The final bye affected round of the season is in the books and there were plenty of great performances in a shortened Round 19.
As a reminder, we’re unable to watch every NYC game each week, so these Team of the Week articles rely heavily on the statistics provided by NRL.com.
NYCDB Team of the Week – Round 19
1 Beau Cordtz (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
245m, 3 line breaks, 1 try assist, 4 tackles, 10 tackle breaks, 1 line break assist
2 Brian Too (Penrith Panthers)
1 try, 253m, 1 line break, 6 tackles, 14 tackle breaks
3 Gehamat Shibasaki (Brisbane Broncos)
134m, 2 offloads, 9 tackles, 3 tackle breaks, 2 line break assists
4 Blake Andrews (Manly Sea Eagles)
1 try, 183m, 1 line break, 1 try assist, 1 offload, 19 tackles, 1 line break assist
5 David Fauid (Brisbane Broncos)
1 try, 152m, 2 line breaks, 6 tackles, 6 tackle breaks
6 Haydyn O’Hara (Brisbane Broncos)
1 try, 85m, 1 line break, 4 try assists, 15 tackles, 1 tackle break, 3 line break assists, 142 kick metres
7 Kyle Flanagan (Cronulla Sharks)
60m, 2 try assists, 2 offloads, 19 tackles, 2 tackle breaks, 1 line break assist, 121 kick metres
8 Payne Haas (Brisbane Broncos)
3 tries, 233m, 3 line breaks, 4 offloads, 32 tackles, 12 tackle breaks, 1 line break assist
9 Erin Clark (Canberra Raiders)
46m, 1 try assist, 3 offloafs, 26 tackles, 1 tackle break, 1 line break assist, 125 kick metres
10 Stefano Hala (Penrith Panthers)
1 try, 184m, 5 offloads, 21 tackles, 2 tackle breaks
11 Kalani Going (Canberra Raiders)
184m, 1 line break, 1 offload, 30 tackles, 4 tackle breaks
12 Briton Nikora (Cronulla Sharks)
1 try, 170m, 1 line break, 22 tackles, 9 tackle breaks
13 Billy Magoulias (Cronulla Sharks)
1 try, 180m, 1 line break, 3 offloads, 39 tackles, 6 tackle breaks
14 Sam Johnstone (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
156m, 26 tackles, 4 tackle breaks
15 Patrick Carrigan (Brisbane Broncos)
219m, 1 offload, 42 tackles
16 Gabe Hamlin (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
1 try, 163m, 1 line break, 2 offloads, 35 tackles, 8 tackle breaks
17 Thomas Mikaele (Wests Tigers)
217m, 1 try assist, 32 tackles, 1 tackle break, 1 line break assist
Player of the Week
Payne Haas (Brisbane Broncos)
Simply put, Brisbane’s Payne Haas was unstoppable on Saturday afternoon against the Knights. The New South Wales under-18 captain ran for 233 metres, made 32 tackles for just one miss and had three line breaks, four offloads and 12 tackle breaks in just 55 minutes. Oh, and he also scored three tries in his side’s 40-12 win.
Rookie of the Week
Brian Too (Penrith Panthers)
Penrith’s Brian Too has been consistent on the wing throughout 2017, playing in all 17 games and scoring 10 tries. Against the Warriors, the St Marys junior scored a try, ran for 253 metres and broke 14 tackles in his best performance of the season so far.
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