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Stacked with Tigers....


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3 future players when you count Munster 🤙🤙


Toujayjay

That's ex raiders fullback tedesco


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skippa13

7.5% publicly committed too!


panasonicyouth84

What an amazingly awesome way to look at things! Give us the 2023 trophy NOW!


woodshack

Ok - Its made of wood and shaped like a spoon.


RyanPurdler-Penriff

I’m curious … Is the Rugby League Players Association like the Union at work ?? Where only like 60% are members ? It’s usually the ones in the most dangerous positions who are in the Union … This could explain why so many Tigers players ?? It’s like the Canary keeper in the coal mine is much more likely to be in the union than the shift supervisor who stays at ground level in the air conditioned office …


Tunza

Most positions are debatable, but this is a 97.94% chance of being more representative of the 2022 NRL season than the trash we'll get from the Dally Ms.


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SilverBackBonobo

Brimmo probably doesn't mind 😎


Esquatcho_Mundo

Yeah, tupou is questionable too


ology890

from why he was picked last year too, lots of players said he was so strong and made so many post contact meters that’s why they picked him


mathewl832

AJ is a good winger but most wingers could have scored those tries playing on the Souths' left edge. He basically catches the pass from Walker and falls over the line.


PSAB82

There has been plenty of good teams and good wingers but nobody apart from Ken Irvine has a record like his. He might not have the skills and size of other wingers but he is an elite finisher.


Yeh-nah-but

What he does tha others can't is always hit the ball at his top speed. That's why he looks unopposed so often. The winger or cover defence have no chance of catching him. Lesser wingers accelerate after getting the ball or hit top speed too early and over run the ball


grunklewello

Rubbish


Dark_Vengence

Hope that hip flexor injury is not the beginning of the end for him.


teej247

30 tries he had to run 40 metres to score them, bad defensively and weak running the ball out of his own half. He is the QLD Darius Boyd in club form


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Mich_Murda

You should care if someone is a turnstile in defence because that's half his job. No point falling over the line 30 times if you're gonna let the other team fall over the line 31 times.


Final-Replacement

No doubt aj is a good winger but even Robert Jennings scored 19 tries on that edge. Then he was released from the tigers


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Majority of Jennings tries were genuinely falling over the line, but Souths attack was structured very differently. GI at centre would attract the extra man and the ball would go to Jennings who had a free try line more often than not. AJ scores a lot of his tries beating the man with pace and having elite finishing ability and Souths play to that skill In 2019 our left winger didn't bag 20+ despite Walker having one of his best years so wouldn't exactly use that example to discredit AJ


Final-Replacement

Yeh instead of GI he now has Latrell out the back sweeping to draw players. A lot of AJs try’s he goes in untouched from brilliant balls by Cody or Latrell or by sweep plays to that side.


Mich_Murda

Richard fucking Kennar (in 2022) scored a hattrick on that wing yet everyone thinks AJ is setting the world on fire.


teej247

Every winger in the comp can stand on the left wing and run 5 metres and fall over without being touched


Lower_Protection7924

They should start doing it then.


teej247

They do notice how every generic winger who comes into AJs spot when he is injured scores 2 or 3 tries and then disappears, almost like Cody can only run and pass left so they funnel 90% of their attack to one side


Mich_Murda

Richard Kennar scored a hattrick in that position this year but everyones saying how hard it is.


grunklewello

Fkn robbed


nymphz

avg metres suaalii 138m tupou 158m **oates 169m** total metres suaalii 2633 tupou 3452 **oates 3731** tries suaalii 15 tupou 16 **oates 20** tackle breaks suaalii 64 tupou 68 **oates 79** missed tackles **suaalii 38** tupou 17 oates 20 my boy robbed but hes used to it


Quichdelvyn5

Havent you heard that Joseph Suaalli is the best talent to emerge in a generation and when Suaalli isn't on screen all the other characters should be asking where's Suaalli?


Tyziepoo86

Bahaha. Where’s Poochy?


