KOTW - The Final Vote Count

[Pumba]

Welcome to the final vote count of the Knight Of The Week Award for 2008.

I am your host Pumba and tonight we will decide who wins the Knight Of The Year award for 2008. Voted by YOU!

The Leader board was not shown after Round 19 of this season to add some surprise to who won the award.

 

[Pumba]

Round 19 V Cronulla Sharks

Here is who was in the top 10 Leader board after 19 Rounds.

1 - Kurt Gidley
2 - Danny Buderus
3 - Jarrod Mullen
4 - Scott Dureau
5 - Matt Hilder
6 - James McManus
7 - Steve Simpson
8 - Chris Bailey
9 - Chris Houston
10 - Wes Naiqama

Only 4 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 19.

Kurt Gidley - 33 Points
Jarrod Mullen - 19 Points
James McManus - 17 Points
Scott Dureau - 4 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leaderboard after points were tallied in Round 19.

1 - Kurt Gidley : 488
2 - Danny Buderus: 373
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 229
4 - Scott Dureau: 153
5 - Matt Hilder: 140
6 - James McManus - 137
7 - Steve Simpson - 121
8 - Chris Bailey - 109
9 - Chris Houston - 92
10 - Wes Naiqama - 60
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Kurt Gidley led by a lot after Round 19 however the return of Danny Buderus in Round 20 meant that it wasn't going to be a easy win for him. Could Danny Buderus make up ground on Kurt Gidley and win the Knight Of The Week Award in his final year at the Knights?

 

[Pumba]

Round 20 V South Sydney Rabbitohs

4 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 20.

Kurt Gidley - 20 Points
Danny Buderus - 10 Points
Scott Dureau - 9 Points
Chris Houston - 2 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leader board after points were tallied in Round 20.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 508
2 - Danny Buderus: 383
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 229
4 - Scott Dureau: 162
5 - Matt Hilder: 140
6 - James McManus - 137
7 - Steve Simpson - 121
8 - Chris Bailey - 109
9 - Chris Houston - 94
10 - Junior Sau - 65
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Junior Sau polled 16 points in Round 20 which saw him move into the Top 10. Other big movers in Round were Adam MacDougall (34 Points) & Matt White (29 Points). The fight for the #1 spot continued however Kurt Gidley won the battle this Round, Polling 10 more points then Danny Buderus. Kurt Gidley is streaking away with a big lead, Can Danny Buderus catch him?

 

[macavity]

just tell us already.

 

[Pumba]

Round 21 V Parramatta Eels

5 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 21.

Kurt Gidley - 4 Points
Danny Buderus - 18 Points
Jarrod Mullen - 34 Points
Steve Simpson - 50 Points
Chris Houston - 2 Points
Junior Sau - 17 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leader board after points were tallied in Round 21.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 512
2 - Danny Buderus: 401
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 263
4 - Steve Simpson - 171
5 - Scott Dureau: 162
6 - Matt Hilder: 140
7 - James McManus - 137
8 - Chris Bailey - 109
9 - Chris Houston - 96
10 - Junior Sau - 82
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A massive game from Steve Simpson saw him poll 50 points in Round 21 and leap frog Scott Dureau into the #4 spot. Danny Buderus polled 14 more votes than Kurt Gidley to shorten Gidley's lead and keep that battle going. There were no noticeable other movers in Round 21.

 

[Pumba]

Round 22 V Gold Coast Titans

6 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 22.

Kurt Gidley - 11 Points
James McManus - 4 Points
Jarrod Mullen - 18 Points
Danny Buderus - 18 Points
Steve Simpson - 6 Points
Junior Sau - 8 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leader board after points were tallied in Round 22.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 523
2 - Danny Buderus: 419
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 281
4 - Steve Simpson - 177
5 - Scott Dureau: 162
6 - James McManus - 141
7 - Matt Hilder: 140
8 - Chris Bailey - 109
9 - Cory Paterson - 102
10 - Chris Houston - 96
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The fight between Buderus & Gidley was the least to worry about in this round. James McManus jumped up one position to go to #6 on the Leader board forcing Matt Hilder down to 7th position. Cory Paterson had a huge game and was rewarded with points. Cory polled 18 Points to take him into the Top 10 Leaderboard dropping Chris Houston to 10th position and putting Junior Sau out of the Top 10 all together.

 

[Pumba]

just tell us already.

No. You will have to wait for the final post.

 

[Pumba]

Round 23 V Canberra Raiders

5 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 23.

Kurt Gidley - 3 Points
James McManus - 16 Points
Danny Buderus - 22 Points
Steve Simpson - 15 Points
Cory Paterson - 10 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leader board after points were tallied in Round 23.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 526
2 - Danny Buderus: 441
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 281
4 - Steve Simpson - 192
5 - Scott Dureau: 162
6 - James McManus - 157
7 - Matt Hilder: 140
8 - Cory Paterson - 112
9 - Chris Bailey - 109
10 - Chris Houston - 96
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Danny Buderus polled 19 more votes then Kurt Gidley to narrow the gap in Points in the fight for 1st. In other moving's in Round 23 Cory Paterson knocked Chris Bailey back into 9th position taking the #8 spot on the Leader board.

 

[Pumba]

Round 24 V North QLD Cowboys

5 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 24.

Kurt Gidley - 13 Points
Jarrod Mullen - 53 Points
Scott Dureau - 1 Point
Danny Buderus - 28 Points
Matt Hilder - 2 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leaderboard after points were tallied in Round 24.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 539
2 - Danny Buderus: 469
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 334
4 - Steve Simpson - 192
5 - Scott Dureau: 163
6 - James McManus - 157
7 - Matt Hilder: 142
8 - Cory Paterson - 112
9 - Chris Bailey - 109
10 - Chris Houston - 96
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A great game from Jarrod Mullen saw him poll a massive 53 points. Danny Buderus polled 28 points but that fight for the #1 spot was cut short after he suffered a season ending injury, It would take a huge miracle for anyone to overtake Kurt Gidley for the #1 spot.

