CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 21: Jordan Rapana of the Raiders celebrates scoring a try during the round eight NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the Manly Sea Eagles at GIO Stadium on April 21, 2017 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

The Zero Tackle "Team of the Week" is based predominantly on a statistical performance. This understandably has pros and cons but allows us to remove any bias or preconceptions about a player or their opponents.

Players are compared to others in their starting position across a variety of stats, with a small bonus added if their team wins that round. The player with the highest "value" is then selected in each position. Players cannot be selected out of position.

As such, the interchange players are chosen from players who start the match from the bench and are there to give an indication of the players who performed best in that role.

Team of the Week: Round 12

  1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Warriors)
  2. Jordan Rapana (Raiders)
  3. Blake Ayshford (Warriors)
  4. Gerard Beale (Sharks)
  5. Semi Radradra (Eels)
  6. Blake Austin (Raiders)
  7. Shaun Johnson (Warriors)
  8. James Gavet (Warriors)
  9. Issac Luke (Warriors)
  10. Aiden Tolman (Bulldogs)
  11. Tepai Moeroa (Eels)
  12. Manu Ma'u (Eels)
  13. Paul Gallen (Sharks)
    INTERCHANGE
  14. Jayson Bukuya (Sharks)
  15. Beau Scott (Eels)
  16. Sam Lisone (Warriors)
  17. Jeremy Latimore (Sharks)

Honourable Mentions: Valentine Holmes (Sharks), Josh Hoffman (Eels), David Fusitu'a (Warriors), Clinton Gutherson (Eels), Aidan Sezer (Raiders), Junior Paulo (Raiders), Jayden Brailey (Sharks), Angus Crichton (Rabbitohs), Simon Mannering (Warriors)

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