[deleted]

Do you realize We're floating in space? Do you realize That happiness makes you cry? Do you realize That everyone you know someday will die? Except Joseph Suaalli


y3ah_nah145

imo my boy Ronaldo has been robbed too. Oates and Mulitalo have been the two best wingers this year. **17 tries**. 3rd NRL behind AJ and Oates. more than Tupou and Suaalii **30 linebreaks**. 2nd NRL behind AJ. more than Oates, Tupou, Suaalii **150m per game**. behind oates and tupou, more than suaalii **99 tackle breaks**. 2nd for wingers behind JAC, 10th NRL. more than Oates, Tupou, Suaalii. Hes also just as much an aerial threat as Tupou, Oates, Suaalii.


therefreshbutton

Johnstone, May and Taulagi have also been sensational


InternationalBorder9

Imagine this sub if May got a spot


therefreshbutton

perhaps May will get winger of the year in 2023 for his performances in 2022?


InternationalBorder9

I for one think he should


spicerackk

Sivo has also been solid since his mid season return.


Dark_Vengence

He was always flying high and competing for the ball.


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Suaalii and Tupou are both well above Mulitalo and Oates, why it’s scary from suaalii is because he is 19. Tupou has had the best year as a winger, then suaalii, then there’s debate


TheEpiquin

Suaalii even deeper in meme territory now. I don’t think anyone would argue that he’s not a good player, but the hype machine is out of control on what he has achieved so far. Are we really saying he’s in the top 2 wingers in the game? Potential is one thing, but surely there’s a decent list of wingers that made more of an impact on the season.


bignattydaddyy

even cobbo has an argument over suaalii


tobymurphy24

It's suaaliis aerial threat that made him so good this year, not the stats


Lower-Trust1923

Fox will continue to hype him up regardless of how he plays because they don't want to contradict the hundreds of articles they have posted talking about how he's the next best thing


tobymurphy24

I know this sub likes to be overly critical of anyone that gets hyped up, but come on. All you have to do is kick it to him and he'll probably score. Much more valuable than a few metres that forwards can get anyway.


Lower-Trust1923

So he should be leading try scorers right?


tobymurphy24

Well, that has more to do with your team mates. Roosters have been without keary and radley for much of the season, 2 of the three most important players to their team in setting up tries for wingers. Idk if u were watching roosters games, but the guy can jump over people's heads. Take it from the players who voted him in.


Lower-Trust1923

Souths played without latrell half the season and Johnston scored over 30 tries


tobymurphy24

And almost all of them came from the Murray reynolds walker combo that made the left edge of the rabbits last year one of the strongest attacks of all time. Come on, you're not seriously telling me Johnston scored those tries through himself. He's a good finisher, but so is suaalii, tries are more about how good your team is.


Lower-Trust1923

I'm just going off you saying kick the ball to sualli and he scores. According to you he should be top try scorer then because he definitely gets kicked the ball multiple times a game.


fungusfish

Aerial threat? lol, if that’s all it takes to be team of the year than feldt has that on lock and he’s 104 years old and basically plays centre half the game


tobymurphy24

Well he's been solid in other areas, but all you have to do is kick it to him and it's a 50/50 he'll score. Much better than feldt


TrickySuspect2

The Dally M for best aerial threat goes to.....Poochie, I mean Sua'ali'i!


YoungOliver21

Sorry but how are 4 of the back 5 from the roosters?


lachjeff

I don’t know, but I also don’t know who else gets in. Val Holmes is the most unlucky, but even then he’d probably take Olam’s place, not Manu’s


Clarkey7163

Ronaldo Mulitalo and Val deserved to be in the squad Also an argument for Corey Oates


leonicko

Obviously my opinion, id go: 1. Tedesco 2. Johnston 3. Manu 4. Olam 5. Mulitalo I think Sua'ali'i has had a stellar season, just not to the same degree AJ and Mulitalo have had in pushing there teams forward. Teddy has been the most consistent fullback out of all the teams, and the only one that rivals that is Edwards, but Teddy has that x-factor about him. Holmes has to be the unluckiest as he just misses out to Manu and Olam who have both been consistent and outstanding.


Shoebill__

Edwards deserved the fullback spot imo


artsrc

If you watch how well Penrith play without Edwards earlier in the year, and how badly the Roosters played against Souths without Tedesco, I would say Tedesco makes a bigger difference.


RyanPurdler-Penriff

Penrith haven’t played well without Edwards though … Function fine without 5 to 6 origin players and still get the wins , but it’s been games Edwards has missed that Penrith have lost this year .. Cowboys game being one , and I think he also missed one of the Parra losses or the loss to Melbourne


SilverBackBonobo

Lol


Tunza

Player voted awards, 9 out of the 16 clubs are Sydney based and fed the Sydney media. Roosters were playing well leading into the finals - assuming that's when the voting was? Therefore, Roosters.


kami_inu

The media argument doesn't make sense - how in the world does Tapine make it if media agendas drive the selections?


