WXV Finals Week 1: Cobras, Royals & Reindeers Reward

[Purple 77]

Islanders all over Thunder

That's the Islanders second comprehensive victory over Beijing, boasting more contributors over the 15. Pacific are a serious premiership threat, whilst Beijing's flag hopes appear to rely on Greale going nuts.

Beijing Thunder (22.11.143) lost to Pacific Islanders (24.10.154)

Best
Beijing: Caleb Daniel, Bachar Houli, Lachie Neale, Tom Rockliff, Brodie Grundy
Pacific: Rory Laird, Liam Duggan, Tom Mitchell, Marcus Bontempelli, Andrew Gaff, Jarryd Lyons, Jarrod Witts, Harry Perryman

Late Changes
Beijing: Callan Ward replaced by Daniel Howe
Pacific: Josh Jenkins & Peter Wright replaced by Harrison Himmelberg & Aidan Corr

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Pacific: Nil

Club debut
Beijing: Nil
Pacific: Nil

PACIFIC progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
BEIJING progresses to a SEMI FINAL

BACHAR HOULI wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Reindeers beat (Where?) Wolves

Boy, you couldn't really have a bigger 'mare. 6 emergencies needed, captain going sub 100, three players scoring less than 15... a  very disappointing end to a season, which for a while, looked like it could go deep into finals.

For PNL, a well deserved win, and looking forward to seeing whether they can progress through to a prelim!

PNL Reindeers (21.10.136) def Toronto Wolves (17.6.108)

Best
PNL: Luke Ryan, Darcy Moore, Zach Merrett, Dylan Shiel, Robbie Gray, Ben Keays
Toronto: Travis Boak, Rowan Marshall, Jack Darling

Late Changes
PNL: Sam Jacobs replaced by Jack Madgen
Toronto: Alex Witherden, Wayne Milera, Connor Blakely, Tom T Lynch, Boyd Woodcock & Jaeger O'Meara replaced by Kade Simpson, Taylin Duman, Myles Poholke, Nick Larkey, Samuel Wicks & Lachlan Sholl

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Toronto: Samuel Wicks

Club debut
PNL: Nil
Toronto: Nil

PNL progresses to a SEMI FINAL
TORONTO finishes 8th

ROBBIE GRAY wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Destroyers deliver on finals stage

London may have the wood over Dublin, but the Destroyers have a vast array of finals experience and simply know how to perform on the big stage.

For London, although it would have been nice to go a bit further, 2020 was a huge success finally breaking out and ending its finals drought. Well done London!

Dublin Destroyers (24.8.152) def London Royals (19.10.124)

Best
Dublin: Shannon Hurn, Robbie Tarrant, Matt Crouch, Josh P Kennedy, Toby Greene
London: Adam Saad, Brad Sheppard, Touk Miller

Late Changes
Dublin: Nil
London: Jared Polec replaced by Charlie Spargo. Dylan Grimes subbed out for Jed Bews.

WXV Debut
Dublin: Nil
London: Nil

Club debut
Dublin: Nil
London: Nil

DUBLIN progresses to a SEMI FINAL
LONDON finishes 7th

MATT CROUCH wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Iguanadons join Islanders in Prelim

Yuzawa nearly got up despite having 2 less players, but Sam Day (92) did enough to get Port Morseby over the line.

Yuzawa Yakuza (17.6.108) lost to Port Morseby Iguanadons (18.6.114)

Best
Yuzawa: Liam Ryan, Ben Long, Ian Hill
Port Morseby: Adam Tomlinson, Tim O'Brien, Sam Day

PORT MORSEBY progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
YUZAWA progresses to a SEMI FINAL

[Purple 77]

Pirates hunt Elephants

Mumbai were completely overwhelmed, facing 9 Pirates against the 4 elephants.

Durban Pirates (20.9.129) def Mumbai Elephants (6.7.43)

Best
Durban: Jaidyn Stephenson, Lewis Taylor, James Cousins, Mitchell Crowden, Shane McAdam
Mumbai: Alex Sexton

DURBAN progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
MUMBAI progresses to a SEMI FINAL

[Purple 77]

A Storm without Thunder

The Storm's one extra player was the difference, with both teams pretty much nailing selection in the 1s.

Pyongyang Chollimas (13.9.87) lost to Shanghai Storm (15.8.98)

Best
Pyongyang: Toby McLean, Jamie Elliott, Darcy Fogarty, Irving Mosquito
Shanghai: Wil Powell, Tyson Stengle

SHANGHAI progresses to a SEMI FINAL
PYONGYANG finishes 7th

[Purple 77]

La Plata hold steady against Kings

If Marseille had Max, the headline would be quite literal! La Plata nearly stuffed it, having had 2 extra players, but live to fight another day.

