Penrith Panthers players have dominated voting for the RLWC2026 Team of the Week, with fans choosing seven members of the unbeaten NRL side - five Australians and two Kiwis.
Kangaroos captain Isaah Yeo, halfback Nathan Cleary, fullback Dylan Edwards and secondrower Liam Martin all feature, along with uncapped winger Thomas Jenkins, who has scored a record 12 tries in the opening five rounds.
Kiwis centre Casey McLean and prop Moses Leota round out the Panthers contingent in the RLWC2026 Team of the Week, which also includes two England internationals and one each from Fiji, Lebanon and Samoa.
Fans vote for the RLWC2026 Team of the Week with players eligible for World Cup nations nominated after each round of NRL and Super League matches.
The Rugby League World Cup 2026 Team of the Week is announced on RLWC2026.com each Wednesday.
Knights winger Dom Young and England team-mate Kai Pearce-Paul - one of three Wests Tigers players in the World Cup Team of the Week - have been recognised for their outstanding form by fans, who voted them into the team for a second consecutive week.
Wests Tigers playmaker Adam Doueihi, Cleary, Jenkins and Mclean were the other survivors from the previous RLWC2026 Team of the Week to be selected again.
Kiwi players Top Tries from March
Fiji hooker Api Koroisau is the third Wests Tigers player in the World Cup Team of the Week, while Samoa prop Payne Haas (Broncos) and Kangaroos centre Latrell Mitchell (Rabbitohs) round out the squad.
Cleary, who has maintained his place in the RLWC2026 Team of the Week for a fourth straight week, polled a massive 60 per cent of votes for halves.
The entire Penrith starting 13 in last weekend's 50-10 defeat of the Storm were nominated and collectively received 44 per cent of the almost 60,000 votes for the RLWC2026 Team of the Week.
Edwards and Jenkins each received 44 per cent of votes for the fullback and wing positions, while McLean polled 42 per cent of votes for the centres.
Edwards' great Friday
The RLWC2026 Team of the Week is:
- Fullback: Dylan Edwards (44%)
- Wingers: Thomas Jenkins (44%), Dom Young (15%)
- Centres: Casey McLean (42%), Latrell Mitchell (13%)
- Halves: Nathan Cleary (60%), Adam Doueihi (11%)
- Props: Moses Leota (26%), Payne Haas (25%)
- Hooker: Api Koroisau (37%)
- Secondrowers: Kai Pearce-Paul (23%), Liam Martin (22%)
- Lock: Isaah Yeo (39%)
View the votes for the RLWC2026 Team of the Week:
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