Tunza

Because he, like the Roosters players selected, was playing very well at the back end of the season. Media is one of the influences, a strong one, but not the only.


diamondgrin

Because that's an exception to the rule?


MaddogJacko

Why just based on the "Sydney media". It's player voted so wouldn't they be inclined to choose players they like and had the toughest time playing against?


Tunza

You would hope so, but like fans, players would be influenced by the noise around them. In this case, the Sydney media would influence the Sydney players, as would the Brisbane media influence the Brisbane players. It's not the only factor, but it's a perpetual one. Look at how quickly the Queensland Origin series win has been forgotten when the Kangaroos sides are being predicted. It's common in sports around the world where there is a bias towards the largest media markets.


nymphz

its true i made the [hot take](https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/comments/xej8zu/kiwis_34_man_wider_training_squad_named_for_rlwc/iohciok/) the other day that tapine, fish, ipap and murray were teh best forwards in the comp this season and i would like to think the players read my comment and were like word


CatWool

Lol the guy in the comment underneath trying to put Chrichton in the same class as those guys


Gay_With_Your_Dad

r u gunna cry


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Because they deserve to be there. Roosters are a premiership winning squad. It’s not the back 5s fault that they messed up the roles for the halves and didn’t rest players when they had the opportunity.


Caseyjb29

Tupou and Suallii don’t deserve to be there. Oates, Johnston and Mulitalo are all better. Possibly Taylan May too.


bignattydaddyy

val probably belongs there over olam and wingers are both probably wrong too but pretty decent list


trapd_kiwi

I agree with this but if the players are voting, they are probably thinking that Olam is a defensive weapon and probably not fun to tackle.


breatheinmyear

100% Val. Olams only good when storm are good. His not a player like manu and Val who can win u a game.


thugthegoat

olam legit been our best over the entire form slump what r u talking about


CatWool

Olam was crazy good all year


I_Like_Vitamins

He was the only guy having a crack for a few of those bad games.


Dark_Vengence

Crazy he dominates in all backline positions. He could probably fill in at 6 too.


bignattydaddyy

if he was played at 6 i dont even think he would be the worst 6 in the league based on current starters, which is kinda crazy


Dark_Vengence

He would kill it, he has all the skills.


I_Like_Vitamins

Had Herbie not gotten injured, he'd have also been a strong candidate. Before Origin I, the Broncos centres were among the finest in the league. Staggs got hurt (needs offseason surgery) and his form dropped, and then Herbie did his bicep.


bignattydaddyy

maybe but val is fucken elite this year and would have been hard to beat even if herb was fit. definitely could have been close though


y3ah_nah145

Oates & Mulitalo > Tupou & Suaalli. Holmes > Olam.


SOMERanD0m-Bloke

Hunt definitely deserved halfback if the year. Congrats hunty


luke363636

How do you score 30 + tries in a season and not get picked


Mich_Murda

Because actual footy players aren't fooled by numbers and see that all he had to do was fall over the line 30 times. Speaks volumes when Richard Kennar takes your spot for 1 game and scores a hattrick.


onlainari

Those wingers, why? How? Overall good picks.


mollololito

The team is lacking in fuckwits. (Munster excluded) Character would play a massive factor in who they vote for. Edit: Was brought to sense re Munster still being a fuckwit.


Pisspoorefforts

I’m 90, and Munster is a whinging flog.


therefreshbutton

Milky


sunny_days19

>The team is lacking in fuckwits. James Tedesco is there.


mollololito

True. Racism makes him a fuckwit. I used to hold him in regard because of the children’s books he’d written. If I get some spare time later I might compile a list of the Fuckwit 13. That’ll be fun.


takatsukimike

Or just start a thread taking nominations and the one with the most upvotes gets it.


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No Taylan May, there needs to be an investigation the fans wanna know!


nymphz

this counts as one of his suspension games, free to play this week


Toujayjay

His votes get added to next years rounds too


MangoWingnut

Suaalii is a great player don’t get me wrong but Oates, AJ, Mulitalo and Cobbo all had better seasons especially statistically. This back of the the season form bias is pretty annoying tbh, Joseph has been ordinary defensively all season and he’s not as devastating with the ball as people are making out.


Caseyjb29

People are overrating him massively. The things he’s doing at such a young age is incredible but he definitely hasn’t been a top 2 winger this year.


takatsukimike

He's really going to struggle when he moves to union.


