The 2015 Willie M Medal: Round 22

Penrith’s Waqa Blake has pushed himself into contention with a dramatic late-season run at the Willie M. The Penrith outside back who came into the top grade with so much promise has turned out to be a total dud, putting in a worst-on-ground performance against Parramatta. The Panthers have plenty of outside backs and Blake should not be one of them.

Manly v South Sydney
3-Glenn Stewart (Sou)
2-Dylan Walker (Sou)
1-Tim Grant (Sou)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Brisbane v Canterbury
3-Anthony Milford (Bri)
2-Justin Hodges (Bri)
1-Sam Kasiano (Bul)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

New Zealand v St George Illawarra
3-Chad Townsend (War)
2-Sam Tomkins (War)
1-Solomone Kata (War)
Judge: Cliff Bingham

Cronulla v North Queensland
3-Jason Taumalolo (Cow)
2-Lachlan Coote (Cow)
1-Johnathan Thurston (Cow)
Judge: Cliff Bingham

Parramatta v Penrith
3-Waqa Blake (Pen)
2-Darcy Lussick (Par)
1-Bureta Faraimo (Par)
Judge: Rohan Kendall

Melbourne v Gold Coast
3-Greg Bird (GC)
2-Dave Taylor (GC)
1-Josh Hoffman (GC)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Newcastle v Sydney Roosters
3-Akuila Uate (New)
2-Dane Gagai (New)
1-Jeremy Smith (New)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Canberra v Wests Tigers
3-Blake Austin (Can)
2-David Shillington (Can)
1-Luke Brooks (Tig)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Leaderboard
18: Mitchell Moses (Tig)
17: Tyrone Roberts (New)
13: Chris Sandow (Par), Gareth Widdop (Dra), Joey Leilua (Can), Sam Perrett (Bul), Waqa Blake (Pen)
12: Ben Barba (Cro), Jeff Robson (Cro), Pat Richards (Tig), Tony Williams (Bul)
11: Brad Takairangi (Par), Joel Reddy (Sou), Jono Wright (War), Michael Gordon (Cro)