EXV: Round 8

[Ziplock]

Svalbard:

B: Higgins 119, Jacobs (sub)Grimes, Bugg 42, Laird 110
M: Ward (VC) 149, Gaff 128, Caddy 95, Johnson 91
R: Nicholls 84
F: Ziebell 106, Adams, Stevens 114, Goodes (C) 68*2= 136
U: Mundy 90, Cunnington 89

E: Bastinac, Lynch, Grimes, Hickey

Goodes comes back in for Svalbard to carve up against GC. We liked the spirit he showed last week, and we'd like to reinforce his pride by giving him captaincy. When in doubt, back a champ :P

#valkyries

so Jacobs subbed for grimes yeah?

1285/13 (C played), Grimes and Adams to come. Looks like captaining goodes over ward was possibly a rash call :P

correct grimes was dropped though right?

so basti at half points. he beat jacobs though

haha, was he? classic grimes. Yeah, bastic/2 then :P

[Hellopplz]

The Iceland Polar Bears

Backs: J. Harbrow (90), A. Mackie (110), H. Grundy (93), R. Shaw (90)
Mids: J. Lewis (VC) (80), N. Fyfe (C) (194), J McVeigh (131), C. Judd
Ruck: S. Mumford (121)
Fwds: J Elliott, H. Bennell, Z. Merrett (106), C. Rioli (59)
Int: J Westhoff (132), M. Pavlich (46)

Emg: M. Williams (D), H. Ballantyne (F) (77), T. Sheridan (M) (48), L. Casboult (OOP R) (37.5)

1300/13 with Elliot and Marley to come.

[LF]

Croatian Crushers

Defence
Shannon Hurn(65),Sam Wright(65),Brad Sheppard(70),Jeremy McGovern(54)

Midfield
Hamish Hartlett(VC)(93),Mitch Wallis(91),Rory Sloane(82),Scott Selwood(47)

Ruck
Jamie McMillan(OOP)(72/2=36)

Forward
Robbie Gray(C)(91x2=182),Chris Mayne(43),Jarrod Waite(37),Shane Edwards(98)

Utility
Dylan Roberton(116),Clancee Pearce(50)

Emergencies
Ben Newton(Mid),Will Schofield(Def),Lindsay Thomas(Fwd),Josh Green(OOP)(Ruck)

1129/15 + HGA 37 = 1166
One player tonned up and he wasn't even a mid

[Spite]

Greek Titans

DEF: N.Vlastuin 63, D.Rampe 126, C. Sinclair (OOP) 36/2 = 18, Guthrie (OOP) 52/2 = 26
MID: D. Hannebery 133*2=266 (C), S.Coniglio 95 (EVC), Sidebottom (VC), T. Scully 83
RUCk: B. Longer 63
FWD: J.Billings 93, D. Smith 109, L. Jetta 123, R. Stanley Toumpas
UTIL: Langford Dale 49, B. Ellis 102

EMG: Toumpas F , Dale (B OOP), Menadue (M )

Will need mids to fire to have any chance of taking down the Lions :S

I love my Swan boys <3

1216 with Sidey, Toumpas and HGA to come. Going to be a close one!

[Ziplock]

Svalbard:

B: Higgins 119, Jacobs (sub) Bastinac (OOP)= 77/2= 39, Grimes, Bugg 42, Laird 110
M: Ward (VC) 149, Gaff 128, Caddy 95, Johnson 91
R: Nicholls 84
F: Ziebell 106, Adams Lynch 83, Stevens 114, Goodes (C) 68*2= 136
U: Mundy 90, Cunnington 89

E: Bastinac, Lynch, Grimes, Hickey

Goodes comes back in for Svalbard to carve up against GC. We liked the spirit he showed last week, and we'd like to reinforce his pride by giving him captaincy. When in doubt, back a champ :P

#valkyries

so Jacobs subbed for grimes yeah?

1285/13 (C played), Grimes and Adams to come. Looks like captaining goodes over ward was possibly a rash call :P

correct grimes was dropped though right?

so basti at half points. he beat jacobs though

haha, was he? classic grimes. Yeah, bastic/2 then :P

adams is out, so lynch comes in for him

1407/15 (no HGA)- pretty decent performance by the boys.

