The Captain Challenges involves the rookies competing against each other in physical challenge of speed, endurance & strength each week. The rookie that comes first in the challenge will become weekly captain, they also cannot be cut from the competition during that week.
Kayak around the Tangalooma Shipwreck, then dive down underwater to retrieve a flag. With the flag in hand, complete kayaking to the shore, then get to the very top of a steep sand dune
Climb across the zipline, on the other side they grab a bag of footballs, with the footballs on them, they go back down the zipline and must try to hit 3 targets with the footballs, every target hit knocks 30 seconds off their time
Power & Pain (individual challenge): Round 1 - Do as many squats as they can in 1 minute, the 3 rookies who do the least are out of the challenge. Round 2 - hold up ice weights for as long as possible, the 3 rookies who let go first are out of the challenge. Round 3 - move a 100kg sled over 200m in the fastest time, fastest rookie to do so becomes captain.
Enter a building with a real simulated fire & rescue, find the fire and put it out, then find the casualty (dummy) stuck inside the building and pull them out, all to be completed in a 15 min time limit
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Sydney, NSW
Parsley Bay
Each rookie get locked in a single steel cage in the ocean, they must hold onto the under side of the cage and wait for the tide to come in and they must try and breathe whilst the water washes over their faces, last rookie left in their cage becomes captain
Each rookie had to carry a pyramid of 9 besser blocks (one at a time) from the bottom of the hill to the top and remake the pyramid, the first rookie to do so becomes captain
Game Day
All the rookies play as a football team to play a game of football each week. As they play the game, the 3 coaches will watch each rookie to assess the weakest from the strongest rookies and any improvements from previous weeks.
The Shed/The War Room
In The Shed, the rookies have a peer-to-peer session with psychologist Kate Baecher, as well as a group feedback session, this is where the rookies call out who they believe was weakest for the week & then vote for the bottom 3 rookies for The Cut.
In The War Room, the 3 coaches watch the session in The Shed on a television, this is where the give their final weekly assessment of each rookie.
The Cut
Every week, the rookies all stand on the field of Allianz Stadium as Freddy calls out the 3 weakest rookies of the week. The Captain Challenge winner has the option to swap a rookie for another or keep the 3 same rookies, one of the rookies will be chosen as the weakest of the 3 and be cut from the competition.
Following the filming of the show, Luke Frixou, who had previously represented Cyprus in rugby union, was signed on a trial contract by the Salford Red Devils.[7]
^1 Matthew Johnstone was originally in the top 28 but didn't make it through to the top 14. After Matthew Gorman was injured prior to week 2's game, Johnstone was given a second chance in order to even out the teams for the match.
^2 Roydon was cut before the Captain's Challenge due to breaking curfew after a night out.
^3 Luke was cut at the end of the first half of Game Day due to his lack of proficient rugby league playing skills