{"id":545041,"date":"2026-03-16T23:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545041\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:54:08","slug":"two-test-all-black-surges-into-share-of-poty-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545041\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Test All Black surges into share of POTY lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> round is in the books, and there\u2019s a new player joining two Wallabies at the top of the Player of the Year voting table.<\/p>\n

Max Jorgensen and Ben Donaldson<\/a> continue to dominate the standings, as they have done for a number of rounds, but it\u2019s Highlanders<\/a> and All Blacks<\/a> midfielder Timoci Tavatavanawai<\/a> who\u2019s the big mover after round five.<\/p>\n

The two-Test All Blacks impressed in the Highlanders\u2019 defeat against the Crusaders<\/a> in Christchurch last weekend, securing eight Player of the Year votes.<\/p>\n

Amongst the other high scores for the round were Reds<\/a> playmaker Carter Gordon<\/a> (6) and All Blacks fullback Will Jordan<\/a> (8), making their way up the leaderboard after five rounds.<\/p>\n

Blues winger and former All Blacks Sevens flyer Cody Vai currently leads the Rookie of the Year honours, with Canterbury-based Blues loose-forward Torian Barnes<\/a>, Johnny Lee<\/a>, and Treyvon and Kadin Pritchard<\/a> close behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper Rugby Pacific Player of the Year voting sees captains and head coaches of both teams nominate their top three players from the opposing team each week, allocating three votes, two votes, and one vote, respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 5<\/p>\n

Timoci Tavatavanawai (Highlanders) \u2013 22<\/p>\n

Max Jorgensen (NSW Waratahs) \u2013 22<\/p>\n

Ben Donaldson (Western Force) \u2013 22<\/p>\n

Charlie Cale (ACT Brumbies) \u2013 20<\/p>\n

Caleb Clarke (Blues) \u2013 19<\/p>\n

Quinn Tupaea (Chiefs) \u2013 17<\/p>\n

Will Jordan (Crusaders) \u2013 17<\/p>\n

Vaiolini Ekuasi (Western Force) \u2013 16<\/p>\n

Miracle Faiilagi (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 15<\/p>\n

Dalton Papali\u2019i (Blues) \u2013 15<\/p>\n

Semisi Tupou Ta\u2019eiloa (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 15<\/p>\n

ROUND 5 VOTES<\/p>\n

Hurricanes<\/a> v Western Force<\/p>\n

Cam Roigard (Hurricanes) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Jeremy Williams (Force) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Brad Shields (Hurricanes) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Darby Lancaster (Force) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Nick Champion De Crespigny (Force) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Josh Moorby (Hurricanes) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Devan Flanders (Hurricanes) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Ben Donaldson (Force) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Kurtley Beale (Force) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Fijian Drua v ACT Brumbies<\/p>\n

Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula (Drua) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Rob Valetini (Brumbies) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Isoa Nasilasila (Drua) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Hudson Creighton (Brumbies) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Motikai Murray (Drua) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Tuaina Taii Tualima (Brumbies) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Andy Muirhead (Brumbies) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Elia Canakaivata (Drua) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Luke Reimer (Brumbies) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Tuidraki Samusamuvodre (Drua) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Frank Lomani (Drua) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Crusaders v Highlanders<\/p>\n

Will Jordan (Crusaders) \u2013 8<\/p>\n

Timoci Tavatavanawai (Highlanders) \u2013 8<\/p>\n

Ethan Blackadder (Crusaders) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Caleb Tangitau (Highlanders) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Johnny Lee (Crusaders) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Angus Ta\u2019avao (Highlanders) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Jack Taylor (Highlanders) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Antonio Shalfoon (Crusaders) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Queensland Reds v NSW Waratahs<\/p>\n

Carter Gordon (Reds) \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Joey Walton (Waratahs) \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Jock Campbell (Reds) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Isaac Henry (Reds) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Fraser McReight (Reds) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Matt Philip (Waratahs) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Filipo Daugunu (Reds) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Jack Debreczeni (Waratahs) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Jamie Adamson (Waratahs) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (Reds) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Pete Samu (Waratahs) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Blues v Moana Pasifika<\/p>\n

Sam Darry (Blues) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Dalton Papali\u2019i (Blues) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Millennium Sanerivi (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Semisi Tupou Ta\u2019eiloa (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Xavier Taele (Blues) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Allan Craig (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Beauden Barrett (Blues) \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Patrick Pellegrini (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

AJ Lam (Blues) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

William Havili (Moana Pasifika) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Cody Vai (Blues) \u2013 1<\/p>\n

Taufa Funaki (Blues) \u2013 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Super Rugby Pacific round is in the books, and there\u2019s a new player joining two Wallabies at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-545041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}