The John Eales medal 2011/2012

[disco]

I think it will between the two opensides Pocock for the RWC & Hooper for the Rugby Championship.

Would be cool if it ended in a draw.

 

[qwerty51]

Hooper would go very close, already has 3 top scores.

 

[ChargerWA]

List of winners

• 2002: George Smith
• 2003: Phil Waugh
• 2004: David Lyons
• 2005: Jeremy Paul
• 2006: Chris Latham
• 2007: Nathan Sharpe
• 2008: George Smith
• 2009: Matt Giteau
• 2010: David Pocock
• 2011: Kurtley Beale

From Wikipedia.

Ahh the memories. Got to be Hooper. To do it in your debut year would be a first.

 

[Bairdy]

How about Sharpie? He'd be in hot contention for sure.

 

[Hairy Test Eagle]

Don't think you can go past Hooper, he's been so consistent.

 

[RoffsChoice]

Pocock would have earnt a squillion during the world cup and the wales tests, same for Digby. I'd love to see Hooper get it though, he's been amazing

 

[Train Without a Station]

Hooper

 

[Richo]

How about Sharpie? He'd be in hot contention for sure.

Only if we're talking about a career achievement award. He's had some fine matches but also some error-prone and penalty-riddled ones.

Hooper, says I.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

IIRC the RWC 2011 games count for the 2012 John Eales Medal. If not, the Spring Tour 2011 onwards count.

To refresh memories, the games that count are:

World Cup Games
11 Sep Wallabies vs. Italy North Harbour Stadium, North Shore 32 - 6
17 Sep Wallabies vs. Ireland Eden Park, Auckland 6 - 15
23 Sep Wallabies vs. USA Wellington Regional Stadium, WELLINGTON 67 - 5
01 Oct Wallabies vs. Russia Trafalgar Park. NELSON 68 - 22
09 Oct South Africa v Wallabies Wellington Regional Stadium, WELLINGTON 9 - 11
16 Oct Wallabies v All Blacks Eden Park, Auckland 6 - 20
21 Oct Wallabies v Wales Eden Park, Auckland 21 - 18

Spring Tour 2011
26 Nov Barbarians v Wallabies Twickenham, London 11 - 60
03 Dec Wales v Wallabies Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 18 - 24

Inbound Tests June 2012
05 Jun Wallabies vs. Scotland Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 6 - 9
09 Jun Wallabies vs. Wales Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 27 - 19
16 Jun Wallabies vs. Wales Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 25 - 23
23 Jun Wallabies vs. Wales Allianz Stadium, Sydney 20 - 19

Rugby Championship 2012/Bledisloe Cup
18 Aug Wallabies vs. All Blacks ANZ Stadium, Sydney 19 - 27
25 Aug All Blacks vs. Wallabies Eden Park, Auckland 22 - 0
08 Sep Wallabies vs. Springboks Patersons Stadium, Perth 26 - 19
15 Sep Wallabies vs. Argentina Skilled Park, Gold Coast 23 - 19
30 Sep Springboks vs. Wallabies Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 31 - 8
07 Oct Argentina vs. Wallabies Rosario Central Stadium, Rosario 19 - 25
20 Oct Wallabies v All Blacks Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 18 - 18

 

[daz]

Based on that, I am betting Pocock will get up. Hooper has been superb, but Pocock has been the same for a larger voting period.

Hooper for Rookie of the Year is a no-brainer.

 

[barbarian]

Yeah I can't see Hooper winning, there were 14 games played before he even came on the scene.

Thinking Pocock, from Genia, McCabe, Ioane, Hooper and JOC (James O'Connor).

 

[tigerland12]

Pocock was our best up untill the Rugby Championship where Hooper was the best by a country mile. BamBam might sneak it, but it looks to be a two horse race.

 

[disco]

I think it will be close with Pocock 1st & Hooper 2nd.

Pocock by 6 votes.
Come on everyone have a punt, who wins & by how many votes.

 

[The Rant]

Barnes will have scored a fair few points against the welsh (both2011 and 2012) and early TRC games.

Should it be a back or a forward?? Hard to say it should be a back given how not dangerous out attack has been. Then again I've pointed to finger at the forwards a lot this last 12months for not fronting up and getting front foot ball.

It will be pocock. Hooper has not been around long enough to win this.

Pocock
Daylight
Barnes
Genia
Ioane
Sharpe
Hooper
everyone else
Quade

 

[Hawko]

If I count right, there are 20 games that score and Hooper played in 6 or 7. Even if he gets the max in every game, and he definitely won't in the last game after his brain snap, he still won't score enough. Pocock had 14 games and did have a few totally dominant games in that lot so he is a good bet. But someone like Ioane, who I think played almost all of them, or Sharpe, TPN, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) could sneak up on him by virtue of lack of injuries.

Given the impact injuries have over a twelve month season, I reckon it might be fairer to allow players to drop their lowest 20% of scores from the count.

Pocock deserves it by a mile, despite the fact he only played in 70% of the games this year.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It is interesting that the ARU haven't released the preliminary 1/2 way count as a teaser like they did last year.

On that basis, the Jarse money is on Bam Bam with daylight second, as many have already intimated.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Fox Sports article is full of stats but it seems that they are reckoning it will be from Pocock, Sharpe, Ioane, or AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper).

The numbers supporting the Fox Sports analysis:

Most Minutes
1: Adam Ashley-Cooper (1316)
2: Digby Ioane (1180)
3: Nathan Sharpe (1110)

Most Tries
1: Adam Ashley-Cooper (5)
2: Berrick Barnes (4)
3: Digby Ioane, Drew Mitchell, Pat McCabe, Rob Horne (3)

Most Running Metres
1: Digby Ioane (1177)
2: Adam Ashley-Cooper (971)
3: Kurtley Beale (623)

Most Try Assists
1: Quade Cooper (10)
2: Kurtley Beale (4)
3: Berrick Barnes, Will Genia, Drew Mitchell (3)

Most Tackles
1: Nathan Sharpe (148)
2: David Pocock (144)
3: Scott Higginbotham (113)


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/numbers-from-fox-sports-stats-show-this-years-john-eales-medal-will-be-most-open-contest-in-years/story-e6frf55l-1226506583776#ixzz2Aqh92Muf

 

[brumsfan]

I'm pretty sure that the top 5 was published earlier this week.
Pocock
Genia
Barnes
Sharpe
Hooper

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Will the winner of the wonderfully laminated certificate representing the overall leader in the G&GR MOM awards also be counted down tomorrow night?

Do we have a Gaggerland snout attending the Nobody dinner with the said laminated certificate ready to present to OUR winner?

 

[qwerty51]

Upon closer inspection I'm going for Barnes and Pocock. Can't split them.

Barnes would've picked up a lot during the Welsh series and Russia in the RWC and Wales in Cardiff