[Nige]

Swiss Storm - 1309/15 with C and HGA

B: B.Smith 72, T.Hunt 64, J.Thurlow 83, A.Rance 50
M: O.Wines 115x2=230 (c), T.Boak 70, S.Grigg 83, K.Jack 84
R: I.Maric 85
F: L.Dahlhaus 70 (vc), M.Walters 77, D.Pearce 44, T.Colyer 99
I: A.Brayshaw 90, J.Ceglar 64

E: J.Witts 0 (R), B.Griffiths 51 (F), J.Geary 71 (D), M.White 92 (M)

[Hellopplz]

The Iceland Polar Bears

Backs: J. Harbrow (90), A. Mackie (110), H. Grundy (93), R. Shaw (90)
Mids: J. Lewis (VC) (80), N. Fyfe (C) (194), J McVeigh (131), C. Judd
Ruck: S. Mumford (121)
Fwds: J Elliott (95), H. Bennell, Z. Merrett (106), C. Rioli (59)
Int: J Westhoff (132), M. Pavlich (46)

Emg: M. Williams (D) (85), H. Ballantyne (F) (77), T. Sheridan (M) (48), L. Casboult (OOP R) (37.5)

1480 final score. Able to overcome the Storm who only had Wines to crack the ton.

[Spite]

Greek Titans

DEF: N.Vlastuin 63, D.Rampe 126, C. Sinclair (OOP) 36/2 = 18, Guthrie (OOP) 52/2 = 26
MID: D. Hannebery 133*2=266 (C), S.Coniglio 95 (EVC), Sidebottom 62(VC), T. Scully 83
RUCk: B. Longer 63
FWD: J.Billings 93, D. Smith 109, L. Jetta 123, R. Stanley Toumpas 75
UTIL: Langford Dale 49, B. Ellis 102

EMG: Toumpas F , Dale (B OOP), Menadue (M )

Will need mids to fire to have any chance of taking down the Lions :S

I love my Swan boys <3

1216 with Sidey, Toumpas and HGA to come. Going to be a close one!

1353 + 36 HGA = 1389. Disappointing effort by sidebottom, could be the difference in the match up.

[Atto]

SWEDISH METAL

DEF: Corey Enright (109), Jasper Pittard (103), Travis Varcoe (55), Luke McPharlin (39)
MID: Leigh Montagna (C) (224), Scott Thompson (VC) (101), Stephen Hill (66), Daniel Cross (98)
RUC: Mark Blicavs (88)
FWD: Jack Riewoldt (95), David Hale (63), Sam Reid (38), Adam Cooney (74)
UTL: Brad Hill (67), Patrick Cripps (94)
EMG: Will Minson (R) (85), Nathan van Berlo (M) (75), Cameron Shenton (D) (64), Harry Cunningham (F) (58)

1314

[JBs-Hawks]

England

Def: Jack Newnes 53, Sam Butler 51, Robert Murphy 61, Elliot Yeo 100

Mid: Dayne Beams 246 (C), David Armitage 115(VC), Jack Steven 133, Nathan Jones 135

Ruck: Billy Hartung (OOP) 86/2

Fwd: Dane Swan 103, Tom Mitchell 131, Taylor Walker 71, Troy Menzel 48

Int: Luke Shuey 97, Michael Rischatelli 57

Emg: Mitch Hallahan, Jeremy Howe, Jake Carlisle

1444

[Hellopplz]

Serbia

DEF: Hibberd 83, Shaw 70, Simpson 107, Weller DNP
MID: Pendlebury (c) 238, Barlow (vc) 94, Gibbs DNP, Goddard 111
RUC: Sandilands 78     
FWD: Harvey 79, Martin 142, Deledio 70, Lecras 58
INT: Petrie DOESN'T EVEN PLAY FOR SERBIA, Boyd 87

EME: SDT 52, Clarke 39, Andrews 25

Score: 1358 (Including HGA of 25)

Wolves

B: Ibbotson 47, Kolodjashnij 108, J.Gibson 62, Duryea 83
M: Ebert(C) 268, Stanton 96, Masten 73, Shiels 80
R: Martin 116
F: Gunston 101, Breust 78, Wingard 110, Crisp 75
U: Shiel 83, Schulz 70

Score: 1450

Hippos

Def: Michael Hurley 55, Lynden Dunn 66, Jack Hombsch 70, Ben Stratton 41
Mid: Luke Parker (VC) 102, Adam Treloar 120, Isaac Smith (C) 180, Ed Curnow 88
Ruck: Todd Goldstein 106
Fwd: Travis Cloke 115, Josh J Kennedy 78, Matthew Wright 69, Eddie Betts 39
Uti: Touk Miller 71, Ryan Lester 60

Score: 1299 (Including HGA of 39)

Bashers

D: G.Birchall DNP, P.Duffield 42, B.Houli 92, P.Seedsman 56
M: J.Selwood 118, M.Priddis (VC) 113, L.Neale (C) 182, T.Cotchin 95
U: M.Murphy 128, A.Carrazzo 75
R: S.Jacobs 100
F: L.Franklin 77, J.Roughead 95, M.Robinson 82, D.Petrie 87
EMG: Hooker 53

Score: 1395

Russian Roulettes

B: Broadbent 88, Lumumba 69, L. Hansen 56, Tom McDonald 77
M: Griffen 69, Greene (vc) 38, Burgoyne 61, Hodge (captain) 226
R: Bellchambers 29 SUB (But no replacements for Ruck so stays)
F: Motlop 109, Howlett 64, TT Lynch 95, Cameron 71
U: Sheed SUB, Bell 92

