S15 Team of the Week combined to Team of the Season

PR website select a team of the week throughout the S15, and in a stats nerd rage, I thought I would put the weekly teams (ex finals) together to see what it ended up with.

- As far as I can tell, it is purely selected based on the people in their office having watched the games (i.e. not stats, reputations, polls or whatever other system could be used).
- Below is the team based on most selected player per position.
- Where multiple players are listed, that just means they were equal most selections.
- Not the team I would have picked, but with bias and selective viewing, that doesnt make it wrong
- I'll post some other summaries so this isnt a novel

Position (Times Selected) Name (Team)
1 (2) Jamie Mackintosh (Highlanders)./Wyatt Crockett (Crusaders).
2 (4) Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks)
3 (3) WP Nel (Cheetahs) / John Afoa (Blues)
4 (2) Wikus van Heerden (Lions) / Sam Wykes (Western Force) / Bakkies Botha (Bulls) / Rynhardt Elstadt (Stormers)
5 (5) Nathan Sharpe (Force)
6 (5) Adam Thomson (Highlanders)
7 (3) David Pocock (Force) / Matt Todd (Crusaders) / Ashley Johnson (Cheetahs)
8 (7) Kieran Read (Crusaders)
9 (5) Will Genia (Reds)
10 (4) Dan Carter (Crusaders)
11 (3) Drew Mitchell (Waratahs) / Zac Guildford (Crusaders)
12 (4) Sonny Bill Williams (Crusaders)
13 (4) Robbie Fruean (Crusaders)
14 (3) Lelia Masaga (Chiefs)
15 (6) Kurtley Beale (Waratahs)

Players that were clear in second place for their position
Positon Times Selected
2 (3) Keven Mealamu (Blues)
5 (4) Victor Matfield (Bulls)
6 (4) Scott Higginbotham (Reds) - Also selected once at 8
8 (3) Dwayne Vermulean (Stormers) - Also selected once at 6
9 (3) Sarel Pretorius (Cheetahs)
12 (3) Luke McCalister (Blues)
13 (3) Jacque Fourie (Stormers)
15 (4) Israel Dagg (Crusaders)

Selections per team
(Crusaders) 42
(Reds) 22
(Cheetahs) 21
(Sharks) 21
(Force) 20
(Highlanders) 20
(Bulls) 19
(Waratahs) 19
(Stormers) 19
(Blues) 18
(Chiefs) 12
(Rebels) 10
(Lions) 9
(Hurricanes) 9
(Brumbies) 9

Number of individual players selected per team
(Crusaders) 15
(Sharks) 14
(Highlanders) 11
(Stormers) 11
(Waratahs) 11
(Bulls) 11
(Cheetahs) 10
(Reds) 10
(Blues) 10
(Chiefs) 9
(Force) 9
(Hurricanes) 7
(Rebels) 7
(Brumbies) 6
(Lions) 6

Selections per country
NZ 101
SA 89
Oz 80

Number of individual players selected per country
NZ 52
SA 52
OZ 43

NH players selected
Danny Cipriani (2)
Gareth Delve (1)
Freddie Michalak (1)

I'm very surprised that James Horwill and Quade Cooper haven’t featured on any of those lists.