Kevin Proctor ... an unsung hero for Melbourne against South Sydney. Source: FOX SPORTS
Former St George Illawarra superstar Mark Gasnier looks back on the sixth round of NRL action in 2013 and singles out his player of the week to be awarded The Gaz Man.
And the award, for his starring role in the Storm's big win over South Sydney, goes to...
KEVIN PROCTOR
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This guy's another of those unsung heroes for the Storm who really helps to make the whole machine operate as well as it does.
Against the Rabbitohs Proctor stepped up to start in place of Tohu Harris and they had a gameplan to target John Sutton in defence.
Sutton's a great tackler but his decision making can be questionable at times.
I don't think they could have executed that gameplan without Kevin Proctor.
His ability to use footwork to get inside Sutton's inside shoulder should be applauded.
A lot of teams try to run inside John Sutton with the fullback sweeping out the back to create that three on two but the whole idea of running that decoy play is to open up the edges.
I think Kevin Proctor has the ability.
He is such an athletic backrower that he was able to make Sutton really think about what he was going to do.
He broke the line once and Sutton only just held onto him to save a try before breaking them again where he palmed off Greg Inglis for a try.
There was also another time where he half went through and offloaded it for a half line-break.
It's hard to argue that the Storm-Rabbitohs match was the highest quality match of the round, if not the season, and without Kevin Proctor's influence the Storm may not have run away with it.
He really stood out against a great pack of forwards.
I wouldn't say Melbourne's forward pack dominated Souths but I thought their edge backrowers really outshone their Rabbitohs opposites.
That was the difference to how each team rolled up the field and questioned the decision making of the outside backs.
Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk deserve every accolade that they get but if they don't have guys like Proctor with the ability to hold the opposition up so Slater can get out the back and take advantage of three on twos, he wouldn't be scoring near as many tries as he does.
If there was no Proctor, Sutton wouldn't be as worried about what the inside man's going to do and the overlaps wouldn't be created.
I also thought he did a lot of hard graft.
Yes, he did the glamorous stuff out on the edges but he also did a lot of hard work - hit-ups coming off his own try-line second and third play, and worked hard defensively.
What an option to start Kevin Proctor instead of Tohu Harris!
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