What a week of NRL action it was, star performances, hard working players giving it their all, and win for the Titans, who knew. But surprise Sunday afternoon results aside, we dive into who were the players that were the best of the best this week in the NRL. Let our NRL Round 22 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 22 Team of the Week, so enjoy.
NRL Round 22 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 22 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:
- Tohu Harris’ 234 run metres this weekend was the highest return for any Warriors player in a single game this season. In fact, three of the top four individual run metre efforts for the Warriors season came this weekend.
- Only six times this season has a player made more than 60 tackles. There were two this weekend. Damian Cook (2), Cameron Murray and Reuben Cotter are the other players to manage the feat.
- Sharks player Teig Wilton joins a rare club for 2022 NRL Player Stats – only five players this have have given up 1+ Errors, 1+ Penalties, 1+ Ruck Infringement and 1+ Sin Bin in the same game.
- Teig Wilton R22
- Anthony Milford R18
- Coen Hess R15
- Elliott Whitehead R15
- Jeremy Marshall-King R6
- For average penalties per game per position Lock is the most penalised position, followed by Hooker and Five Eighth.
- The record for bomb kicks in a single game this season is ten by Lachlan Ilias in the Round 19 rare win for the Rabbitohs over Melbourne.
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.