La Plata Armada (16.9.105) def Marseille Kings (15.7.97)

Best
La Plata: Lachlan Ash, Cameron Rayner, Jordan Roughead
Marseille: Dougal Howard, Ben King, Charlie Ballard, Marley Williams, Lachlan Murphy

LA PLATA progresses to a SEMI FINAL
MARSEILLE finishes 8th

[Purple 77]

And ze proof:

	Seoul Magpies					Cape Town Cobras
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Nick Haynes	139		139	D1	Callum Mills	0	DNP	0
D2	Lachie Weller	89		89	D2	Harris Andrews	49		49
D3	Christian Salem	69		69	D3	Luke McDonald	94		94
D4	Nathan Wilson	41		41	D4	Josh Battle	36		36
M1	Clayton Oliver	130		130	M1	Mitch Duncan	80		80
M2	Patrick Dangerfield	132		132	M2	Sam Menegola	68		68
M3	Josh Kelly	0	DNP	0	M3	Shaun Higgins	57		57
M4	Andrew McGrath	29	DNP	0	M4	Luke Shuey	63		63
R1	Ben McEvoy	46		46	R1	Toby Nankervis	90		90
F1	Jonathon Ceglar	73		73	F1	Brad Ebert	36		36
F2	Charlie Dixon	143		143	F2	Tom Papley	80		80
F3	Zac Fisher	42		42	F3	Gryan Miers	54		54
F4	Bailey Scott	63		63	F4	Ben Ainsworth	142		142
U1 (MID )	Ed Curnow	92		92	U1 (MID )	Jack Bowes	61		61
U2 (MID )	Will Setterfield	88		88	U2 (DEF )	Samuel Collins	76		76
E1 (MID )	Liam Shiels	0	DNP	0	E1 (DEF )	Jake Carlisle	0	DNP	0
E2 (MID )	Marc Murphy	89		89	E2 (RUC )	Ivan Soldo	72		72
E3 (DEF )	Zach Tuohy	56		56	E3 (MID )	James Cousins	97	DNP	0
E4 (FWD )	Jamie Elliott	84	DNP	0	E4 (DEF )	Shaun Burgoyne	59	DNP	0
E5 (FWD )	Jake Riccardi	68	DNP	0	E5 (MID )	Chris Mayne	58	DNP	0
E6 (FWD )	Darcy Fogarty	76	DNP	0	E6 (FWD )	Jaidyn Stephenson	87	DNP	0
E7 (MID FWD)	Liam Henry	0	DNP	0	E7 (FWD )	Dean Kent	19	DNP	0
E8 (DEF )	Caleb Graham	29	DNP	0	E8 (DEF )	Jasper Pittard	0	DNP	0
C	Clayton Oliver	130		130	C	Mitch Duncan	80		80
VC	Patrick Dangerfield	132		0	VC	Shaun Higgins	57		0
HA	Nathan Wilson	41		41			0
		Total:	1463	15			Total:	1138	15

	Beijing Thunder					Pacific Islanders
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Caleb Daniel	110		110	D1	Rory Laird	102		102
D2	Bachar Houli	147		147	D2	Michael Hurley	84		84
D3	Heath Shaw	77		77	D3	Bailey Williams	82		82
D4	Tom Jonas	39		39	D4	Liam Duggan	102		102
M1	Lachie Neale	113		113	M1	Tom Mitchell	120		120
M2	Dayne Zorko	61		61	M2	Marcus Bontempelli	122		122
M3	Tom Rockliff	110		110	M3	Andrew Gaff	115		115
M4	Brandon Ellis	71		71	M4	Jarryd Lyons	138		138
R1	Brodie Grundy	127		127	R1	Jarrod Witts	116		116
F1	Jy Simpkin	79		79	F1	Devon Smith	98		98
F2	Kane Lambert	47		47	F2	Matt Taberner	47		47
F3	Luke Breust	79		79	F3	Josh Jenkins	0	DNP	0
F4	Dan Butler	64		64	F4	Peter Wright	0	DNP	0
U1 (MID )	Callan Ward	0	DNP	0	U1 (MID )	Harry Perryman	103		103
U2 (MID )	David Swallow	89		89	U2 (DEF MID)	Zac Bailey	48		48
E1 (MID )	Tom Cutler	0	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Harrison Himmelberg	86		86
E2 (DEF MID)	Daniel Howe	48		48	E2 (MID )	Adam Tomlinson	96	DNP	0
E3 (MID )	Wil Powell	78	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Aidan Corr	81	DNP	0
E4 (FWD )	Max King	26	DNP	0	E4 (FWD )	Tom McCartin	53		53
E5 (DEF )	James Aish	46	DNP	0	E5 (DEF FWD)	Tim O'Brien	75	DNP	0
E6 (MID FWD)	Josh Caddy	0	DNP	0	E6 (FWD )	Sam Day	92	DNP	0
E7 (FWD )	Taylor Walker	68	DNP	0	E7 (RUC )	Zac Smith	0	DNP	0
E8 (MID )	Kyron Hayden	0	DNP	0	E8 (DEF RUC)	Bailey J Williams	46	DNP	0
C	Brodie Grundy	127		127	C	Tom Mitchell	120		120
VC	Lachie Neale	113		0	VC	Marcus Bontempelli	122		0
HA	Tom Jonas	39		39			0
		Total:	1427	15			Total:	1536	15

