The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 19
The 2016 Willie M Medal: Round 19
St George Illawarra v Gold Coast
3-Gareth Widdop (Dra)
2-Josh McCrone (Dra)
1-Mitch Rein (Dra)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi
Manly v New Zealand
3-Manu Vatuvei (War)
2-Blake Ayshford (War)
1-Brad Parker (Man)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi
South Sydney v Brisbane
3-Joe Burgess (Sou)
2-Tom Burgess (Sou)
1-Dave Tyrell (Sou)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi
Newcastle v Melbourne
3-Brendan Elliot (New)
2-Danny Levi (New)
1-Matt White (Mel)
Judge: Brendan Curran
Penrith v Parramatta
3-Beau Scott (Par)
2-Waqa Blake (Pen)
1-Isaac De Gois (Par)
Judge: Brendan Curran
Sydney Roosters v Cronulla
3-Dale Copley (Roo)
2-Blake Ferguson (Roo)
1-Aidan Guerra (Roo)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi
Leaderboard
15: Daniel Tupou (Roo)
14: Gareth Widdop (Dra)
12: Tom Burgess (Sou), Mitchell Moses (Tig), Sam Perrett (Bul), Aidan Sezer (Can), Jono Wright (War)
11: Joe Burgess (Roo/Sou)
10: Lewis Brown (Man), Jamie Soward (Pen)
Tags: NRL
Your constant snubbing of Jake Friend for Wille M points is egregious. He is the worst starting hooker in the NRL, at least in terms of attack and a constant liability for the Roosters.
Cmon, Who else at the Roosters will cop 50 tackles a game? Someone has to have a work rate at this excuse for a Rugby League club
Ran for 6 whole metres too. Yes, 6.
Friend is a tackling machine- that’s it. He offers no penetration from dummy half, his passes are slow and often forward leading to the defense being on top of the runners by the time they receive the ball and his decision making is abysmal. Any time he opts to kick a collective groan goes up from the fans. I’m pretty sure you can replace those 50 tackles but you can’t get back the numerous attacking opportunities he squanders.