We’re six rounds in and the 2018 Super Rugby competition is warming up nicely. From an Australian perspective, the reborn Melbourne Rebels are flying the flag at the top of the conference, and the overall ladder, while the Reds are also currently in the top eight finals spots. But which Wallabies or potential Wallabies are standing out on an individual level so far?

Brumbies and Wallabies winger Henry Speight has put pen to paper to extend his stay in the nation’s capital for one more year, until the end of the 2019 Super Rugby season.

What a difference a week makes. Just six days earlier, the Rebels returned from Sydney licking their wounds after a 51-27 reality check at the hands of the Waratahs. But this performance to register their fourth win in five matches, a record margin of 46-14 over a largely benign Sharks, proved that the renaissance taking place in Melbourne is not going to be derailed by one bad day at the office.