	PNL Reindeers					Toronto Wolves
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Luke Ryan	104		104	D1	Alex Witherden	0	DNP	0
D2	Hunter Clark	38		38	D2	Ryan Burton	44		44
D3	Darcy Moore	101		101	D3	Wayne Milera	0	DNP	0
D4	Hayden Crozier	81		81	D4	Connor Blakely	0	DNP	0
M1	Zach Merrett	125		125	M1	Jack Macrae	96		96
M2	Jack Billings	81		81	M2	Tim Kelly	57		57
M3	Dylan Shiel	124		124	M3	Travis Boak	116		116
M4	Bailey Smith	71		71	M4	Marlion Pickett	48		48
R1	Sam Jacobs	0	DNP	0	R1	Rowan Marshall	129		129
F1	Oscar Allen	41		41	F1	Jack Darling	105		105
F2	Robbie Gray	149		149	F2	Tom T Lynch	0	DNP	0
F3	Mitch Wallis	45		45	F3	Sam Weideman	7		7
F4	Ben Keays	111		111	F4	Boyd Woodcock	0	DNP	0
U1 (DEF )	Jackson Nelson	53		53	U1 (RUC FWD)	Patrick Ryder	74		74
U2 (MID )	Paul Seedsman	0	DNP	0	U2 (MID )	Jaeger O'Meara	0	DNP	0
E1 (DEF )	Jack Madgen	47		47	E1 (DEF )	Michael Hibberd	0	DNP	0
E2 (FWD )	Matthew Kennedy	0	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Kade Simpson	82		82
E3 (FWD )	Lachlan Murphy	83	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Taylin Duman	71		71
E4 (FWD )	Jack Lonie	0	DNP	0	E4 (FWD )	Myles Poholke	13		13
E5 (DEF MID)	Nathan Jones	29	DNP	0	E5 (FWD )	Nick Larkey	8		8
E6 (DEF FWD)	Dougal Howard	87	DNP	0	E6 (MID )	Rupert Wills	0	DNP	0
E7 (FWD )	Ben King	85	DNP	0	E7 (MID )	Samuel Wicks	73		73
E8 (RUC FWD)	Darcy Cameron	32		32	E8 (DEF )	Lachlan Sholl	57		57
C	Zach Merrett	125		125	C	Jack Macrae	96		96
VC	Luke Ryan	104		0	VC	Travis Boak	116		0
HA	Darcy Cameron	32		32			0
		Total:	1360	15			Total:	1076	15