Emerg: Langdon 99

Score: 1272 (Including HGA of 29)

Spanish Stallions:

Defence: H.Taylor 111, M.Baguley 65, M.Johnson 3 SUBBED OFF, S.Docherty 97.
Midfield: J.Kennedy (C) 120, P.Dangerfield 108, D.Heppell (VC) 111, D.Rich 72.
Ruck: N.Naitanui 97.
Forwards: D.Zorko 84, D.Thomas DNP, N.Riewoldt 108, P.Chapman 54 (SUB but no possible placements for Forward).
Utilities: A.Swallow 110, J.Macrae 130.

Emergency: J.Johannisen 50, A.Miles 88, S.Lycett DNP, L.Taylor 96.

Score: 1413

Belarus Bison

Def: A Everitt 78, J Kelly 18, A Fasolo 68, M Suckling 63
Mid: S Mitchell (VC) 90 (Promoted to Capt since no Capt named), M Stokes 97, J Nelson 38 SUB (Stays), M Hutchings DNP
Ruck: B Grundy 95
Fwd: J Cripps 50, M Paparone 105, A Monfries 40, L Russel 56
Uti: M Lobbe 78, T Chaplin 48

Emg: B Colledge (Mid) DNP, L Brown 47/2 (OOP)

Score: 1056 (With HGA of 18)

[Hellopplz]

I'm getting through these and realise that Petrie doesn't even play for Serbia anymore as they traded him for N41 to Belgium. Yet Nrich has named him as a starter since Round 4... And I'm pretty sure we've counted the score for him as Belgium didn't notice either as they only started naming him from Round 7 (the round Nrich failed to name a team the first time).

So Idk if we should do a recount there, but only spotted it now. I'm not Admin as Holz has been busy but yeah it's hard to keep up with who has who as most of the team list pages are outdated so looked at the Trades thread for confirmation. But from now on I know not to count Petrie, but there are other rounds effected by this.

[Hellopplz]

Macedonian Wolves 145 DEFEAT Belgian Bashers 140
Macedonia get a good win here against the competitive Bashers! Wolves have a great young forward line going and were also lifted by a huge 268 from Brad Ebert to lift them just over the Bashers. Bashers had alot of good scorers and a poor Captain choice cost them slightly, but wouldn't have been enough to get the win had they named Selwood/Murphy/Priddis Captain over Neale. Their backline is what cost them here with only 1/4 over 60 there.

Belarus Bison 106 DEFEATED BY Svalbard Valkyries 141
Belarus found it hard to field a team with Vice Captain Sam Mitchell taking the role of Captaincy in absence of a captain being named. Paparone was the only one to crack the ton for Belarus as Svalbard annihilated them with a good team effort lifting a poor Captain in Goodes and an OOP Backman. Ward at 149 was the MVP of the match though.

Greek Titans 139 DEFEATED BY English Lions 144
Titans had quite a few great performers this game, but not enough to beat the Lions, who've been having a great season! The Lions midfield combined for a mammoth 629 from just 4 players! Throw in Tom Mitchell's 131 and it got them over the line and are surely a threat for the flag this season. Fine performance by the Lions and the Titans were exposed down back with 2 OOP defenders, so that let them down from what have been a good win.

Hungarian Hippos 130 DEFEAT Russian Roulettes 127
Hippos win! Holz has done wonders for this team and a poor captain choice almost cost them the match. But some strong performances from Cloke, Parker, Treloar and Goldy helped lift the team. Russia just had too many passengers and a sub-par week.

Swiss Storm 131 DEFEATED BY Iceland Polar Bears 148
Besides Wines, not much to note for the Storm. Far from a horrible score, but not much help this week. Good signs from Brayshaw though for the future. Iceland were just more consistent across the board and had more big performances to lift them to the biggest score of the round! Only 5 tons but the team effort was brilliant.

Croatian Crushers 117 DEFEATED BY Spanish Stallions 141
Crushers know this season is about trying to get a team on the field and make it competitive, but still got some way to go. When Roberton top scores and their big names don't crack the ton, you know it's not going to be good. And against a strong Stallions side, they were made to pay. A bad captain choice for the week, but 240 from Macrae + Swallow off the bench was a big help to help post a 141. A Handy 96 from Lewis Taylor off the bench helps.

Serbian Eagles 143 DEFEAT Swedish Metal 131
Serbia did what they expected, although having to use 3 of their emergencies not the greatest, especially as they combined for just over 100 points. Will cost them if they don't change it up a bit, but their starters are quality with a huge 142 from Martin to lift them. Sweden had their forwards let them down and only half their backline showed up this week. They are capable of better scores, but Serbia were able to keep them relatively mellow this week.