple 77]

And to close off the week, I proudly present the 2019 WXV Coach of the Year!

With a whopping 9 nominations for the award (and could have easily been more), I asked everyone to vote on a 3-2-1 basis to determine 2019 WXV Coach of the Year.

Pleasingly, everyone received votes from at least 3 different people! But there were two coaches that featured prominently. Once coaching alongside each other, the top 2 have now forged an epic rivalry deemed 'Karen v Kate'.

It is my pleasure to announce that the WXV coach of the year is...

GoLions (Cape Town)!

After producing just a 2 win year and the wooden spoon last year, "GL" pursued an aggressive trading strategy to boost Cape Town ("Kate") up the ladder, and he did just that. Adding 7 wins on his 2 win 2018 total, Cape Town was *this* close to making the finals, and they may have if it weren't for number 1 ruck Toby Nankervis going down with an injury. Cape Town are well placed to continue their upward trajectory, which is a testament to GLs ability and competitive drive.

Congratulations GL!

Coaches Award Top 3

Coach	Team	Votes
GoLions	Cape Town Cobras	24
Nige/ML	Cairo Sands	20
PowerBug	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	15

[Purple 77]

Thank you to everyone for taking part in WXVs in 2019 :)

The coaches award voting was particularly indicative I reckon. There are so many personalities and fantasy talent amongst us, which is what makes WXVs such an enjoyable place.

Whilst I may continue to litter this thread with some stats, I encourage everyone to follow the conclusion of the WXV Grand Final :)

Cheers all!

[upthemaidens]

OMG, oh my Gawn.    Well done to Bontempelli for coming equal 4th.

[RaisyDaisy]

Awesome count Purps!

Congrats to all the winners :)

[GoLions]

Now to take out the reserves granny for what everyone strives for, the Reserves flag / CotY double!

[Nige]

Glad Dav finally has something to show for his 2 years at Kate!  8)