	Dublin Destroyers					London Royals
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Shannon Hurn	112		112	D1	Adam Saad	108		108
D2	Robbie Tarrant	111		111	D2	Blake Hardwick	75		75
D3	Grant Birchall	60		60	D3	Dylan Grimes	12	DNP	0
D4	Mark O'Connor	60		60	D4	Brad Sheppard	121		121
M1	Matt Crouch	162		162	M1	Dom Sheed	35		35
M2	Trent Dumont	80		80	M2	Jack Newnes	59		59
M3	Rory Sloane	99		99	M3	Jack Redden	90		90
M4	Josh P Kennedy	110		110	M4	Touk Miller	110		110
R1	Todd Goldstein	95		95	R1	Timothy English	54		54
F1	Jack Gunston	85		85	F1	Liam Baker	80		80
F2	Toby Greene	105		105	F2	Jack Lukosius	85		85
F3	Dustin Martin	97		97	F3	Nick Hind	29		29
F4	Jack Riewoldt	47		47	F4	Tim Membrey	52		52
U1 (RUC )	Marc Pittonet	79		79	U1 (DEF )	John Noble	87		87
U2 (MID )	Brad Crouch	85		85	U2 (MID )	Jared Polec	0	DNP	0
E1 (MID FWD)	Justin Westhoff	60	DNP	0	E1 (DEF )	Jed Bews	74		74
E2 (DEF )	Ben McKay	54	DNP	0	E2 (FWD )	Charlie Spargo	73		73
E3 (DEF MID)	Brandon Starcevich	63	DNP	0	E3 (MID )	Jack Bytel	0	DNP	0
E4 (FWD )	Lachlan Schultz	52	DNP	0	E4 (DEF )	Darcy Gardiner	83	DNP	0
E5 (RUC FWD)	Tristan Xerri	0	DNP	0	E5 (MID )	Xavier O'Neill	44	DNP	0
E6 (FWD )	Lachlan Hosie	47	DNP	0	E6 (DEF )	Kyle Hartigan	51	DNP	0
E7 (MID FWD)	Jack Mahony	0	DNP	0	E7 (FWD )	Daniel McStay	31	DNP	0
E8 (MID )	Dyson Heppell	75	DNP	0	E8 (RUC )	Jordon Sweet	0	DNP	0
CC	Trent Dumont	80		40	C	Touk Miller	110		110
CC	Todd Goldstein	95		48	VC	Dom Sheed	35		0
HA	Jack Riewoldt	47		47			0
		Total:	1522	15			Total:	1242	15

[Purple 77]

For New Delhi, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo, the players marked with a '0' are those I estimated to be in your best XV. I might entertain arguments... but probably not.

Full Name	WXV Club	F1	P
Daniel Talia	Buenos Aires Armadillos	65	R
Cameron Rayner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	80	R
Lachlan Ash	Buenos Aires Armadillos	93	R
Riley Bonner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	47	R
Connor Budarick	Buenos Aires Armadillos	61	R
Kamdyn McIntosh	Buenos Aires Armadillos	27	R
Jordan Roughead	Buenos Aires Armadillos	72	R
Cameron Polson	Buenos Aires Armadillos	48	R
Conor Glass	Buenos Aires Armadillos	31	R
Luke Parker	Buenos Aires Armadillos	127	0
Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires Armadillos	141	0
Jarrod Berry	Buenos Aires Armadillos	141	0
Jacob Hopper	Buenos Aires Armadillos	94	0
Ollie Wines	Buenos Aires Armadillos	133	0
Darcy Parish	Buenos Aires Armadillos	115	0
Andrew Brayshaw	Buenos Aires Armadillos	63	0
Chad Wingard	Buenos Aires Armadillos	94	0
Oliver Florent	Buenos Aires Armadillos	52	0
Adam Cerra	Buenos Aires Armadillos	97	0
Shaun Atley	Buenos Aires Armadillos	109	0
Nicholas Coffield	Buenos Aires Armadillos	67	0
Will Hayward	Buenos Aires Armadillos	45	0
Caleb Serong	Buenos Aires Armadillos	96	0
Jack Scrimshaw	Buenos Aires Armadillos	118	0
Alex Sexton	New Delhi Tigers	88	R
Josh Bruce	New Delhi Tigers	13	R
Mitchell Lewis	New Delhi Tigers	49	R
Dylan Clarke	New Delhi Tigers	66	R
Jake Lloyd	New Delhi Tigers	143	0
Angus Brayshaw	New Delhi Tigers	89	0
Ed Langdon	New Delhi Tigers	121	0
Jack Martin	New Delhi Tigers	72	0
Thomas Barrass	New Delhi Tigers	110	0
Stephen Hill	New Delhi Tigers	64	0
Jordan Dawson	New Delhi Tigers	66	0
David Mackay	New Delhi Tigers	76	0
Oscar McInerney	New Delhi Tigers	85	0
Zak Butters	New Delhi Tigers	88	0
Noah Answerth	New Delhi Tigers	64	0
Robbie Fox	New Delhi Tigers	55	0
Laitham Vandermeer	New Delhi Tigers	2	0
Trent McKenzie	New Delhi Tigers	74	0
Noah Anderson	New Delhi Tigers	116	0
Jarman Impey	Tokyo Samurai	38	R
Martin Gleeson	Tokyo Samurai	50	R
Matt Guelfi	Tokyo Samurai	61	R
Liam Ryan	Tokyo Samurai	109	R
Ben Long	Tokyo Samurai	78	R
Ian Hill	Tokyo Samurai	106	R
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	Tokyo Samurai	48	R
Matthew Cottrell	Tokyo Samurai	48	R
Sebastian Ross	Tokyo Samurai	77	0
Lachie Whitfield	Tokyo Samurai	83	0
Josh Dunkley	Tokyo Samurai	96	0
Michael Walters	Tokyo Samurai	49	0
Zac Williams	Tokyo Samurai	66	0
Tom Phillips	Tokyo Samurai	96	0
Jason Johannisen	Tokyo Samurai	96	0
Scott Lycett	Tokyo Samurai	86	0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	Tokyo Samurai	94	0
Charlie Cameron	Tokyo Samurai	38	0
Jayden Short	Tokyo Samurai	94	0
Harry Cunningham	Tokyo Samurai	63	0
Brody Mihocek	Tokyo Samurai	79	0
Ethan Hughes	Tokyo Samurai	86	0
Jordan Ridley	Tokyo Samurai	136	0

