WXV: State of Origin!

[c4v3m4n]

WXV State of Origin!

Hey there folks!

In addition to the EurAsia v AAP Alliance representative matches, State of Origin matches will be held giving each coach in the World 15s a chance to continue playing during the AFL's rounds 12 - 13.

This is how I have envisioned it will work:

1. There will be 8 representative teams: VIC Metro, VIC Country, SA, WA, NSW/ACT/TAS, QLD/NT, Aboriginal, Rest of the World.
2. There will be two coaches for each team, meaning that everyone gets a chance to be involved in the representative matches.
3. Coaches will be aligned with teams at complete random (using random.org)
4. Teams will be placed in two pools (VICM, VICC, SA, ROW in pool 1, and WA, NSW/ACT/TAS, QLD/NT, Aboriginal in pool 2) and the matches will be chosen at random.
5. Teams will be chosen in the following order: AAP, EUR then QLD/NT, NSW/ACT/TAS, ABOR, ROW, WA, SA, VICC and finally VICM. I feel this will be the fairest as QLD/NT and NSW/ACT/TAS have very limited squad choices, whereas both Victorian teams have an abundance of players. Once the team before you has chosen their initial playing squad of 20, then it's your turn.
6. I will develop squad lists, based on a where the player was born. However, if I cannot find where he was born, then it will be based on the state where he was drafted from.
7. The Rest of the World team will be made up of players that were born in a country outside Australia OR had at least one of their parents born outside Australia.

Current WXV Rules will apply for all matches, except no home advantage will be given. Also, the out-of-position rule will be relaxed for some teams due to team numbers.

Any queries or problems, just let me know. :)



Teams

Two coaches were assigned to each team by the random generator available at random.org.

VIC Metro - Holzman and Cookie Monster
VIC Country - pothead and FisherSaints
South Australia - My Chumps and MajorLazer
Western Australia - bomberboy0618 and pyronerd
QLD/NT - PowerBug and Boomz
NSW/ACT/TAS - c4v3m4n and Maca24
Aboriginal - Hellopplz and Purple 77
Rest of the World - meow meow and roo boys!



Fixture

The top four rated teams were put into Pool A and the bottom four into Pool B. Games were then assigned by randomness.

Game 1: VIC Metro vs. South Australia
Game 2: Western Australia vs. VIC Country
Game 3: NSW/ACT/TAS vs. Aboriginal
Game 4: Rest of the World vs. QLD/NT



Squads

AAP Alliance (FINAL)

DEF: Michael Johnson (Toronto Wolves), Brendan Goddard (Mexico City Suns), Beau Waters (Sao Paulo Pumas), Grant Birchall (New York Eagles)
MID: Gary Ablett (Capt, Sao Paulo Pumas), Jobe Watson (VCapt, Cape Town Cobras), Joel Selwood (Cape Town Cobras), Dane Swan (Buenos Aires Armadillos)
RUC: Ivan Maric (Mexico City Suns)
FWD: Taylor Walker (Wellington Warriors), Jarryd Roughead (Sao Paulo Pumas), Nick Riewoldt (Mexico City Suns), Paul Chapman (Mexico City Suns)

INT: Josh P. Kennedy (Cape Town Cobras), Scott Thompson (Wellington Warriors)

EMG: Rory Sloane (Sao Paulo Pumas), Trent Cotchin (Cape Town Cobras), Mitch Robinson (Buenos Aires Armadillos), Paddy Ryder (Toronto Wolves), Jed Adcock (Wellington Warriors)

EurAsia (FINAL)

DEF: Brett Deledio (Vice-Captain, Seoul), Heath Shaw (Moscow), Corey Enright (New Delhi), Nathan Grima (Dublin)
MID: Nick Dal Santo (Capt, New Delhi), Andrew Swallow (Beijing), Brent Stanton (London), Tom Rockliff (New Delhi)
RUC: Nic Naitanui (Moscow)
FWD: Lance Franklin (Berlin), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Steele Sidebottom (Beijing), Dayne Beams (Moscow)

INT: Scott Selwood (Tokyo), Ryan Griffen (Seoul)

EMG: Luke Shuey (Tokyo), Dale Thomas (Dublin), Shane Mumford (Dublin), Kurt Tippett (Tokyo), Troy Chaplin (Dublin)

[roo boys!]

