Wednesday 12 March 2014

#NRL 2014: Round 1 #NRLTweetPOTY Votes

Round 1 POTY Votes and Tipping Results

2014 National Rugby League Premiership

By W D Nicolson - March 11, 2014

The new season is upon us and The @NRLTweet Player of the Year Awards are back with weekly collated Votes here on www.wdnicolson.com and real-time Voting on Twitter.

The plan for 2014 is to post the Leaderboard every month (every 4 rounds) to keep things a little interesting week to week and the Voting Panel for this season is:

| V Parmar @vinnyparmar |
| J Gemmell @godofcheeseau |
| T Schroder @troy_79 |
| J Davies @DragonPunk12 |
| M McLucas @Jebadude |
| N Wilbow @parramatters |
| G Delaney @AussieGreg84 |
| B Hoese @GunnerMcDagget |
| M Vickers @MercurialMattyV |
| M Perry @Chandler_BANG |
| D Chapman @Mr_DC11 |
| M Duncan @MrPeninsula |
| W Nicolson @NRLTweet |

And we are still recruiting during the early Rounds of 2014 - so if you are interested in being part of The @NRLTweet Player of the Year Awards please Email Warrick Nicolson here.
Our Round 1 Tips didn't quite go to plan... Full Breakdown below the #NRLTweetPOTY Votes

The voting is broken down into 2 Voters per game and they vote 4-2-1s for the 3 best players on the field. Ideally each voter goes into each game with no bias towards either team - though voters do get to vote on games involving their own teams but are watched very closely in case they get a little too excited!

But that's what makes our system work - 2 voters means you are accountable to the other voter. While it is clearly possible for voters to see games totally differently, if a voter goes for a favourite who did not have a particularly good game - it is painfully obvious and over the years we've been able to weed out voters who may have operated this way in the past - meaning we have as best as possible - a limited-bias factor in our voting.

Votes are put up on Twitter either immediately following the live game or by the next morning - so feel free to engage our voters and ask them to elaborate on why they voted as they did - they'll be happy to do it as 140 characters is only enough to literally give out votes and include game hashtags and our #NRLTweetPOTY hashtag.

So without any more delay - below are the Votes from Round 1.


Listen to our 2014 Season Preview Podcast
Our Round 1 Tipping Results follow the Votes.

HEADS UP: We do have an NRL Tipping Comp for listeners of NOT The Footy Show - go here for the details. Hopefully we have a show up again sooner rather than later.

ROUND 1 #NRLTweetPOTY VOTES
Thursday at ANZ 8:05pm
Rabbitohs 28 def. Roosters 8
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| W Nicolson @NRLTweet |
4 - Greg Inglis
2 - Issac Luke
1 - Chris McQueen
| M Duncan @MrPeninsula |
4 - Greg Inglis
2 - Issac Luke
1 - Dylan Walker
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY

Friday at ANZ 8:05pm
Bulldogs 12 lost to Broncos 18
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| D Chapman @Mr_DC11 |
4 - Aiden Tolman
2 - Alex Glenn
1 - Dale Copley
| M Perry @Chandler_BANG |
4 - Alex Glenn
2 - Ben Barba
1 - Andrew McCullough
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Saturday at Penrith 4:30pm
Panthers 30 def. Knights 8
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| M Perry @Chandler_BANG |
4 - Matt Moylan
2 - Josh Mansour
1 - Elijah Taylor
| M Vickers @MercurialMattyV |
4 - Nigel Plum
2 - Peter Wallace
1 - Josh Mansour
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Saturday at Brookvale 7:00pm
Sea Eagles 22 lost to Storm 23
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| B Hoese @GunnerMcDagget |
4 - Cameron Smith
2 - Brett Stewart
1 - Ben Hampton
| N Wilbow @parramatters |
4 - Cameron Smith
2 - Jesse Bromwich
1 - Anthony Watmough
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Saturday at Townsville 8:00pm
Cowboys 28 def. Raiders 22
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| W Nicolson @NRLTweet |
4 - Johnathan Thurston
2 - Jason Taumalolo
1 - Paul Vaughan
| G Delaney @AussieGreg84 |
4 - Johnathan Thurston
2 - Jason Taumalolo
1 - Josh Papalii
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Sunday at ANZ 3:00pm
Dragons 44 def. Tigers 24
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| M McLucas @Jebadude |
4 - Gareth Widdop
2 - Trent Merrin
1 - James Tedesco
| V Parmar @vinnyparmar |
4 - Gareth Widdop
2 - Ben Creagh
1 - James Tedesco
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Sunday at Parramatta 6:30pm
Eels 36 def. Warriors 16
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| J Gemmell @godofcheeseau |
4 - Semi Radradra
2 - Jarryd Hayne 
1 - Darcy Lussick
| T Schroder @troy_79 |
4 - Manu Ma'u
2 - Semi Radradra
1 - Jarryd Hayne
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY
Monday at Cronulla 7:05pm
Sharks 12 lost to Titans 18
@NRLTweet Player of the Year Award Votes:
| J Davies @DragonPunk12 |
4 - Albert Kelly
2 - Greg Bird
1 - Tinirau Arona
| M Duncan @MrPeninsula |
4 - Albert Kelly
2 - Greg Bird
1 - Wade Graham
Track live round votes via #NRLTweetPOTY

At this stage we will only release the Total Votes Ladder after every 4 Rounds.
ROUND 1 TIPPING RESULTS
Warrick D. Nicolson, The NRL Tweet
@NRLTweet
TIPPING:
Roosters, Broncos, Knights, Sea Eagles, Cowboys, Tigers, Warriors, Sharks.
LW: 2/8 | SEASON: 2/8
FOOTYTAB:
SYD -2.5, BRI +4.5, NEW +1.5, MEL +4.5NQL -10.5, WTG +1.5, WAR -4.5, CRO -4.5.
LW: 2/8 | SEASON: 2/8
Special Fried Rice: Cowboys -10.5 | Season SFR: 0/1
TIPPING Record after 1 Rounds - 2/8 @ 25.0%
FOOTYTAB Record after 1 Rounds - 2/8 @ 25.0%
SPECIAL FRIED RICE after 1 Rounds - 0/1 @ 0.0%
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