What a week of NRL Finals it was – star performances, hard working players giving it their all for 80 minutes and more, and so many sin bins. Despite the excitement, we still take the time to dive into who were the players that were the best of the best this week in the NRL. Let our NRL Finals Week 1 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
It’s time to unveil the NRL Finals Week 1 Team of the Week, so enjoy.
NRL Finals Week 1 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 Finals Week 1 Key Player Stats
Want to see which players topped the key stats for Finals Week 1?
Help yourself to the below.
A FEW BARELY INTERESTING STATS:
- Blayke Brailey’s 68 tackles is a single game record this season.
- Obviously the Souths-Roosters game was going to break the single game record for Sin bins, it cleared the 2022 match record by four. Five matches this season saw three sin bins.
- Alex Johnston has made at least one line break in his last 15 games. Ten in the last four weeks.
- Peter Hiku’s 300+ metres gained is only the fifth time that has happened in 2022. His 314 metres is fourth best – Dylan Edward’s 344m in game one of the season is still the benchmark.
- Four players have now played 2000 or more minutes this season – Coy Walker, Chad Townsend, Clint Gutherson and Dylan Brown.
THE BEST OF FINALS WEEK ONE STATS
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.
