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NRL Dream Team star Nathan Hindmarsh.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 12:28 PM
Source: BigPond Sport
Here are this week's best performers and worst flops from NRL Dream Team.
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Best Fullback
Titans pocket rocket Preston Campbell filled in at halfback for the injured Scott Prince and guided the Gold Coast to a surprise win over Manly, notching 49 Dream Team points in the process.
Best Centre/Winger
South Sydney centre/backrower Ben Lowe made 47 tackles in the Rabbitohs' comeback win over Canberra to score 57 points.
Best Half
His team may be in turmoil but that didn't stop Cooper Cronk make a season-high 61 points this week, as a fired-up Melbourne smashed the Warriors.
Best Second Rower
Nathan Hindmarsh is really starting to live up to his reputation as a Dream Team must-have, scoring a whopping 71 in Round 7.
Best Front Rower
In a week in which usual suspects Ben Hannant and Aiden Tolman succumbed to injury, Brisbane's Sam Thaiday rose to the top of the pack with a 50-point display. Willie Mason is another notable success this week, scoring 46 in Round 7 after a slow start to the season for the Cowboys recruit.
Best Hooker
Another Storm star to stand tall in adversity, Cameron Smith scored a massive 73 points this week.
Best value for money
Knights backrower Cameron Ciraldo is really finding form after a 2009 season wrecked by injury. He scored 52 this week to rise $30,400 to $145,400. Campbell ($144,600, up $21,600, 49 points) was the other big value buy this week.
The duds
Melbourne's Ryan Hoffman (now $194,000, down $33,400, 27 points) was the biggest market plunger this week, while a host of big names were injured, including Ben Hannant ($303,900, 26 points), Aiden Tolman ($253,700, 4 points), Mitchell Pearce ($244,900, 23 points) and Josh Morris ($152,600, 5 points).
Best fans
Canberra Raiders have spent three weeks on top of the fans' ladder, scoring 480.56 points a week on average, ahead of the Sharks (473.74) and Warriors (473.61) fans. Melbourne Storm fans sit at the bottom of the ladder, just like their team.
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