WXV Rising Star & Team of the Week 2020

[Purple 77]

Round 15

Rising Star

A double-miss and a double-hit. Pacific's Jack Ross & Toronot's James Bell miss out with 82 a-piece, but Tom Sparrow (Cairo) and Boyd Woodcock (Toronto) clean-up with 81.

Team of the Week

Big Ollie Wines turns back the clock with a 189, taking out the C. Laird and Gray join him in said blast from the past, Jack Macrae continues his red hot form whilst Peter Ladhams makes his debut appearance in the TOTW.

Special mention to UTM too for his first coaching gong of 2020.

D: Rory Laird [VC] (Pacific), Luke Ryan (PNL), Dane Rampe (Dublin), Luke McDonald (Cape Town)
M: Ollie Wines [C] (Buenos Aires), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Lachie Neale (Beijing), Dayne Zorko (Beijing)
R: Nic Naitanui (Mexico City)
F: Christian Petracca (Mexico City), Peter Ladhams (Tokyo), Gary Rohan (Rio de Janeiro), Robbie Gray (PNL)
U: Sam Menegola (Cape Town), Jarryd Lyons (Pacific)

Coach: upthemaidens (Pacific)

[upthemaidens]

It was a good week to go large.

[Purple 77]

Round 4

Rising Star

It's been a long time coming, but Mexico City's Jackson Hately (108) finally gets the rising star nom he was never really in doubt in losing.

Team of the Week

Neale & Fyfe lead this TOTW... can you imagine if they were in the same team? Ben King (130) & Dan Butler (124) sure wish they were in the side this week, but stuck it out in the twos. Otherwise, it was a very strong week for the mids and rucks, whom accounted for the top 12 scorers of the week.

D: Caleb Daniel (Beijing), James Sicily (Mexico City), Hamish Hartlett (Rio de Janeiro), Jayden Short (Tokyo)
M: Lachie Neale [CC] (Beijing), Nat Fyfe [CC] (Rio de Janeiro), Travis Boak (Toronto), Hugh McCluggage (Cairo)
R: Scott Lycett (Tokyo)
F: Jy Simpkin (Beijing), Oscar McInerney (New Delhi), Jack Martin (New Delhi), Isaac Heeney (Toronto)
U: Todd Goldstein (Dublin), Steele Sidebottom (PNL)

Coach: JBs-Hawks (Seoul)

[Purple 77]

Round 16

Rising Star

The 12th highest scorer gets the nod this week, with Dublin's Will Walker (63) bringing home the Destroyers second nomination of the year. Funnily enough, teammate Brandon Starcevich (99) was the most deserving recipient, but stuck it out in the 2s.

Team of the Week

Boy, did a few get confused about the multi-week rounds (or rest wrong player)! Jack Martin, Lachie Hunter, Will Setterfield, Michael Gibbons, Marc Murphy... all went 130+, for the 2s. Meanwhile, Tom Hawkins joins the double-ton club, with Bont falling 1 point shy. Jack Lukosius & Aaron Naughton seem destined to feature in more TOTWs to come, whilst Luke Ryan, Josh Kelly and Brodie Grundy represent the regulars.

D: Luke Ryan (PNL), Shaun Atley (Buenos Aires), Jack Lukosius (London), Jeremy McGovern (Cairo)
M: Marcus Bontempelli [VC] (Pacific), Jed Anderson (New York), Josh Kelly (Seoul), Ed Langdon (New Delhi)
R: Brodie Grundy (Beijing)
F: Tom Hawkins [C] (Moscow), Bailey Smith (PNL), Patrick Ryder (Toronto), Aaron Naughton (Mexico City)
U: Ben McEvoy (Seoul), Nic Naitanui (Mexico City)

Coach: JBs-Hawks (Seoul)

[Purple 77]

Round 17

Rising Star

For the second week running, the 12th highest scorer receives the rising star nomination (as AFL clubs reveal some young stars late). Toronto's Lachlan Sholl (60) featured in the 1s, unlike Seoul's Jake.. (are you kidding me? Seoul has this guy too?)... Jake Riccardi (94), whom was the highest scorer of the eligible recipients.

Team of the Week

Ben McEvoy! Two TOTWs in a row, likewise Jack Lukosius who is repaying the Pick 2 faith London invested into him. Steele & Whitfield lead the team together with monster 167s, and May and Bolton pop their head in for rare appearances.

D: Steven May (Berlin), Luke McDonald (Cape Town), Jake Lloyd (New Delhi), Brayden Maynard (Rio de Janeiro)
M: Jack Steele [CC] (New York), Travis Boak (Toronto), Scott Pendlebury (Moscow), Zach Merrett (PNL)
R: Ben McEvoy (Seoul)
F: Lachie Whitfield [CC] (Tokyo), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Jack Lukosius (London), Shai Bolton (Mexico City)
U: Cameron Guthrie (New York), Jack Macrae (Toronto)

Coach: GoLions (Cape Town)