Great idea c4! Coaching ROW with meow should be fun :)

[Ringo]

Great Idea - PB and Boomz being a true Qldr happy to give you any infor etc you may require.

[ossie85]

Love it!

Can I suggest grounds?

Game 0: EurAsia v AAP Alliance, AAMI Stadium
Game 1: VIC Metro vs. South Australia, MCG
Game 2: Western Australia vs. VIC Country, Subiaco
Game 3: NSW/ACT/TAS vs. Aboriginal, ANZ Stadium
Game 4: Rest of the World vs. QLD/NT, Gabba

?

[ossie85]

Initial Squad for EurAsia, subject to change, but should be able to help others select there teams:

Defenders: Brett Deledio (Seoul), Heath Shaw (Moscow), Nathan Grima (Dublin), Troy Chaplin (Dublin), Corey Enright (New Delhi)

Midfielders: Brent Stanton (London), Luke Shuey (Tokyo), Tom Rockliff (New Delhi), Scott Selwood (Tokyo), Andrew Swallow (Beijing), Ryan Griffen (Seoul), Nick Dal Santo (New Delhi), Dale Thomas (Dublin)

Rucks: Nic Naitanui (Moscow), Matthew Kreuzer (Beijing)

Forwards: Lance Franklin (Berlin), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Steele Sidebottom (Beijing), Dayne Beams (Moscow), Kurt Tippett (Tokyo)

[Purple 77]

I fear Hellpplz that we won't have much firepower  :-\

[c4v3m4n]

Initial Squad for EurAsia, subject to change, but should be able to help others select there teams:

Defenders: Brett Deledio (Seoul), Heath Shaw (Moscow), Nathan Grima (Dublin), Troy Chaplin (Dublin), Corey Enright (New Delhi)

Midfielders: Brent Stanton (London), Luke Shuey (Tokyo), Tom Rockliff (New Delhi), Scott Selwood (Tokyo), Andrew Swallow (Beijing), Ryan Griffen (Seoul), Nick Dal Santo (New Delhi), Dale Thomas (Dublin)

Rucks: Nic Naitanui (Moscow), Matthew Kreuzer (Beijing)

Forwards: Lance Franklin (Berlin), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Steele Sidebottom (Beijing), Dayne Beams (Moscow), Kurt Tippett (Tokyo)

Dang. There would go NicNat and Kurt from our team. :(

[Purple 77]

Initial Squad for EurAsia, subject to change, but should be able to help others select there teams:

Defenders: Brett Deledio (Seoul), Heath Shaw (Moscow), Nathan Grima (Dublin), Troy Chaplin (Dublin), Corey Enright (New Delhi)

Midfielders: Brent Stanton (London), Luke Shuey (Tokyo), Tom Rockliff (New Delhi), Scott Selwood (Tokyo), Andrew Swallow (Beijing), Ryan Griffen (Seoul), Nick Dal Santo (New Delhi), Dale Thomas (Dublin)

Rucks: Nic Naitanui (Moscow), Matthew Kreuzer (Beijing)

Forwards: Lance Franklin (Berlin), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Steele Sidebottom (Beijing), Dayne Beams (Moscow), Kurt Tippett (Tokyo)

No buddy  :(

[c4v3m4n]

Love it!

Can I suggest grounds?

Game 0: EurAsia v AAP Alliance, AAMI Stadium
Game 1: VIC Metro vs. South Australia, MCG
Game 2: Western Australia vs. VIC Country, Subiaco
Game 3: NSW/ACT/TAS vs. Aboriginal, ANZ Stadium
Game 4: Rest of the World vs. QLD/NT, Gabba

?

