Australian Super Rugby Team of the Week 2024
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Phil Kearns (64)
Team of the Week Round 4:
*Tied on votes
First tie breakers this week, with ties at lock (Nick Frost, Ryan Smith - 5 votes each) and fullback (Tom Wright, Jock Campbell - 5 votes each). With Christy Doran not naming a team this week the deciding votes went to Nathan Williamson at rugby.com.au alone. Bench has gone back to something very ugly with way too many outside backs involved. a classic 5/3 it isn't.
Also just a note on positions - a few people nominated Flook at 12, the position where he finished the game, while others nominated him at 13 where he started. I don't have a problem with this and my approach was to count him in the position he received the most votes and make sure the centre that paired him was the one with the next most votes. Given he can still only receive one vote per team it doesn't disrupt things much at all. This is the similar to the approach I have been using for locks, though they bounce around a lot more in peoples votes, so whichever one gets the most votes gets preference for the jersey they wore on the weekend.
| No. | Player | Team | Votes | Appearances |
| 1 | James Slipper | Brumbies | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt Faessler | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 3 | Zane Nonggorr | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 4 | Seru Uru | Reds | 10/10 | 1 |
| 5 | Nick Frost* | Brumbies | 5/10 | 2 |
| 6 | Liam Wright | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 7 | Fraser McReight | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 8 | Harry Wilson | Reds | 6/10 | 3 |
| 9 | Tate McDermott | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 10 | Noah Lolesio | Brumbies | 6/10 | 2 |
| 11 | Corey Toole | Brumbies | 10/10 | 3 |
| 12 | Isaac Henry | Reds | 8/10 | 2 |
| 13 | Josh Flook | Reds | 10/10 | 3 |
| 14 | Dylan Peitsch | tahs | 5/10 | 2 |
| 15 | Tom Wright* | Brumbies | 5/10 | 1 |
| 16 | Izaia Perese | tahs | 2/10 | |
| 17 | Suliasi Vunivalu | Reds | 2/10 | |
| 18 | Langi Gleeson | tahs | 1/10 | |
| 19 | Ryan Smith* | Reds | 5/10 | |
| 20 | Rob Valetini | Brumbies | 3/10 | |
| 21 | Carter Gordon | Rebels | 3/10 | |
| 22 | Mac Grealy | Reds | 2/10 | |
| 23 | Jock Campbell* | Reds | 5/10 | |
| HM | Tristan Reilly | tahs | 1/10 |
First tie breakers this week, with ties at lock (Nick Frost, Ryan Smith - 5 votes each) and fullback (Tom Wright, Jock Campbell - 5 votes each). With Christy Doran not naming a team this week the deciding votes went to Nathan Williamson at rugby.com.au alone. Bench has gone back to something very ugly with way too many outside backs involved. a classic 5/3 it isn't.
Also just a note on positions - a few people nominated Flook at 12, the position where he finished the game, while others nominated him at 13 where he started. I don't have a problem with this and my approach was to count him in the position he received the most votes and make sure the centre that paired him was the one with the next most votes. Given he can still only receive one vote per team it doesn't disrupt things much at all. This is the similar to the approach I have been using for locks, though they bounce around a lot more in peoples votes, so whichever one gets the most votes gets preference for the jersey they wore on the weekend.
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1. James Slipper
2. Matt Faessler
3. Zane Nonggorr
4. Nick Frost
5. Jeremy Williams
6. Rob Valetini
7. Carlo Tizzano
8. Charlie Cale
9. Nic White
10. Ben Donaldson
11. Corey Toole
12. Hamish Stewart
13. Sam Spink
14. Bayley Kuenzle
15. Tom Wright
HM. Carter Gordon playing one man against 15 & 100% goal kicking. Noah Lolesio finding his mojo.
Rookie of the week. Mason Gordon. Where did he come from? No handicap required.
Vella showed his strength in the pack.
2. Matt Faessler
3. Zane Nonggorr
4. Nick Frost
5. Jeremy Williams
6. Rob Valetini
7. Carlo Tizzano
8. Charlie Cale
9. Nic White
10. Ben Donaldson
11. Corey Toole
12. Hamish Stewart
13. Sam Spink
14. Bayley Kuenzle
15. Tom Wright
HM. Carter Gordon playing one man against 15 & 100% goal kicking. Noah Lolesio finding his mojo.
Rookie of the week. Mason Gordon. Where did he come from? No handicap required.
Vella showed his strength in the pack.
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Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
1. Vella
2. Faessler
3. Van Nek
4. Neville
5. Holloway
6. Valetini
7. Tizzano
8. Cale
9. White
10. Lolesio
11. Toole
12. Stewart
13. Creighton
14. Kuenzle
15. Wright
2. Faessler
3. Van Nek
4. Neville
5. Holloway
6. Valetini
7. Tizzano
8. Cale
9. White
10. Lolesio
11. Toole
12. Stewart
13. Creighton
14. Kuenzle
15. Wright
Forgot about Vella.
Tomikin
David Codey (61)
Yeah seen that kinda weird, like people didn't realise who the locks where playing or didn't watch the game.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Tomikin, I think there might be a few posters who don't watch the full games, live or on replay, but just catch up with the minis.
If I'm right, I suspect some of them simply copy and paste one of the prior posts and make perhaps two or three changes to bring some of their favourites into the reckoning.
Now, in the game against Moana, Cadeyrn Neville had an excellent game but gets few mentions while Frost who had very few minutes and hardly sufficient time to be considered for TOTW is at least as popular.
If I'm right, I suspect some of them simply copy and paste one of the prior posts and make perhaps two or three changes to bring some of their favourites into the reckoning.
Now, in the game against Moana, Cadeyrn Neville had an excellent game but gets few mentions while Frost who had very few minutes and hardly sufficient time to be considered for TOTW is at least as popular.
Yoda
Cyril Towers (30)
Brumby Runner. Some one said pre game….”A full strength Reds side should put 30 - 40 points on the Force the way they are playing atm. A half-strength side should win by 20 - 30.” Great tip considering the Force were better than the Brumbies for most of that match… just saying…
Tomikin
David Codey (61)
Brumbies been winning playing bad...They finally clicked on friday...I thought it be tight because the Force in Perth are hard to beat but I also thought the Reds would win.
Going be a cracking game this Saturday... oh and Brumbies by 10..
Not sure what this has to do with Frost being selected when he hardly played.
TSR
Andrew Slack (58)
Yeah. I’m obviously getting my locks confused. I did watch the game but was pretty tired. Not really a great excuse but I’ll have to try and do a review and maybe re-consider my vote.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Not sure we ever settled on eligibility for this years team, but it looks like a lot of people are nominating Kautai and Coxon, both of whom are ineligible for the Wallabies as far as I'm aware. My preference has always been wallaby eligible only, but if everyone is happy to expand this to every player playing for an Australian side, eligibility be damned then I won't stand in the way. Either way we should settle it before the end of the week.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
You're having a crack at those who can't watch 7hrs of rugby over the weekend, but still want to be involved in ToTW discussions?