[Purple 77]

Reserves

Full Name	WXV Club	F1	P
Taylor Walker	Beijing Thunder	68	R
Daniel Rioli	Beijing Thunder	68	R
Mason Cox	Beijing Thunder	52	R
James Aish	Beijing Thunder	46	R
Edward Phillips	Beijing Thunder	68	R
Wil Powell	Beijing Thunder	78	R
Tyson Stengle	Beijing Thunder	85	R
Max King	Beijing Thunder	26	R
Daniel Talia	Buenos Aires Armadillos	65	R
Cameron Rayner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	80	R
Lachlan Ash	Buenos Aires Armadillos	93	R
Riley Bonner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	47	R
Connor Budarick	Buenos Aires Armadillos	61	R
Kamdyn McIntosh	Buenos Aires Armadillos	27	R
Jordan Roughead	Buenos Aires Armadillos	72	R
Cameron Polson	Buenos Aires Armadillos	48	R
Conor Glass	Buenos Aires Armadillos	31	R
Jaidyn Stephenson	Cape Town Cobras	87	R
Chris Mayne	Cape Town Cobras	58	R
Shaun Burgoyne	Cape Town Cobras	59	R
James Cousins	Cape Town Cobras	97	R
Dean Kent	Cape Town Cobras	19	R
Lewis Taylor	Cape Town Cobras	80	R
Trent Rivers	Cape Town Cobras	66	R
Mitchell Crowden	Cape Town Cobras	83	R
Shane McAdam	Cape Town Cobras	94	R
Alex Sexton	New Delhi Tigers	88	R
Josh Bruce	New Delhi Tigers	13	R
Mitchell Lewis	New Delhi Tigers	49	R
Dylan Clarke	New Delhi Tigers	66	R
Aliir Aliir	Pacific Islanders	48	R
Matt de Boer	Pacific Islanders	40	R
Tim O'Brien	Pacific Islanders	75	R
Mitch McGovern	Pacific Islanders	48	R
Paul Ahern	Pacific Islanders	31	R
Sam Day	Pacific Islanders	92	R
Tom McCartin	Pacific Islanders	53	R
Adam Tomlinson	Pacific Islanders	96	R
Jake Kolodjashnij	Pacific Islanders	42	R
Bailey J Williams	Pacific Islanders	46	R
Dougal Howard	PNL Reindeers	87	R
Nathan Jones	PNL Reindeers	29	R
Ben King	PNL Reindeers	85	R
Charlie Ballard	PNL Reindeers	74	R
Marley Williams	PNL Reindeers	82	R
Lachlan Murphy	PNL Reindeers	83	R
Changkuoth Jiath	PNL Reindeers	47	R
Toby McLean	Seoul Magpies	73	R
Andrew McGrath	Seoul Magpies	29	R
Jamie Elliott	Seoul Magpies	84	R
Darcy Fogarty	Seoul Magpies	76	R
Caleb Graham	Seoul Magpies	29	R
Irving Mosquito	Seoul Magpies	76	R
Jake Riccardi	Seoul Magpies	68	R
Jarman Impey	Tokyo Samurai	38	R
Martin Gleeson	Tokyo Samurai	50	R
Matt Guelfi	Tokyo Samurai	61	R
Liam Ryan	Tokyo Samurai	109	R
Ben Long	Tokyo Samurai	78	R
Ian Hill	Tokyo Samurai	106	R
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	Tokyo Samurai	48	R
Matthew Cottrell	Tokyo Samurai	48	R

[upthemaidens]

Not sure who Corr was replacing, but happy to go straight into Prelims and have the week off.

[Purple 77]

Yep, should have been McCartin. Sigh.