I was thinking something along that line. However, since the EurAsia v AAP is the focal point, that game should be held at the MCG and the VICM v SA game at Etihad or AAMI.

[CrowsFan]

20 man Provisional squad for the AAP Alliance :)

Defenders - Brendan Goddard (Suns), Beau Waters (Pumas), Michael Johnson (Wolves), Grant Birchall (Eagles), Jed Adcock (Warriors)

Midfielders - Gary Ablett (Pumas), Josh P Kennedy (Cobras), Jobe Watson (Cobras), Joel Selwood (Cobras), Dane Swan (Armadillos), Scott Thompson (Warriors), Rory Sloane (Pumas), Trent Cotchin (Cobras)

Rucks - Aaron Sandilands (Suns), Ivan Maric (Suns)

Forwards - Paul Chapman (Suns), Nick Riewoldt (Suns), David Zaharakis (Pumas), Jarryd Roughead (Pumas), Taylor Walker (Warriors)

Representatives
Pumas - 5
Suns - 5
Cobras - 4 (all in the midfield!!)
Warriors - 3
Eagles - 1
Armadillos - 1
Wolves - 1

[c4v3m4n]

With both the EurAsian and AAP teams listing their 20-man provisional squad it is now QLD/NT's and NSW/ACT/TAS's turn to choose their provisional squads. :)

[PowerBug]

20 man Provisional squad for the AAP Alliance :)

Defenders - Brendan Goddard (Suns), Beau Waters (Pumas), Michael Johnson (Wolves), Grant Birchall (Eagles), Jed Adcock (Warriors)

Midfielders - Gary Ablett (Pumas), Josh P Kennedy (Cobras), Jobe Watson (Cobras), Joel Selwood (Cobras), Dane Swan (Armadillos), Scott Thompson (Warriors), Rory Sloane (Pumas), Trent Cotchin (Cobras)

Rucks - Aaron Sandilands (Suns), Ivan Maric (Suns)

Forwards - Paul Chapman (Suns), Nick Riewoldt (Suns), David Zaharakis (Pumas), Jarryd Roughead (Pumas), Taylor Walker (Warriors)

Representatives
Pumas - 5
Suns - 5
Cobras - 4 (all in the midfield!!)
Warriors - 3
Eagles - 1
Armadillos - 1
Wolves - 1

Swan. :O :'(

[c4v3m4n]

20 man Provisional squad for the AAP Alliance :)

Defenders - Brendan Goddard (Suns), Beau Waters (Pumas), Michael Johnson (Wolves), Grant Birchall (Eagles), Jed Adcock (Warriors)

Midfielders - Gary Ablett (Pumas), Josh P Kennedy (Cobras), Jobe Watson (Cobras), Joel Selwood (Cobras), Dane Swan (Armadillos), Scott Thompson (Warriors), Rory Sloane (Pumas), Trent Cotchin (Cobras)

Rucks - Aaron Sandilands (Suns), Ivan Maric (Suns)

Forwards - Paul Chapman (Suns), Nick Riewoldt (Suns), David Zaharakis (Pumas), Jarryd Roughead (Pumas), Taylor Walker (Warriors)

Representatives
Pumas - 5
Suns - 5
Cobras - 4 (all in the midfield!!)
Warriors - 3
Eagles - 1
Armadillos - 1
Wolves - 1

Jeez, our NSW/ACT/TAS team also lose Grant Birchall, Taylor Walker and Nick Riewoldt! :o

But I think Maca and I will still be able to produce a reasonable side and defeat the Aboriginal team! ;D

[c4v3m4n]

Something people should also know, while you cannot obviously select a person in your squad that has already been selected in another team's playing squad, do know that should players not make the final team, they can then be selected for another team. If that makes sense.

For example, Taylor Walker has been selected for the AAP Alliance, and is not available for selection for the NSW/ACT/TAS team. However, if CF does not choose to list him in his final team sheet, then the NSW/ACT/TAS team will be able to place Walker in their final team sheet.

[FisherSaints]

So I can't name the players selected in the AAP and EuroAsia teams