 

[Pumba]

Round 25 V Melbourne Storm

6 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 25.

Kurt Gidley - 29 Points
Wes Naiqama - 4 Points
Scott Dureau - 27 Points
Steve Simpson - 4 Points
Matt Hilder - 18 Points
Cory Paterson - 4 Points

Here is the Top 10 Leaderboard after points were tallied in Round 25.
1 - Kurt Gidley : 568
2 - Danny Buderus: 469
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 334
4 - Steve Simpson - 196
5 - Scott Dureau: 190
6 - Matt Hilder: 160
7 - James McManus - 157
8 - Cory Paterson - 116
9 - Chris Bailey - 109
10 - Junior Sau - 97
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There were some notable changes to the Leaderboard after Round 25. Matt Hilder jumped into 6th spot knocking James McManus back to 7th. Junior Sau jumped back into the the Top 10 knocking Chris Houston out and a big mover outside the Leaderboard was Ben Cross who polled a wooping 53 Points.

 

[Pumba]

3 Players in the Top 10 polled points in Round 26.

Kurt Gidley - 26 Points
Matt Hilder - 21 Points
Steve Simpson - 1 Point
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A huge game from Ben Cross saw him jump into the Top 10 and in to position #8. That push Junior Sau out of the Top 10 and left Cory Paterson & Chris Bailey to take out the #9 and #10 spots respectively.

 

[Pumba]

Here is the Final Leaderboard for 2008 after points were tallied in Round 26.

1 - Kurt Gidley: 594 Points (21 Games)
2 - Danny Buderus: 469 Points (17 Games)
3 - Jarrod Mullen: 334 Points (23 Games)
4 - Steve Simpson - 197 Points (18 Games)
5 - Scott Dureau: 190 Points (18 Games)
6 - Matt Hilder: 181 Points (19 Games)
7 - James McManus - 157 Points (25 Games)
8 - Ben Cross - 120 Points (11 Games)
9 - Cory Paterson - 116 Points (24 Games)
10 - Chris Bailey - 109 Points (20 Games)
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11 - Junior Sau - 97 Points (12 Games)
12 - Chris Houston - 96 Points (25 Games)
13 - Zeb Taia - 75 Points (20 Games)
14 - Wes Naiqama - 67 Points (20 Games)
15 - Richard Fa’aoso - 66 Points (20 Games)
16 - Adam MacDougall - 61 Points (24 Games)
17 - Dan Tolar - 59 Points (23 Games)
18 - Cooper Vuna - 47 Points (21 Games)
19 - Jesse Royal - 46 Points (20 Games)
20 - Danny Wicks - 42 Points (22 Games)
21 - Matt White - 36 Points (11 Games)
22 - Mark Taufua - 22 Points (7 Games)
23 - Cameron Ciraldo - 15 Points (20 Games)
24 - Aku Uate - 14 Points (4 Games)
25 - Keith Lulia - 6 Points (12 Games)
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Kurt Gidley is this year's Knight Of The Year.

Congratulations to Danny Buderus & Jarrod Mullen who took out 2nd & 3rd. Commiserations go to Keith Lulia who took out last spot.

Knight Of The Week will be back bigger and better next year!

 

[macavity]

10th - Chris Bailey

no wonder we finished 9th...

 

[Karmawave]

10th - Chris Bailey

no wonder we finished 9th...

I think 5th is more the reflection. ;-)


Geez Kurt Gidley is KOTY. Such a big shock. I could barely contain myself waiting for Pumba to get to the end of the voting because I was so on the edge of my seat waiting to see who it was. :sarcasm:


I'll save you the trouble for next year Pumba - mark him down for 2009 as well, because really, who is possibly going to be better than him week in, week out if injuries are kind.

NO ONE.

 

[Frederick]

This was worse than the Dally M's

 

[Pumba]

Geez Kurt Gidley is KOTY. Such a big shock. I could barely contain myself waiting for Pumba to get to the end of the voting because I was so on the edge of my seat waiting to see who it was. :sarcasm:

Maybe Steve Simpson, Ben Cross maybe even Jarrod Mullen or Danny Wicks can make a push for KOTY in 2009. Ok maybe leave out the last suggestion.

Voting will go silence after SOO 1 next year so hopefully it maybe a little more exciting.

This was worse than the Dally M's

Thanks for the vote of Confidence. Appreciate it

 

[Jono078]

Surprised Mullen was so high up.

I reckon he had about 5 GOOD games this year, the others were average to solid.

 

[Frederick]

What actually did surprise me is that Royal and Taia were so low, Royal especially

 

[astrogirl]

This was worse than the Dally M's

I liked it

 

[roopy]

Shades of the year Joey got the Dally M but Ben Kennedy got KOTW.

This year Danny finished up higher in the Dally M count, but we all know Danny wasn't the force he was in previous years and Kurt did the business every week.

As to next year - Kurt must start favourite, but i feel Mullo, Pato, Cross, Junior, Aku and maybe even De gois have it in them to give him a run for his money if they have a brilliant year.

This is about the 5th year Kurt has been in the top few and i think it's his second win, so really he has snuck into the role of one of our greatest clubmen - he js much more successful than his brother, Billy Peden, BK, Robbie O - basically anyone but Joey and Bedsy and maybe Chief, and i think two more years at the same level and he is definately only second to Joey as our greatest ever.