Let's see who won the award!
This is post round 1 and I have included a start % if the player was in the top 10 of their position way back in late Jan.
COACHES CHOICE AWARDS - 2018
Overall
1 - Gawn = 64% (was 62%, start 54%)
2 - Murray River = 62% (was 55%)
3 - Doeadeer = 62% (was 56%)
4 - Lyfe = 56% (was 54%, start 42%)
5 - Dusty = 55% (was 52%, start 37%)
6 - Fritssshh = 55% (was 47%)
7 - TKelly = 52% (was 50%)
8 - Holein1 = 52% (was 44%)
9 - FreoBrayshaw = 51% (was 46%)
10 - Laird = 49% (was 48%, start 41%)
In - N/A
Out - N/A
The Beard is the winner! Top 10 remain unchanged from pre-round 1. Four of the top 10 have been there since the start, although probably expected given who they are.
Defenders
1 - Murray River = 62% (was 55%, start 25%)
2 - Doeadeer = 62% (was 56%, start 32%)
3 - Laird = 49% (was 46%, start 41%)
4 - Finlaydownson = 49% (was 37%)
5 - Naughts&xs = 46% (was 36%)
6 - OldmotherHibberd = 30% (was 29%, start 19%)
7 - Murphy = 23% (NEW)
8 - Sicily = 21% (was 19%)
9 - Coffield = 17% (was 29%)
10 - Yoyo = 17% (NEW, start 20%)
In - Yoyo, Murphy
Out - Keeffe, ScottishBrayshaw
Two new entries and very surprised that Coffield remained in the top 10 - guess people needed a donut. The top 3 have been there from the start, as were OldmotherHibberd and Yoyo.
Mids
1 - Lyfe = 56% (was 54%, start 42%)
2 - Dusty = 37% (was 52%, start 37%)
3 - TKelly = 52% (was 40%, start 27%)
4 - Holein1 = 52% (was 44%)
5 - FreoBrayshaw = 51% (was 46%)
6 - TMitch = 45% (was 43%, start 30%)
7 - Banfield = 41% (was 34%)
8 - Bazza = 39% (was 36%)
9 - USIndex = 30% (NEW)
10 - NipCrip = 29% (was 27%, start 24%)
In - USIndex
Out - JOM
USIndex back into the top 10! - dead cat bounce or something more significant?? Half the top 10 have been there since the start, including TKelly.
Rucks
1 - Gawn = 64% (was 62%, start 54%)
2 - Cameron = 30% (was 37%, start 15%)
3 - Rubbish@cricket = 22% (was 15%, start 18%)
4 - NicNat = 18% (was 17%, start 50%)
5 - Olongo = 14% (was 11%, start 5%)
6 - EasyRyder = 13% (was 13%, start 6%)
7 - TheNankster = 10% (was 10%)
8 - Martin = 10% (was 10%)
9 - SPUD = 8% (was 6%)
10 - Sauce = 7% (was 7%)
In - N/A
Out - N/A
Here are some stats to make your jaw drop - incredibly the top 6 rucks were in the top 10 in Jan!, almost a third of the Supercoaches made the same mistake as last year, and 13% are currently very annoyed at the rucks and achilles injuries.
Forwards
1 - Fritsshhh = 55% (was 47%)
2 - Ryan = 40% (was 40%, start 16%)
3 - Garlett = 37% (was 22%, start 37%)
4 - Heeney = 37% (was 35%, start 39%)
5 - Rayner = 34% (was 32%, start 33%)
6 - Smith = 31% (was 29%)
7 - Foghornleghorn = 31% (was 26%)
8 - Petrocka = 31% (was 29%, start 20%)
9 - Buddy = 27% (was 24%)
10 - Stephenson = 26% (NEW)
In - Stephenson
Out - Billings
Again, like the backs and mids, 50% of the top 10 forwards have been there since the start, although there seems to be less change in their %s compared to other lines.
Ok, that is me done for the year. Hope the stats were useful. GL with your season