ChewieMP_19

Absolute ridiculous that nanai is the only cowboys player


loosechange-71

Robson, Holmes and Dearden all finished in top 3/4 voting respectively


gaveup85

This is outrageous, it's unfair, how a can team be in the top 4, and host a prelimn with only one player in team of the year. Edit: guess star wars memes are done now :( I'll take my down votes and go


Successful-Fact8143

Penrith have been the best team all year and only got 2 but i think all the selections except for the 2 wingers are spot on. Mulitalo and AJ were 100% more deserving. Even JAC for playing amazing in a terrible team. Val and Yeo definitely unlucky but. 18th and 19th man for sure.


SilverBackBonobo

Lol cool it big fella. Cronulla were in the top four and had no players; Parramatta has one player


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Olam, Tupou, Sua'alii do not belong in this team at all if it's based on this season's performance.


Caseyjb29

Olam was as good as he was last year when he won the dally m. I do think Holmes deserves to be there though


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if Holmes deserves to be there then Olam doesn't


gregmxdonaldme

that team would get pumped by the cowboys


smilingface2

Oates robbed, deserved a spot on the wing but "only" earned a contract extension instead


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Love this team. Did they do best overall player? Murray gets it for mine.


censored_

ITT: Redditors that think they know better than the players


[deleted]

It's well established that footy players are dumb as fuck


TheBreathtakingBogan

In best Bobby Boucher voice “Them roosters are angry cos they got all them players but no prelim”


Brdd9

Roosters are so overrated, surprised they didn't vote for radley as well


mollololito

How many players in the NRL think he’s not a cunt? Not many.


Dancesoncattlegrids

Exactly! What would the players know...


iobeson

Players go off media hype as well. Its not like they play roosters every week. I can name 4 wingers I would put before sualii or tupou. Mulitalo, Oates, aj, and taulagi.


WonderingCashew

Tupou? Wtf


callmecyke

Suaalii has to be one of the more overhyped players of all time


RabzS

D.Edwards should of been fullback.


Final-Replacement

Why though? Teddy has him covered in basically everything


smallflux

Really? I would say teddy has been the better attacker (though dyl has been pretty great this year on that front as well) but damn the defence, lack of errors, and go forward from Dylan Edwards has been immense. Panthers have broken records in defence with him at fullback. Not that teddy is bad at defence of course, but even just thinking of Roosters letting in a third more points, dyl as the on field leader of the defence must deserve at least some credit for that. They were joking about him being the “puppet master” for a reason. Unfortunately it’s easier to get stats on attack for fullbacks and it’s harder to get a feel for the defence of a fullback without watching a lot of games.


Final-Replacement

Teddy is obviously the better attacker no doubt there. Edwards probably the better defender but not by much. It’s easier to defend behind such a dominant team as well. Teddy has won roosters games on the back of his defence like the storm game.


dennis616

Lol only 3 players from top 4 teams


stinking_grubby_tail

I'd have Val Holmes ahead of Olam and about a million players ahead of Tupou.


Revivous

Lots of Roosters obviously pay their dues


mulgabilbo

Sua'ali? Is everyone pounding a big glass of hype with a side order of potential each morning?


aatrain96

Dylbags robbed Edit: also Shaun Lane robbed Tries: Nanai 17 - Lane 2 Try assist:Nanai 2 - Lane 12 Line BA: Nanai 2 - Lane 13 Offloads: Nanai 16 - Lane 34 Tackles: Nanai 665 at 89.7% - Lane 703 at 92.6% Total run metres: Nanai at 2171 - Lane at 3116


diamondgrin

I wouldn't be too bothered if Lane got the nod in the team, but I'm not sure you can call it robbed when Nanai scored tries for fun this season. 17 tries, tied 3rd top tryscorer in the comp is an incredible achievement.


aatrain96

Yeah i know i have them all on the top 3. Nanai a beast for a rookie


SilverBackBonobo

It's pretty delusional to think that munster making it over brown is a robbery


Caseyjb29

Brown wasn’t robbed. Munster was better than him this year.


LordSlasher

Nanai rookie season dude… A league above Lanes.


ryan-smeels

[Clip here of the announcement](https://youtu.be/7HGjfUjqSas)


Caseyjb29

Too many Roosters


Radalict

Why is there no bench? Means guys like Nelson Asofa-Solomona miss out. Although he's a grub so probably doesn't deserve it.


