What a week of NRL action it was, star performances, hard working players giving it their all, and something about a dog. But feisty press conferences aside, we dive into who were the players that were the best of the best this week in the NRL. Let our NRL Round 21 Team of the Week explain.
We have taken some of the key stats and assign various scoring methods against them, all in the good intention of making the various types of stats even out across the position.
An explanation of what is included and points assigned is right at the bottom.
This may be all good in hindsight, but could also help the odd desperate Supercoach player, or down on his luck sports gambling investor.
It’s time to unveil the NRL Round 21 Team of the Week, so enjoy.
READ MORE – NRL Round 20 Highlights
NRL Round 21 Team of the Week
So we’ve used the stats for each position and picked the best starting 13 players from the most recent round, the stats and points assigned are explained at the end.
On top of the best starting 13, we include the best four interchange players of the week. Seeing who has provided maximum impact from the bench.
NRL Round 21 Key Player Stats
Want to see which players topped the key stats for Round 21 of the NRL?
Help yourself to the below.
A FEW BARELY INTERESTING STATS:
- Cooper Johns’ seven combined Try Assists + Line Break Assists is the first time any player this season has managed to achieve that in a single game.
- Joseph Tapine has now passed 1,000 Post Contact Metres for 2022. That’s more than players like Alex Twal, Jack Bird and Matt Lodge have made in All Run Metres.
- Alex Johnston has made at least one line break in every game he has played in since Round 10.
- Corey Oates made five errors in the match against the Roosters, a player making five errors or more has happened just 12 times this season. The 2022 record is held by Jason Saab in Round 15 against the Cowboys with eight errors. Four players have made six errors in a match this season. Selwyn Cobbo and Zac Lomax both feature twice in the 5+ list.
NRL 2022 Season Team of the Year So Far
So here is the Team of the Season so far based on the Stats we have compiled.
Hard to argue with a lot of them, although the centres would have been left field choices at the beginning of the season.
NRL 2022 Player Top Season Stats
Here’s a season glance on the stats we used for the Team of the Week.
How the Team of the Week works
Want to know how we come up with the numbers to rank the players, the below table should explain hopefully.