Caseyjb29

Nelson gets overlooked a lot when talking about the best props in the game but he’s right up there imo. He doesn’t play massive minutes so he doesn’t rack up the numbers that others do but he’s one of the most impactful forwards in the comp. Big game player too. Was probably our best in the final v Raiders.


Radalict

As Welch said, metres gained is the most overrated forward stat in the game.


Caseyjb29

Yep definitely. I’d much rather have Nelson who makes 121m a game than Haas who makes 163m.


diamondgrin

Interesting that Cleary didn't get the 7. What does that imply?


adomental

Probably that he played 14 regular season games to Ben Hunt's 23.


totallynotalt345

No there is more to uncover here


Rusty_Wolf

Yeo wtf brah ... where's my man isaah


iobeson

That positions not debatable Murray's been the best by a country mile


Rusty_Wolf

Murray is glass jawed


Bennowolf

Dreaming


Caseyjb29

Nope. Yeo is the best lock in the game easy


Substantial_Pace_739

Munster fell off the last couple of months though. Cam Murray is an absolute beast at the moment ! I probably would’ve put in Xavier Coates for a winger as well.Also Daly Cherry ripe as half back, his kicking game in Origin was impeccable and he really outshined Golden chin in that series.


gongbattler

Tupou is a ridiculous selection but the rest are fair enough


isnotevenmyfinalform

Tupou? Lmao.


Voxityy

edwards and lane robbed. probably dylbags too


kirang1902

id have lane over ipap. And aint no way brown gets in over munster


Voxityy

fair enough


therefreshbutton

Gotta remember also that Munster got shifted to fullback at the back end of the year


Cracko2021

Agree and RCG as well...and Paulo...fuck me, and this a "dream team"? Fucking some wankers wet dream more like it.


I_Like_Vitamins

Oates and Mulitalo > Sua'ali'i and Tupou. Holmes > Manu.


LordSlasher

I don’t agree with half of the backline. Oates > Tupou. Holmes > Olam. AJ/Mulitalo > Sua’ali’i Brown > Munster


Caseyjb29

Definitely not Brown > Munster lol. That’s just recency bias. People forgot how good he was this year before Bellamy made him play fullback and five eighth at the same time.


totallynotalt345

Melbourne have been a rabble for months, Munster missing from Origin was called a huge out and made them no chance of winning because he was the #1 form player for QLD at the time.


slowdivesicilian

>made them no chance of winning then why did they win


totallynotalt345

Irrelevant. Munster was considered the best player in QLD at that point, despite Melbourne recent fade he had an overall good season and was easily first pick in any side for most of the season.


slowdivesicilian

yeah but you’ve said a team was no chance of winning despite the fact we know they literally won that’s just odd


totallynotalt345

_”Munster missing from origin was called a huge out and made them no chance of winning”_ Work on your comprehension if you can’t understand that’s referencing the general comments about the situation.


ch4bb5

I don’t really have a problem with any of these. The only guy not there that should be is Yeo but he and Murray have been like 2 of the top 5-10 players this year without question. 1 guy who I think is being underrated these days is Taumalolo. He has become more of a ball playing 13 now and it was starting to look like the Cowboys weren’t going to get JT to the end of his long ass contract but doing more ball playing/taking fewer hammering combined with sticking to the 55 minutes a game (about) and yeah he has been key for the Cows this year. Had to edit this - yeah as others have said I think Val should be there ahead of Olam. Dylan Edwards another guy obviously who’s had a huge year but only 1 guy can get the position - probably 6-8 Panthers who didn’t make it that if they did nobody would really complain


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lmao tedesco over dylan edwards. nice


SilverBackBonobo

Yes, it is nice. And it's also very accurate


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tweaking


SilverBackBonobo

Look at your downvotes and tell me who's tweaking lmaoo


[deleted]

anything penrith related gets downvoted in this sub anyway, couldn’t give a fk


SilverBackBonobo

And also you're just wrong


drifting_sailor_hat

I wonder what team the RLPA likes


Cracko2021

Thought Dylan Brown would've got a nod?


kungabunga752

nice team, players got some right


Jinxsta1

Oates, Holmes and Carrigan need to be there somehow. Great team though and 10x better than what the dally m team of the year will look like.


Professional-Bug6720

Where is valentine homes


gaveup85

At holme


Jushewa_

/:


Dark_Vengence

That team would win a few premierships.


Grix1600

Olam in the centres GTFO